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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-01

Subjects for Drama" was capably dis
cussed by Mrs. Youker. Mrs. Barrier
gave a companion representation Of
the drama theme under the title.
Late Development OF American
Drama"
STUDY NATIONAL RESOURCES
At the meeting of the Pennsylvania
Avenue club which was held at the
home Of Mrs. Joe Spears an especi-
ally interesting program was Ere
sented Thursday Jan. %, which had
~ it's topic Saving Our National
Resources" Mrs. Johnson discussed
"Our Forests" Mrs. w. j. Spencer
talked on Water and Waterways
and Miss Nellie Stookey presented
the topic, Roads and Memorial
Trees"
The hostess arranged a clever clock
contest during the social hour which
followed. Attractive tesk Access
series were awarded to Yrs. l.. A.
Carpenter and Mrs. Lallier who won
the contest. A special feature was a
large box Of candy sent to the club
members Of !. X. Elrod IN behalf OF
his son, /. X. Jr. Refreshments OF
SHn0WlCnGS. IfuiI Cdht Will ~HAPPN1
cream and an iced drink were served.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Norden Of Mil
waukee. Wis. are visiting a few
weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter y.
Chambers OF San Benito.
Ed II. Downs left Thursday night
for his cid home nj st. Augustine.
He expects to 90 from there TO st.
Louis.
Mrs. Nancy J. Helm has gone to
Los Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Hatton Of Webb
City, Mo-, are in San Benito to spend
the winter. Mr.. Harton Is part owner
OF the old Rice tract.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben We'll are back
in the city. They have been in
Louisiana for several months.
"A. ID. Methven. Jr.. returned here
Monday from u trip to Palestine,
Houston and other points.
Miss Ruth Helen Sowders left
Saturday night for Denton where she
will attend the College Of Industrial
Arts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-01
Valley Sdci ETY.
Phone z

Mrs. Moore hostess 81 the after
nonnoo/ Mrs. Wilbur Close con-
dnctedXo business session after The
readin< & the minutes q the preeed-
ing ed Ion By Mrs. Walter Roberts,
and thcI roll call which brought forth
many ~nteresting anecdotes and
recordx1ef scientific inventions.
The 1nIness session was devoted
u man8 matters OF Importance, aft
err whic1 NE lesson study for the day
WAS co3t4rted by Mrs. ID. q. Decker.
who. " she assistance OF Mrs. J.. A.
Card p4sced before the club a very
conciss{ snd thorough delineation of
Bjorns4s drama Beyond Human
Power,7 including a sketch OF the
suthor3 life and a comparison be-
tween de works Of Ibsen and Bj0sa-
son. general discussion 81 the
theme I'D Bjorson's conslusions was
enjoyed by the entire membership.
Mrs. Tx. c. Lowry and the two
senior |lass claimants. Misses Mary
FergusAa were out or club guests as
was Ma II. Il. More cf Donna.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
WRECK TRAIN BY LOOSENINC
 RAIL LENGTHS
Engineer Killed as Boiler Explodes Passengers
 Are Robbed by Two

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 11.-- Two robbers who pried loose ten lengths of rails on the Southern Pacific Company tracks six miles west of Saugus, California, Sunday night, wrecked the West Coast Limited passenger train, killing the engineer. The robbers then held up 20 persons.
 The speeding locomotive turned over as 1t hit the damaged track, carrying the baggage car and mail cars and two coaches into a ditch.
 Seven other cars remained on the rails.
 ScaIded Fatally
 Engineer R. c. Ball was scalded fatally as the locomotive boiler ex- ploded. No others of the train crew or passengers were hurt.
 The wreck was staged at a curve. The outside rails had been weak ened by removal of bolts and tie spikes.
 The wreck and robbery occurred about 8 o'clock Sunday night.
 The train was bound from Los Angeles to Sacramento.
 Masked Men Appear
 AS the train jared to a stop, two masked men slipped out of the shadow and leaped aboard the sleeping car, four lengths from the end of the train. They herded the occupants and those in the other cars into the end of the last car and robbed them.
 It was not determined at once now much money and valuables were obtained but it is estimated the loot amounted to about $500.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
BLACKMAILER
 CHARCEDWITH
 TWO MURDERS
Woman Is Held Tn Jail Confesses to Staying of
 Children Accomplices

CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 11.-Gladys May Parks is in jail here charged with murder in connection with the deaths of two Woodbury, New Jersey, children. She confessed, the police announced, with having used the children in a blackmail- ing scheme and is suspected of having slain four other children.
 The woman is specifically charg- ed with the murder of Dorothy Rogers, aged 4 years, and her two year-old brother Timothy.
 The woman confessed, the auth critics said, to having buried Dor othy's body in quick lime and to have hidden Timothy's body in a cellar She said the girl died after a whipping she gave her and the boy after fall downstairs.
 Four Philadelphia children, who she admitted using in blackmail scheme, have disappeared.
 The authorities said they became aware of the scheme through in- formation furnished by her intend- ed victims. They said the children, with whom they had been con- fronted, did not correspond with the description of the Rogers chil- dren.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
ARMISTICE DAY By MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES P. SUNNIERALL Chief of Staff

As we look back to 1913 find that time duled memory of many details Our for ammunition for ratons for relief support recall less clearly the hardshps, the dsconforts What do stand out however the ptriotisn yalor the orttude and the spirit which carac- terized citizens soldiers
 When entered the science and human ingenuity engaged in the age-old producing weapons of offcnse effective neutraze them Our countrymen despite shortages in weapons experience in methods to the through
 fervor which counerbaanced handicaps character s of individual initiative again proved the strength of nation
 Today as review experiences that though weapons and methods had changed, the thing remain Joshuas day in Haanbals day was the human elementthe element which in the physical encounter spelled victory defeat So in celebration of victory let respect those a-import- ant attributes which the enduring qualities of strengthloyay patriotism, courage, unseshness- the indispensable characteristics citizens which brought victory to cause II years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
Robert Davis Held in Val dez Jail After Relating
 Murder Crimes
CLAIMS 2 TRAPPERS
 AND INDIAN SLAIN
to School Teacher at Kanatak-
 Has Prison Record

CORDOvA, Alaska, Nov. 11.-A wierd story of three killings was told Saturday by Robert Davis, Umatilla Indian, who is being held in the Valdez Federal jail awaiting indictment by the Grand Jury.
 Davis was brought 1000 miles from Kanatak where he surrender ed to u Government school teach CT.
 Dayis said he killed trapper for an axe and traps; another for a boat, after the victim had given him shelter for the night and rowed him across a lake, then killed a half-breed Indian named Will Hams, after quarrel, while on his way to Kanatak.
 Davis changed his story some what when search failed to reveal the bodies of the trappers. He was held, however, pending investi- gation.
 The United States District Attor- ne9 said investigation revealed that Davis had served terms in Cali~ fornia reformatory and Washing ton State Penitentiary for larceny; San Quentin, California, prison for attempted murder and was sen- tenfed to Folsom, California, for f.uktffy. M
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
JUNEAU OBSERVING
 ARMISTICE HOLIDAY

Juneau was today observing the eleventh anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, by taking a holi- day All offices, City, Territorial and Federal were closed; business was generally suspended; schools were closed and practically the res taurants, poolrooms, refreshment parlors and drug stores were the only places open
 The Post Office was open this forenoon until the noon hour. The cable office observed holiday hours this forenoon and will be open to- night only from 5 to ' o'clock
 Both theatres have good programs for tonight and the main sociai event will be the Arnistice Day dance in Elks Hall, given under the auspices of the American Le- zion Post.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
PROTECTION OF BROWN BEAR IS
 TO BE REDUCED
Game Commission Reconi- mends Removal of Pro-
 lection Tn Wide Area

Action to solve the brown and black bear protection question has
 zen initiated by the Alaska Game Commission, it was announced to- day by Dr. w. H. Chase, President of the organization which today completed it's Sixth Annual Meeting in this city.
 Briefly, the Commission has re- commended to the Secretary of Ag- riculture to remove protection from the big brown and grizzly species, except in certain definite areas, and from the black bears all over the Territory. Limited protection for the big brown and grizzly bears is given in areas where industrial and commercial development is either nonexistent or backward.
 Statement Is Issued
 The Commissions action is set forth in a statement issued by it this morning as follows:
 Tn order not to stand in the way of an increasing industrial de- velopment in many parts of Alaska and to correct a misunderstanding of present regulations that has ex- isted in the minds of many resi- dents of the Territory, the Alaska Game Commission, after much study and deliberation has recom- mended modification of the exist ing regulations to become effective July l, 1850, on the seasons and bag limits of large brown, grizzly and black bears.
 "The recommended notifications of the regulations on large brown or grizzly bears are as follows:
 For residents no closed seasons or bag limit except in the follow ing described areas where the sea- son shall be September l to June 20 and the bag limit two in the ag- gregate:: the Alaska Peninsula, the area draining to Cook Inlet from the west, the area between the Der ing River and the west side of Yakutat Bay, the area between the Alsek River and the west side Of Glacier Bay, and the following named islands -Shuyak, Montague Hinchinbrook and Hawkins. How ever in these areas a resident may kill large brown or grizzly bear at any time or place when such animal is about to attack or molest persons or property.
 For non-residents, September l ! to June 20, throughout the Terri ! tory tthe same as heretofore) with a bag limit of two in the aggregate. l
 'eThe black bear has had a mark ! ed increase in certain sections of | the Territory. They have. been proved to be the cause of much de- struction of calves of moose and | caribou. These animals are becom- | ing a nuisance also to trappers, traders and travellers. It is re- commended that the season and bag limit on black bear be removed
 Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
AGED WOMAN
 FOUND SLAIN

BREMERTON, Wash, Nov. H. Brutally beaten to death, the body of Mrs. Mary Wager, aged 70. was found by neighNors in her isolated ranch home, about IS miles north of here. The body was unclothed and was lying half in and half out of bed, covered with blood.
 The house bore evidence of a terrific struggle.
 The woman was a semi-invalid and a county ward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
CALIFORNIANS TO HAVE
 ALASKA-BUILT YACHT

The Anderson Boat Shop at Wrangeil will build a 50-foot yacht Tor Mrs. B. M. Ball and her son, wayne K. Ball, of California, and work on 1t will begin at once. The yacht will have speed of 25 knots and will have strictly mod ern equipment. It is the intention oI the Balls to use the yacht in Alaska in the summer time and in California waters in the winter. It will require six months to build the little craft.
 The Balls have fur farm near Wrangell where they spend a con- siderable part of each summer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
ANNIVERSARY OF ARMISTICE
 IS OBSERVED
w a hin g ton Joins with Rest of Nation Presi-
 dent Hoover Active

WASHINGTON, Nov, 11.-With pride in Americas achievements in the cause of world peace and pay ing impressive tribute to the World War dead, Government officials headed by President Hoover joined the rest of the nation today in ob- serving the Eleventh Anniversary of the signing of the Armistice.
 The observance opened with commemoration recital and burial services over the plain marble slab in Arlington Cemetery under which lies Americas Unknown Soldier.
 Then as the most notable, exer- cises this afternoon were held at the Memorial Service Tomb of Woodrow Wilson.
 President Hoover will deliver an address tonight under the Auspices of the American Legion before distinguished audience of Govern ment officials, diplomats and World War Veterans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
MINERS BODY BROUGHT
 TO DAWSON FROM 60-MILE

The body of Desiderie Zucca was recently brought to Dawson from Sixty-mile where he died in early october. His dead body was found iying across his sluice box where ne died suddenly from heart fail- ure, while at work. He was CT years of age and a pioneer of the Yukon. His acquaintanceship ex- tended to nearly everyone in the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
Wreaths Laid
 Upon Tomb of Unknotcn Soldier

, WASHINGTON, Nov. H. President Hoover paid tribute
 today to the Nations Un- } known Soldier by laying a wreath of chrysanthemums } on the hallowed place in , Arlington Cemetery.
 The President was accom- ? panied to the cemetery by Mrs. Hoover and Secretaries of War and Navy. Mrs. Hoo- yer stepped forward and laid four smaller chrysanthe- mum wreaths, also white, be- side the offering of the Chief Executive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
IS ON
 WAY TO MAINE

SEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 11.-With ten dogs, Leonard Seppala, dog racer, left Seward Saturday after noon on the steamer Alameda for Seattle enroute to Maine where he will start training for the New Eng land Dog Derby at Laconia, New Hampshire on February 12.
 Seppala's team has held the championship for the last three years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
Kin Kao and Vie Are Sentenced for
 Opium Smuggling
By JAMES W. GOOD.
 Secretary of War

MARKING, Nov. 11.-Kin Kao, former Vice-Consul in San Fran cisco, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment and fined $3.- 900 in gold and his wife has been sentenced to four years and fined S2,50O on charges of attempting to smuggle opium valued at s50O,0O0 into San Francisco last summer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
Wellknoun Author Suicides m ". Y.;
 Explanation Giuen

NEW YORK, Nov. il-The sui eide of Riodan Baker, well known author, is regarded by authorities and friends as the result of a threatened nervous breakdown,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
SEWARD PEOPLE WED

Miss Lisa Ing eborg Larson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ludwig Larson and one of the most popu- lar young women of Seward where she has resided since childhood, and Chester Irving McAuley, of the U. s. Naval radio station at that place, were married at Seward re- gently.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11
HELLENTHALS RETURN FROM
 VACATION IN CALIFORNIA

MT. and Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal, who have been taking a vacation in California for several months, returned home last night on the steamer Princess Mary. MT. Hell lenthal said they had a wonderful summer. They saw no rain, he added, and we are glad to get back to Juneau"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

Oil-burning engines weighing 750.- 900 pounds are being put on the mountain division of the Canadian Pacific railway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

In IS years the governments seal herd in the Pribilof islands has in- creased 265 per cent to approxi- ately 100000 animals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

Nutritive values of range grasses are being studied by the California College of Agriculture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

The municipally owned electric plant in Ponca City, Okla, has cleared more than s984,O00 in the last eight years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

Students from 50 nations will live in International House" at University of California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

There are 20,060 high schools in the United States today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-11-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Revivals in Washington.

WITH his company fairly maintain-
wv inr the ren,,tation that the Ma.
tionai Theater PLAYERS have achieyed in
theatrical circles in, as well as outside,
Ws as. cIeSsr enough hv the esriy opening
of his season, to secure for his company
and for presentation in the National
Capital plays that had never been seen
here before. some of them that had been
intended for presentation by road COM
panies, and with the still further salts
faction that his troubles with the musi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
RONAlD0OLMAN and
LILLIAN GlSH litIe Jhester
On the Broadway. Stage

play over its audience. It's secret lies in
the perfection in which, In its constant
humor no less than It's quiet tragedy, 1t
maintains certain tone, seems pre-
cisely the real thing. always. underac-
cents rather than overstresseS its points
become, In short, from first TO last, O.
sort of apotheosis Of that English stead
fastneSS and sporting spirit, that shy,
laconic, cheerful pluck which will per-
nit itself nothing more theatrical than
q "Rightol" or "Cheero!" as it goes to
its death.
A depression, a curious sort Of uneasi-
ness and dismay, hangs over Broadway
these days, despite such, occasional sue
cesses rs that Of the above and hand:
full of other plays. Some say the plays
much, some that the building of the
aters has been oyerdone, !, some that
Broadway hasn't awakened to the fact
that New York Is no longer little old
New York" and that 1t Is absurd that
metropolis which, In such q matter as
housing, for instance, has flung itself
all over the place and quite away from
its once central backbone of Fifth ave-
nue., should still try to cram all its
crowds, and especially all It's taxicabs
and private motor cars, into district
bounded by 3 few. city blocks.
Lloyd Lewis, writing In the New Re-
public, has still another explanations
the de luxe picture palace" which has
brought surface elegance, ohsequious
usherS and attendants and something
breviated but pretentious variety Of mu-
steal comedy into cities which once had
to 60 for such things to New York. The
smaller nictlrrn houses and yni,deviIle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

How would you like to be the travel
- ing agent of motion picture
property department? Seeing the world
and spending from bottomleSs coffersi
The post has Just been. created at
First National Vitaphone Studios, and
the man to I'LL 1t was ready at hand.
His name is Thomas Little. which, how
ever, has no connection with the fact
that he Is 6 feet inches tall.
Little Is perhaps the foremost au-
thority in the United States in the
two branches OF his strange calling.
They are separate branches because
each Of them requires vast amount Of
lore peculiar to itself
He will travel over Europe, Asia,
Africa and the various islands as need
ed, routing himself in response to tele-
graphic communications from the
Hollywood studio. Much of his trayei
viii be by air, for the sake of speed;
but there will be o great deal of COM
.paratively leisurely browsing. too.
One branch of his work Is that Of
an antiquarian. He will collect period
stun, often relics of no value except
to film property department, regard
less Of the current need OF his COM
pany. L
The other branch Of his profession
Is that of travelling purchasing agent.
In response to telegraphic orders and
lists, he win purchase and ship props"
for pictures Of foreign locale about to
be filmed.
Experiments and figures by statis-
ticiar1s. based upon the production Of
various, pictures of exotic setting re-
Gently filmed. establish the fact that
money may be saved by this method
of obtaining some, at least, Of the film
properties used In important produce
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Innovations: Present and
Prospective.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

A decided innovation was the
presentation by the National
Theater Players of a one-act
drama entitled 1.-THE Monkeys
Paw" which provided the vehicle
for a prize winning cast of the
organization known as the
Columbia Players.
The demonstration was highly
creditable in getting across the
footlightS a very remarkable and
admirable piece of playmaking;
one capable of producing shud-
ders without going into the depths
of human degradation or resort
ing to the violent methods of the
Grand Guignol.
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It is described as a curtain
raiser, a term too mild as imply
Ing a slight dramatic hors
d'oeuvreS. It is in reality hair
raiser; a blending of weird East
Indian mysticism and talismanic
magic with deep tragedy in an
English peasant home. The old
fairy tale Of three wishes is
worked out with diabolic
grotesqueness, each wish being
granted yet always with the
threat of such impending calamity
as to make it worse than futile.
*&
The distinction between the
Guignol method and that of the
English authorship is shown by
the concluding incident where
the death of q son is wished for
rather than his survival in hope
less and pitiable mutilation. While
the son is knocking outside the
door, the third and final wish Is
made and the door is thrown open
to reveal only vacancy.
The Guignol method could not
possibly have restrained the
temptation to emphasize the
physical horror caused by the
second wish before effacing it
gruesomely by the third.
This brief intensification of
drama is well worthy the study
not only of those who seek to ex-
Gel in the enactment Of plays,
but who strive to encourage and
develop gifts in the art of writing
them. Tt is a fine harmonious
blend of the gentle, sometimes
droll hunor of w. w. Jacobs with
the delicate, always accurate
artistry Of Louis NJ. Parker.
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Highly specialized plays demand
specialized audiences, and it may
reasonably be doubted whether
the crowded theater, drawn by
the prospect of uproarious farce
as joyously displayed by Irwin
Beds" would find itself in appre-
citation Of so earnest and Jncom-
promiSingly grim a production as
1.-THE Monkeys Paw" It was
hardly stimulation for the solid
fun to come. It had something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Appropriate Coughs.

TOLDS are no handicap In making
~ . talking picture, under certain
conditions, II the experiences Of How
ard Higgin, director of Pathe's High
Voltage Is o. criterion.
4 Higgin has had his company, headed
BY William Boyd, the star, up IN the
high Sierras doing "snow stun" When
they returned to the studio nearly AL
the principals had cold as . result
of wading around In the deep snow at
zero Temperature, and High Voltage
IS an all dialogue pictured
BUT Higgil1 IS resourceful. The scenes
being made were supposed to take place
III i little deserted church TO- which
the cast had tramped mile through
deep SNOW after being stranded IN y
wrecked motor bus. Carol Lombard and
Diane ELLIS had hit the trail III hisl1-
heeIed slippers and silk stockings.
What could be more natural than
that they would catch cold after such
an ordeal?" said the director An oc-
casional cough will add realism 70 the