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New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
Little Time Required

Senator Smool was of the opinion tlat little time will be required fon action on the French debt mcasur,. but opposition to taking it up, WIS developing among those who urged d return 10 the tariff, and in addi- ton, there were indications of oppo- sition to its consideration from d
New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
Mothers story Awaited

Mountain Nlaw. Dee. lG tP-The story Of d mother seeking a missing son today appeared likely to be ao important piece Of testimony IS mora than loo Wun"s>cs. q you;n who says ho is Connie Franklin anl i, prospoc.iN" jurors were @ummor- rd to appear in court for the trj'u of Ciy" mon accused Of =laying Franklin
 Tn" mother. Mrs. IjlIin Baker o% Clarendon, Ark, said last night siI" believes tho young man who says he is Franklin 10 be Marion Franklin Rogers. her son by d former mar rjH@o. who she said had been con- mjt'rd 10 tha state hospital fo7 nervous diseases in 1a26.
 She said she recognized news paper photograph of him. She also said she had learned of her sons cs- cape from the hospital and that he nas married and had a wife and three children
 Youth Escaped Hospital
 State hospital records show an M. Franklin" to have been q pl-
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New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
SPANISH WRITER DEAE

Madrid, Dee. 16 LP}-Eduardo Gomez Baquero, one Of the best known Spanish writers, died today of old age. His pscUdonym "An- drcnio" is a household word in the spanish speaking countries.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
SENATE APPROVES
 PROHIBITION BILI
Hoover Reorganization Plan
 Voted Without Debate
MEASURE SENT TO HOUSE
Jnnc- Resolution, Presented Follow ing Presidents Message. Passes Upper Housc-C0mmittcc To B" Named.

Named
 Washington. IDec, )G lPl-A reso- luton 10 carry out President Hoov- CTS request for appointment of d joint congressional committee 10 consider the reorganization and concentration O. prohibition en- rorccmcut agencies was adopted to- day by the senate and sent to the house.
 No Debate Heard
 Approval was finally given the resolution sponsored by Senator Jones. republican,. Washington, without word Of debate It was presented to the senate during th4 extra session after Mr. Hoover sent a special message to congress ask ing the creation of the commission.
 Vice President Curtis would namo tho senate members ol the commits sion and Speaker Longworth thu members from the house. Hear in@s would be authorized and a ra. port within this session Of congress would be provided,
 On the basis Of this study. tn. administration hopes to carry ou' the reorganization Of the prohibi- ton enforcement service. The pres idont has proposed that most of thu enforcement agencies he transfcrrej from tho +rl1cut.y, 1.Dqrtu1,Dt fC the department of justice.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-16

The editorial further charges that the announcement is the tenth within five years of m2r nature but tht scientific data shows foundation for the cam This picture shows Dr. Fak vh his assistant Miss Mckinney examining slide in their laboratory.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-16

MELLON PLANS VACATION
 Washington, Dec. 1G (P)-Secro- tary Mellon plans to spend Christ mas vacation fishing and cruising near the Bahama Islands in the yacht belonging to his nephew.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-16
Youth E.sNMpcd Hospital

SIUII hospital rocOTds SHOW 11 M, Franklin" to have been q pl-
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
DRYING K. C.
BY NEW Law
Shortly After Pas
a g Raids Net so
Arrests

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Jan. 90
R)-Acting under the special powers
granted in Governor Clyde Nj. Reeds
new Law enforcement program, which
became a law late yesterday, author
tiles today were busily engaged in
drying up the largest city in Kansas.
Raiding by county officers and
three special assistants to the attor-
ney general, which began here late
last night and continued until today,
resulted in more than so arrests and
seizure Of a considerable quantity
or alleged liquor.
Twenty-Five Of the persons arrest
ed in the crusade against liquor and
gambling resorts were charged with
prohibition violation, while others
were picked up as f%requenters in al
legged saloons and gambling halls.
First action under Governor Reeds
program. designed by the chief ex-
ecutive to make Kansas the "driest'
state in the Union, came less than
a half dozen hours after he had
signed the legislative bill legalizing
his program.
The bill authorized a fund Of s40,-
600 10 be spent under his direction,
and empowers the governor 10 APP
point attorneys with the powers of
special attorneys general, to investi-
gate violations Of liquor and other
criminal laws and secure evidence
and assist IN prosecutions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
elsa IS HOST
TOCOMMUNITY
Farmers and Business
Gather at Banquet
Given By Club

ELSA, Jan. 26.-More than loo
citizens here, farmers Of this vicin-
ity and other visitors were guests at
a booster and community meeting
held under auspices of the Elsa
Community club Friday night. a ban
quet being served by the civic and
study clubs of the city.
The meeting, the first of its ma.
ture held here, was called for the
purpose Of promoting a cooperative
spirit in the upbuilding OF this com
munity and to establish cordial re-
lations with sections adjoining. a
number Of talks we're made, al
stressing the value of Elsa as {
farming center. various speakers be.
ing called BY II. G. Davis. who acted
as POSTMASTER. c. III. Scoggins wa;
chairman.
There are more acres Of citru.
soil in the vicinity Of Elsa than in
any other part Of the Valley" de,
clared DR.. ID. w. Iford Of Weslaco
the first speaker. Other speaker:
dwelt on the large number Of home.
IN this vicinity, the fine farms anC
the large crops raised as an indica.
tion Of the agricultural possibilities
OF the Elsa community.
Cooperation between the farmer
and the business man was held a.
essential in an address by j.. A. Lii.
iestrand, who represented the farm
ers at the meeting. He said that
without this cooperation neither
could hope to prosper.
In the open discussion which fol.
lowed the regular program short
talks were made by ". III. Winsor
Harrington: L. II. Moore, San Anto.
Mo; Ed Redman, La Blanca; T. r
Rives, Weslaco, and Mr.. Haynie OF
Thomas, Okla.
The musical program given during
the meeting vas under directions
of the Junior Booster club. Olive
Cozart, Mildred Unzicker, Earline
Shandley and Margaret Unzickel
taking part.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
Hoover Still On
Fishing Trip Off
Keys Of Florida

KEY LARGO, Fla, Jan. 26.-LP)-
President-elect Hoover, still keeping
out Of communication with shore, was
having his third and final day Of
fishing today on his visit to the
Florida keys.
Whether he would fish out the day
and return to Belle Isle, in Biscayne
Bay, Sunday, seemed to depend upon
how we'll the big fellows were biting.
If luck should prove elusive it was
expected that he would board the
yacht "Amitie" about noon and start
back for his vacation home near
Miami Beach.
Reports are that he has arranged
several conferences with party lead
ers during the coming week and he
is certain to put in some time on his
inaugural address. Among those with
whom he was expected TO confer ARE
Glenn B. Skipper, republican national
committeeman for Florida.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
NABBED IN
CHICAGO RAID
Second Cleanup Drive
Finds Field Less
Fertile

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-P1-The po-
lice broadsx that swept Chicago last
weekend was slicing over the same
ground today. cutting a new crop Of
hoodlums.
approximately half Of the eity's
police force engaged in the second
general roundup Of the week. They
found the field far less fertile than
last Sunday and Monday when ore
than 5000 persons were jailed. Up 10
Z a. m. about 600 arrests had been
made, the list Of prisoners including
some of the men taken in the clean
up earlier in the week. The cam
paign was continuing through the
day with the prospect Of intensified
tion TONIGHT
With the raids only a few hours
old. Deputy Commissioner John Siege
learned that several men sought for
a series Of robberies had been cap
tured and identified; and that two
rboberies had been prevented By
raiding squads arriving while the
holdups were going on.
Morris Simmons. a taxicab driver,
was just handing his nights receipts
over to two men wac had held him
up when a police squad arrived, ar
resting the robbers. Another de-
tachment Of police drove into a Roy
ers Park filling station during \
holdup and captured the robbcr. So
luton of is holdups was accomplish
ed, police said. through this arrest.
the prisoner, Conrad Petts, confess
ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
College Plans
Texas Pageant

KINGSvILLE, Jan. ga pageant
Of south Texas history will replac
the customary May Fete held annual
ly by the South Texas State Teach
ers college il plans now under way
are matured.
The presentation has been tenta-
lively set for the District No. Is
meet OF the lnterscholRstic league or
for the sessions Of the South Texas
music contest. both of which are
held at the Kingsville institution.
Among the historic events being
considered are; The landing Of the
French in 1885. founding of the
mission at La Bahia at Goliad, ths
banquet az Banquet Lake in 1888,
the founding Of Corpus Christi, the
coming OF TaylorS army, the de-
velopment Of the King ranch. the
early Mexican system Of transpor-
tation BY means Of carts. the com
ing Of the railway to KinEsville, and
the opening Of the college.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
4 Real Estate
VI Transfers
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
FURNISHED BY Valley Abstract Co..
Cameron County

FURNISHED BY NaIiey Aos~~s WI
Cameron County
4 &. Tom to S. J.. Foster, town lot
n. block 3, Nicholson Place, third
filing, Harlingen, $40. 80,
c. S. Smith to Winfield J. smith,
lots 437 and ass. Colonia Victoria ad-
dition, Brownsville, $40.
c. s. Smith TO Georgia NJ. smith,
lots ss7, 3ss, 400 and 40l, Colonia
Victoria, Brownsville, $40.
C.. S. Smith TO Leo 4. Smith, east
half block 90, FL Jardin subdivision,
6 l-2 acres, $40.
c. G. Mckinney ct al to J. NJ. Abel,
lots s. s, block 10, West Browns
r. W. and Mary Z. Jefferson to r.
G.. Skrove, strip of land 40 feet by 90
feet off rear of lots Q and 10, block
10. Fifth addition, San Benito, $40.
Cornai McAllen Trevino, lgnacio
+. Treyino 70 Sra. Ricardo dc Anda
de Fernandez, lot So, West Browns
Vile, $500. !.
The American Land company Of
Texas 10 H. lie Roy and Blanche En-
rich Lee, south 20 acres Of block 10,
survey 297. south of railway, Stuart
} Place subdivision, plat So, $4,000.
G.. III. and Fannie Jones to Valley
Development, Inc, north 10 acres OF
block So, Wilson Trace subdivision;
survey IS, south 10 acres of the north
20 acres of block 81, Wilson Tract
subdivision, $3.50.
G.. III. and Fannie Jones 70 Valley
Development, Inc, north 10 acres oI
the south 20 acres of block So, sur
yey Is, south 10 acres, block 81, Will
son Tract, survey %; $3.50.
G.. II. and Fame iJones TO Valley
Development. Inc, the east 10 acres,
block 81, Wilson Tract subdivision,
survey rs, $4,310.
Port isabel Irrigation Co. to John
johnson, block 10, Bayside Develop
ment Co, Box Ranch, Bayside Gar
dens, Santa Isabel grant, $4,000.
Port Isabel Irrigation Co. to Geo.
Z. vogler. b. C. g. orberg, 5 acres.
being north 5 acres, block 81. Bay
side Development Co. of Box Ranch,
Santa Isabel grant, $3.50.
Hidalro County
Gilbert Hass ct ux to o. II. Knight,
lot 2, block ., Sunset addition, Nc
7 Allen, $40.
MeAllen Development Co. TO Grace
Fisher Potter, lot oJi McAiien first
subdivision, Citrus Groves subdi-
vision, $40.
!. J. Cole ct ux 70 P. r. Glenn.
northeast half Of section IS, La Lo-
mita, 81.
oscar M. seibert to Dorothy Nc
Knight Warner, lot 1924, block rs,
Mercedes, $40.
W. A. Shy to Florence Hurst Col
bath. lot I0-lI, block a" Cathay
Courts annex. $40.
L. Z. Duncan 70 Floyd Helsel, 7 IL
acres of north Is acres Of block 81,
La Blanca. $40.
Dorothy Mcknight ct al TO Janis r.
tikes, lots 23-ei, block rs, Mercedes,
81.
Mestenas Water Co. 60 J. c. Engel-
han. Jr, south half Of north half Of
lot 8, block Sc. Mo-Tex. 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
Edinburg Man Is
Buried at Corpus
Especial TO The Heraldl

EDlNBuRG. Jan. 26.-Funcrsl SER
vices were held at Corpus Christi
Friday afternoon for Waldo SYM
onds, %. brother Of Mrs. Cam T..
Hill of this city He formerly had
been a resident here, leaving about
a year ago 10 enter service Of the
Central Power and Light company at
Corpus.
Young Symonds underwent an op-
GRAFTON December 81. and apparently
was well on the road TO recovery
when complications set in and he
died at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The county clerks office here was
closed during the day IN his memory.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Waldo Symonds; his father, J.. r.
Symonds Of San Benito; his mother,
Mrs. H. b. Symonds Of San Antonio;
n brother. Randy Symonds of Nex-
laco and two sisters. Mrs. Cam Hill
ef this city and Mrs. Calvin Lewis Of
San Antonio. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
were in Corpus Christi for the fun
eral.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
Secure Decision
In Property Suit

The ease Of Mrs. Lena More, ct nj.
v. Mrs. Mary More. in which a YER
dict was rendered for the plaintiff
in the civil district court, was re-
versed and remanded by the appeals
court. according TO notice received BY
attorneys Friday.
The case involved city property
on Levee street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth. and was tried in the
civil district court about a year ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
EX-KAISER TO
Hold big FETE
Royal Friends Gather
For Observance of
10th Birthday

DOoRN, Holland, Jan. 26.-Pl-
Members Of European royal families
on friendly terms with former Kaiser
Wilhelm were arriving today 10 help
him celebrate the SEVENTEEN ami
versary of his birth tomorrow IN as
grand a style as exile will permit.
The first of the H~ohenzollerns TO
arrive was Wilkelm's only daughter,
Princess Victoria Louise, accom-
panied by her husband Duke Ernest
August Of Brunswick.
Limited facilities for the enter
fainment OF the royal guests caused
them TO be scattered throughout
vorious castles and other buildings
near Doom house. The princess and
the duke with the former kaisers'
sister. Princess Sophie, widow Of for
mer King Constantine of Greece, VIII
be the only guests az Doom Castle.
The Kaiser's other sister. Princess
Marguerite, with her husband, Duke
Friedrich Karl. Prince Of Hesse, was
assigned TO Amerongen where Will
helm lived for a year and a half after
ais abdication.
The former Crown Prince and
Princess as we'll as the children OF
ITfuNEtE hAAANf ~
ond wife, were taken care of at the
so-called Orangerie near Doom
Castle while Friedrich August iii,
former king Of Sazony. went to the
entrance building Of the estate.
Speaking through Baron Won Sell
the former kaiser gave an interview
10 the chief Of the Berlin Bureau OF
The Associated Press. A foreword
dictated and signed by the former
kaiser said:
"To promote the welfare Of the
German people and 20 preserve the
peace in the world-this mas ever
b.en the supreme law governing my
artions. In the firm faith in God,
the all just, l therefore hope to live
"a see the day that shall free Us Ger
mans from the burden Of the false
accusations Of having unleashed the
greatest Of all wars"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
EDINBURG SCHOOLS TO
BEGIN TERM MONDAY

EDINBURG. Jan. 26.-The first
semester for the Edinhurg school
system closed Saturday and q new
semester will begin Monday, eontinu-
Ing until June /, according to H. {.
Baker, superintendent Of the Edin-
burg schools.
superintendent Baker iauded the
Edinburg educational system highly
and said that Edinhurg junior col
lege ranked with the best Junior
colleges in the state az Texas, hav-
inc attained full recognition from
the Texas Association Of Colleges
though being in existence but two
ears.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
Service Is Held
For McAIlen Man

McALLEN, Jan. 26.-Jaek Zachry,
80. business nan here, found dead
here Thursday as the result Of n
self-inflicted gun wound, was buried
in the McAllen cemetery at 5 O'Clock
Friday afternoon. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. w. NJ. Raber
at p~arlors of the Kreidler Undertake
ing company.
Zachry was a member Of the mer-
camille firm of Zachry and Cawthon
and also owned property in Pharr,
No reason has been assigned for his
action. Surviving are his mother,
Mrs. Laura Zaehry, two sisters, Mrs.
Anna Wakefield and Miss Dick Zach
nv and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Clay
Zachry, all Of McAllen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
MIn-TFRM EXAMINATIONS

RAYMoNDNILLE, Jan. 2s.-Mid-
term examinations were held this
week in the Rsymondville public
schools. and q new terms work will
be started Monday. The attendance
since the holidays has been consider
ably better thar Just PRECEDING -
holidays. according to SEpL 81. H.
Tunlirxoa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26
AUTHORIZE ROAD MACHINERY
fCrarfnl % The HaraINA

RAYMONDv1LLE. Jan. 26.-At q
special meeting Of the Willacy coun-
~ commissioners court Friday. an
order was passed authorizing the pur-
chase Of two big tractors and a grad
or, which will be placed on the county
roads for maintenance work. This
machinery is expected to arrive early
in February.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-26

Alex Saens, proprietor of the San Pedro Club, invites all
his old Valley friends to be his guests on the above date
and enjoy a most delightful day of pleasure and recrea-
ton. Cross the international bridge at Roma, go to the
San Pedro Club, get your lunch and then go to
The Washington times., 1929-01-17

and was apparently vel. but the
mother was worried over the con.
dition.
DO you feed her between
meals?'. inquired the doctor,
mo-, replied the mother. =
have tried to keep her feeding
periods Oh strict schedule ever
since she was born can't unt
derstand it,
After some inquiries and a bitS
Of investigation. showever: the
mother discovered that her sister
who lived two blocks away and
several neighbors with whom the
child spent quite little times
were taking the responsibility out
of her hands and the tiny girl
was being piled with cookies.
candy and other dainties at any
time she appeared OH the scene.
The mother demonstrated with
the child's aunt. saying that she
was trying to keep the little girl
well by having her eat nothing
between meals: to which the aunt
replied, II think you are perfectly
brutal about Nancy. We ate
cookies anytime we felt like it
when we were at home. didn't we?
1t never hurt us, did ii? You
The Washington times., 1929-01-17
Don I. Let Your Child Capitalize Illness

J thought out, which had been APP
proved Of by physician and
which seemed to be all right for
the child because she thrived on It.
And the important point Of that
little encounter was not the ques-
ton OF eating or not eating candy,
but that the grandmother had had
her opportunity to ra' children
land had probably permitted no
interference in 1t eth J. but now
she was unwilling to coneede that
privilege to her daughter.
WelI-meaning friends and rela--
tives make it so hard for mother
when they do not acknowledge her
supreme right to rear child as
she thinks best, / am not speak.
ing now of extreme cases, where
a mother is deliberately neglecting
or abusing child. That, ofcourse.
calls for interference. am talk
ing about the average American
mother who Is trying her level
best.
Even IL her methods look absurd
to you; even il you wouldn't follow
the same procedure with your
child. don't NEEDLE. 1t is not your
responsibility. Give mother q
chance!
The Washington times., 1929-01-17
THE MODE IN SLENDER LINES
The Hashisgton Time, IS Csa. Practical Pattera

The surplice is always Q fav-
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Pattern 1926 is an ideal frock
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No dressmaking experience is
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The Washington times., 1929-01-17
FASHIONS
FANCIES

Invest In . vest for that navy
blue frock that always appears
with the coming of spring. OF
increasing Importance, these new
vests are being made In lengths
that come well below the normal
waistline. Their smart little col.
lars are worn open or fastened ait
the neck in mannish style.
Both the grande dame and the
deb are flirting with fans this
season Designed for Individual
gowns, they come in a diversified
array Of velvet. tulle and metal
Cloth and sometimes ostrich. Those
Of tulle are worked in an intricate
ma inner to resemble long, stiffened
feathers.
Falling over the edge, a harrow
ruffle OF heavy cream lace Is gath.
cred at the brim of softly shaped
black soleil hat. Lace in viroy
beige or smoky shades Is quite
usual trim for the mid-season.
chapeaux An edging of glass or
pearl beads Is a chic note.
It's great to- be q greenhorn
now that green Is predicted to be
the color for spring. All sorts OF
ensembles and frocks in heavenly
Shades Of green are seen in the
Paris collection. One dashing coat
of q fine green wooden fiauntsi
deep collar and cuffs Of black
astrakhan.
The Washington times., 1929-01-17

Another mother Of a small child
had gotten the youngster health
fully into her fourth summer with
never a taste OF candy. The mother
provided sweets in plenty with
fresh fruits, custards and simple
buildings with the child's meal, not
between two meals. The child was
the picture OF health. One day
grandmother arrived with box Of
chocolates under her arm and was
incensed because the mother would
not let the child sample them
Again the age-oid story: Well.
you had candy when you were her
age, and you're still alive. I guess
S 1t won't kin her." And probably
1t would not have killed her. But
the mother was following a sched-
ule which she had carefully