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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
WAT15 @uNN Reached
ThE FINAL NOuNO or HE
fHST US AMATEUR Gon;
CHAMPIONSHIP

He didn't pick any set-up to begin
his career in, either!
One Of the finest Of any cham
pionshipA debuts ever made was
Watts Gums. The young Atlanta
prodigy, taken along to the 1925
amateur championship at Oakmont
by Bobby Jones, "for the expert
ence," not only played Al holes in
6 under fours, losing only Of them,
but reached the final round! He
beat Jesse Sweetser 10 and 8 en-
route to the final, too, which was
more than pretty good for an un-
known 2O-Year.old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
LARY'S PAL COMING
> FROM COAST CLUB
Shawkey Follows Out InfieId
Plans Made Before
Higgins Died.
EY InHN e. FOSTER.

VIEW YORK, october 26.-Jimmy
Reese is coming back to the
n New York Yankees from the
Y Pacific Coast League, and will
The Washington times., 1929-02-01
REGRETSHE.
E)IDN' 7 GET
GR|DFLINC
By JACK DEMPSEY
Former Heavyweight Champion o
the World.


the World.
If | had been born with one
of those. silver spoons in my
mouth and had been able to
get a college education one of
the first things l would have
done was to go in for football,
OF all the games played-of all the
sports | have mixed in or seem
football gets a stronger hold onSrne
than all the others put together.
Through these later years, I've
sat in for plenty of football. And
never once as silent onlooker. That
game gets such a grip on me that
I find myself getting into every play
and when the game is over I'm al.
most as bunged up as the players.
Born as was to parents who
had a large family and OnIYa
little cash, my education was
completed almost as soon as l
hit my teens. They didn't play
football where / went to school,
In a little One-rOOm place in
Colorado. In fact. nobody
around there seemed to know
that there was such game as
football.
So, instead of getting schooled
with pigskin / got muscular prac'
tice either by mixing it with the
other kids in boxing bouts or in
playing baseball Between the two
] was all for the fight stuff. More
thrills and more action In that. 80
boxing became my favorite sport
and later / made it my profession.
The choice was wise to an ex-
treme. And, until saw football,
didn't think there was any game
that had a kick" in it like pugi-
lism. That was tops" as l regarded
it; the old sock-and-block game with
action-action and more action.
But after getting a few peeks az
football L have regretted, ever
since. that my kid days never gave
me chance to tangle up in that
game. I'd swap lot of cash now
for the chance to be a youngstsf
once again and make a try for u
football team.
Five years or so ago, when 1
was not yet 80 and had pair of
good legs and wasn't a 'hollow
she'll" went out to a football
campus and stood watching the|
team at practice land IN say |
watched them enviouslyl. The
coach. who was friend Of mins,
finally asked me il I'd like to take
e little try at, it.
fYes," / said--in a hurry. So
they gave me suit, told me the
signals, handed me a halfback's jon,
gave me the ball-and what thrill
that vast
faIfbacked for the varsity
against the scrubs and the
varsity men gave me splendid
interference for a run around
the end. ! made touchdown
OH the first playa 4O.yard run
land that was almost as great
All event i'm my life as beating
jess willard.
Every time they gave me the
ball I'd make some sort of gain.
[ wasn't sure whether those scrubs
were letting me get through simply
as ~ compliment or whether was
good enough to do 1t on my own.
So | asked to be switched to the
scrub team, and then ! did some
galIoping for the scrubs against
the varsity,
After it was all over the coach
told me:
you're about the best natural
footballer I've ever seen."
Chances are he was kidding me;
Just saying something nice and
friendly. But merely to hear him
say it was like lot OF sweet music,
even though his praise simply in
creased the regrets that always
have been mine that never got
a crack at one of those all-Ameri-
can jobs.
(copyright 1929. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1929-02-01

The same fine cigar that enjoyed
leadership ON the Pacific Coast.
at 2 for25f. Now nationally famous
atlOf. 9o~W like Kn Dgck|
The Washington times., 1929-02-01

flaIfbacked for the varsity
against the scrubs and the
varsity men gave me splendid
interference for a run around
the end. / made a touchdown
OH the first playa 4O.yard run
--and that was almost as great
all event i'm my life as beating
jess Willard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Hoover AS a Party Builder

President Hoover. il his role Of party builder, has
thrown in the discard the old republican organization
head in the states Of South Carolina. Georgia and
Mississippi. He has accepted the Creager plan Of
building through the use Of patronage and influence
the two party systems in the southern states which
landed IN the republican column in 1923.
Tie has let it be known that ne looks upon all the
new converts ii southern states as republicans. and
he has been given assurances that thousands Of these
converts will affiliate with the republican party IL
coming campaigns.
Republican patronage brokers. black and white. in
these Old south states and Texas have been thrown
IN the, ditch ana the Texas Colonel has assurances
that his plan Of building a thorough going republican
party in every one Of the old south states has re-
ceived the sanction Of the president.
This makes it interesting all along the political
fighting line. 1t is a hint that there is to be an ag-
gressive organization created for the republican party
in states which we're thought to be hopelesslv demo-
cratic before the upheaval of November last.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
The Once Over
THE BANANA CRISIS
By H. I. PHILLIPS

Panama and other Central American countries
are stirred by the proposal for a higher duty on ba-
nanas. Their newspapers ask what they are to I'M
derstand when a country processes good VIII with
one hand and tries to smack the banana industry
with the other.
Feeling is running high in Latin-America over the
matter and diplomats fear a possible seyering OF re-
Iations or, as it were, a banana split.
Shall the banana go? That seems to be the ques-
ton.
Is this noble fruit to become a luxury? Is it to
be made so difficult to obtain that it may eventually
be obtained only from spectators? Is America to
put the seal Of Endorsement on banana prohibition?
These are fair questions to which the answer
Who wants TO know?" will not suffice,
The banana has come to occupy a high place in
| American life. 1t has become endeared to people in
all walks of life. What would a fruit basket be with
out one? How about the snoe-box lunch for the Sun
day outing? What would the church picnic, the Ford
excursion, the children's party be without bananas?
What? And again what?
What would the suitcase lunch, the 6idebcard
fruit dish. the pantry or the corner fruit store be If
it had no bananas? What would vaudeville hunor be
without themq What would bananaless newspaper
columns be like? Where would the popular song bus
mess Of 1~923-24-25 have been?
Bananas have been symbols Of life and laughter.
They have meant spring and hand-organs and pic
MICS and Jokes about policemen. They have been Lit
tie WillleS reward Tor bringing IN the WOOD ana SlS-
ter Saraha's compensation for sticking to her piano
lessons.
And now it IS proposed to levy such a high duty
on them that it may be necessary to smuggle them
into the country and handle them through banana
bootIeggersI
The time may come when a man will take you to
a closet. unlock it, point to a case in the corner and
whisper in elation. Real Central American banan-
ners. just off a boat"
Something should be done. Write your congress-
man now!
Trade Beard Shifts Status Of OIL Curb"-Head-
line. There's a nice profession these spring days,
status shifting.
YOU KNOW THE KIND
FIapper Gin the morning.. Mother, I can't find my
underwear.
Nom: I put it all under your watch on the bureau.
ARE THERE ANY SMITHS AMONG THE SMITH
BROTHERS?
Now the Lofts have been forced out Of the Loft
Candy corporation. Coming SO soon after the ousting
of all the ChiIds from the Childs company this looks
as if the country were having a series of Gust The
Founders Weeks.
viIhjaImur stefanssen. the explorer. has lived the
past year On a meat diet. This IS the first time It
was generally known he was that wealthy.
Mr.. Stefanssen says his experiment proves that.
provided you get plenty Of exercise, 4 meat diet is
okay. The exercise one gets locking for a good steak
IS ample.
Word comes from any number of prison warders
that in case any Of those congressman are convicted
under the jones law they viii be very glad to give
chem free entry"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
TEXAS DAILY PEESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
Worthless Dogs

Within the past year twenty residents Of Browns
vile have gone to the Pasteur Institute at Austin for
treatment as the result OF having been bitten by dogs
infeced with rabies. One day last week five persons
were reported to have been bitten. all OF whom, it is
understood will be compelled to take the treatment.
The city is infested with NANCY, worthless ours,
each a potential menace TO life or health of scores
citizens. IN the outskirts Of the city they can be seen
in great numbers, thin, diseased, eking out a niscr-
able existence on such scraps or offal as they may
find. Their diseased. emaciated condition renders
them more subject to rabies than the well-fed,
healthy dog. They serve no useful purpose and their
extinction would be a humane act.
The city has an ordinance requiring aI dogs to
be licensed. but has no means Of enforcing this ordi-
nance. Enforcement would require a dog pound and
employment Of a pound keeper, the owner Of an IN
licensed dog to be given the opportunity to redeem
the animal after it is captured. Shooting Of dogs IS
not permitted under the state law until the owner
has been given an opportunity to pay the license and
such penalties as may be fixed by city ordinance.
This handicaps the city police force in their efforts
to reduce the number Of worthless dogs, as practi-
cary every dog has an owner who insists that the
animals is extremely valuable.
Conditions in Brownsville have reached the point
where it is necessary that something be done to elm
mate the menace Of life and health. If the police
and health departments are 50 handicapped BY the
state laws. it is obvious that the city must stand the
expense Of establishing a dog pound and employing
a pound master and dog catcher. Whenever owner
less dogs can be found they can be shot without the
necessity Of placing them IN the pound.
The city ordinance requiring the licensing Of dogs
is a dead letter. Less than a dozen licenses have been
issued since the ordinance was passed several years
ago. and licenses VIII not be secured until the city
Is IN position to enforce the law. The cost OF estab-
fishing the pound and enforcing the city ordinance
would be inflnitesinal in comparison with the cost
to which residents Of the city have been subjected in
securing treatment 70 prevent the development Of
rabies, and il Is very apparent that conditions have
reached the point which VIII permit Of 10 delay ii
eliminating the dog menace.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Where Texas Does Not Shine

A very important bulletin has been issued by the
federal department. of commerce giving the figures
on the manufacture Of cotton goods collected at the
biennial census in 1927.
A total Of 1,347 establishments manufacturing cot
ton goods in the United States was shown by the re-
port. Only IS were located in Texas. This placed
Texas tenth among the states IN number Of textile
manufacturing plants. North Carolina LED with 34
establishments. Massachusetts and South Carolina
had 168 each. Georgia had 139. North Carolina has
more than a fourth of all the plants manufacturing
cotton goods in the United States.
And the figures show that Massachusetts. which
had $4,000 more wage earners employed in its cotton
mills in 1925 than did North Carolina in 1927 had
5000 less than North Carolina. Incidentally Massa-
cnusetts also surrendered the leadership in cotton
manufactures to North Carolina.
North Carolina landed il the republican column
in 1928. There was a reason for il. North CAROLYN
ians are taking kindly to the republican doctrine Of
protection of American industries and American
labor"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

80 did III whispered Charlie,
staring at a door beside the grand
father clock.
THE acoustics Of this place are
damned queer murmured Rupert.
Charlie still stared at the door,
and moved towards it.
What are you doing?" asked
Brown, unintelligently.
Stand by" replied Charlie, as
he reached the door, and stretched
for the knob. My gold watch to
mother"
He turned the knob suddenly and
pulled. The door did not move.
Locked" he muttered. Imply.
Mother doesn't get my watch just
yet
"Shl" i~nterposed Rupert. What's
that?"
His match went out. So, at that
moment. did Charles. Through
the blacknesS they heard faint steps
overhead.
Strike a match-quickl" whis-
pered Rupert. i've none left!
Someone's upstairsi"
" Charlie did not reply, but struck
another match. The light flickeFed
and grew. 1t Illuminated only two
faces. Rupert swore softly.
where's Brown" he asked.
Darling, how do I know" gasp
ed Charlie.
He's probably slipped u~pstairsl"
Then we'd better slip after him.
Yes. Come on. Quiekl"
The staircase was at the back Of
the lounge hall. It ran 10 to a
hslf-landing. then curved round.
BY the light Of the single match
they fastened up the stairs, their
large, distorted shadows following
them.
Round the bend, and up to the
TOP. Here, in his haste. Charlie
bumped into Rupert. and the match
went out. With feverish haste he
struck another.
The light glcwed on a generous
stretch of soft carpet. Straight
ahead was a door, ajar. Right and
left ran the passage. The left side
OF the passage stretched into dark
ness. The right side was obscured
by a curtain The curtain looked
as though it had recently been dis
arranged. Protruding from the
Continued on page seven.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
By JEFFERSON FARJEoN

They'd never done it before. Silly
If EN-.
Ted was undoubtedly out of
sorts, and he had spoken correctly
when he had suggested that no
army doctor would have passed him
for Category "A. 1T was not merely
the state of his webbing legs, how
ever, that had caused him to accept
the Inadequate protection of a shed
for so many hours. He did not
know it. but he was interested in
his house of horrors. He was
morbidlv intrigued by It, Subcon-
sciousiy irritated by his ignorance
Of its secret. That boom, likel It
surely was queerl Sort Of bothered
you, not knowing what it was. Like
an itch, you couldn't scratch. Yes,
but for that itch Ted might have
contr1ved to hobble a mile or so.
Fee needed him, though-needed
even a raggea laborer with large
holes in his pockets and an even
larger hole in his stomach, for Fate
uses both the proud and the hum
ble-and SO it had supplied the itch.
Well-pT'aps them others'd do a
bit o. scratchingi P'r'aps THEY'D
find out what the booming vast
Ted stretched his unwaShed neck,
and stared at the window into
which the three men had disap-
peared. He saw fitful lights.
Matches he reflected. Raising his
eyes. another light in a window
above suddenly caught his atten-
ton. "'Allol" he thought. THAT
amt matchesi That's a torchl" The
upper light went out as ne stated
Or had he been dreamin'?
Meanwhile, the little matches
continued to flicker below. ana Ru-
pert, Charlie and Brown gropsd
their way cautiously about the
shadowv interior in which they
found themselves. The chairs may
have been faded, but there was no
humility in their shadows on the
walls. The settee may have been
shabby. but it bore a sinister i'm
portance. The grandfather clock
may have been dumb. yet it shout
ed at them with a hundred silent
voices. Match light is the least
composing of all the lights devised
by man.
Where DID that sound come
from?" muttered Rupert.
Il thought it was somewhere Just
in here" chartered Brown.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Washington Letter
By HERBERT c. PLUMwER

WASHINGTON, April 5.-Representative Bolivar
z. Kemp, who represents one Of the picturesque Aca-
dian districts Of louisiana, is just a little bit puzzled
as to whether some of his constituents think they
sent him to congress or to duty in the war depart
ment.
For cut Of one Of his bayou parishes there came
to him the other day the following request:
Il am an old man and live in the neighborhood
where there are a number Of i'll bred children. They
nearly poster the life out Of me by throwing rocks on
my roof while 7 am trying to sleep. Will you not
have the war department send me an army rifle and
some bullets? I promise to take good care Of it and
return it to you when 1 have shown these boys 1
mean business
Mr.. Kemps reply was that he was not IN the rifle
business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Star Lore
A Marvel az Physics
Nv Arthur new. Garment

RN AItUuF DNF. carpenter
One winds q watch and it con-
tinues to run until it has exhausted
that energy impaired at the wind
ing: then it stops-is run down,
as We say. A boy spins his top. 1t
runs charmingly for a while, then
begins to wabble, and finally il
topples over. A gyroscope viii run
for an amazingly long period Of
time, but will ultimately slow down
and come to a standstill when left
to itself. An atom IS conceived to
be a tiny solar system having al
most infinitely small planetary
electrons rotating round a minute
nucleus or sun. But the atom never
runs down 1T is an immorta.
microcosnl. 4
More Tomorrow \
answers 20 Foregoing Qy 1stions
II John Philip Sousa; us. Mas
rine corps; Great Lakes NJ bandr
2. CASTOR Doumergue.
3. War with the Barbary pirates.
4 I John, ii, Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
MAIL rs HEAVY


This request is typical Of the many that are to be
found almost daily in every representatives mail.
And every member Of congress will tell you that it is
the next thing to political suicide not to attempt some
sort Of an answer TO such letters.
About The same time Mr.. Kemp was asked for a
rifle. a request came from a lumber company in his
district that he use his office to secure some buffalo
for a proposed park on their land. He was more sue
cesSful in this instance, but it required quite a bit
Of effort to get the animals from the west to the far
south.
Senator Gerald 2. Nve Of North Dakota delights
in telling of a request he received from an elderly
woman constituent shortly after the Inauguration.
She asked that he exert an effort in the senate to
have a law passed making it a penitentiarv offense
to apply a nickname to the president Of the United
States.
1T grieved me much she wrote. TO hear dear
Mr.. Coolidge referred to as Cal. Now I understand
some people are referring to the splendid MI. Hoover
as Herb. T think it is diSgraceful, and T strongly urge
YOU to use your influence to stamp ont this practice
Senator Nye replied that he could not undertake
such a crusade: that he thought it was a good prac-
tice to nickname a president ana hoped it would
continue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

/, Al see no reason why you
should drink more than 10 glasses
daily.
MISS .. K. O.-What do you adj
wise for ingrown toe nails?
A-Msy require surgical proce-
dure. See your doctor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
CRIPPLED

Mrs. Florence P Kahn, who succeeded her late
husband as representative in congress from Califor-
MIA. tells Of a letter she received recently from a
woman who had seen references to the lame ducks
in congress.
She wrote Mrs. Kahn in protest. pointing out that
she thought it was a disgrace to this country and TO
the sanitary conditions Of the world to have malform-
ed fowls thrust upon Unsuspecting people, and would
she please take steps to see that the practice was dis
continued?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

Professor Hans Molisch Of Vienna has isolated a
type Of luminous bacteria with which. it is said. ne
can light a table in inoculating certain f~oodstuffs.
And the people who ate the food. doubtless. would
be all lit ~up-Worchester Evening Gazette.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

A writer says that every childless couple should
either adopt a child or a dog. The former. prefer
ably, because Ia the latter instance there would be
the pedigree and the license to bother about-Fort
Worth ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

One Of these days some fellow is going to hurl
himself into immortal fame by reaching his ninety
fifth birthday and telling reporters he knows nothing
about practically Observation-Disclosures Adver-
tiser.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

Mr.. Daugherty announced that the famous green
house at washington viii shortly receive a coat of
white-Ferre, Haute star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
READ THIS FIRST:

READ THIS FIRST:
The plot concerns some weird
noises that no one can fatllom.
They are underground sounds, be-
meath a house in Byford Moor peo-
pie say is haunted. While eating in
a Kings Cross restaurant, Brown,
a romantic young clerk, %Overhears
a rough-looking young la say to
MS companion, a little fellow. Aft
er her, And-if she's troublesome
don't be particular what YOU do TO
her" The girl is beautiful, and
Brown decides to warn her Of the
danger. Her trail leads to the
the haunted house. Brown meets
Rupert and Charlie, two young men
on a walking trip. They Join forces.
Arriving at the house at night, the
three meet Ted, a laborer, who is
also interested in the noises. Ted
is ont Of work, and has hung
around the house all day. The three
decide to enter the house.
Now Go On With the Story.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
VIII

The ragged fellow, watching from
the shed, heard neither the thud
nor the gasp, but he witnessed the
result. Three men had stood, just
previously, outside the omen win
dow. In a flash, the three men
vanished. The dark house had
swallowed them up.
We'll, it's their %fooneral," he re-
Elected. I've 'ad mine!"
But the comparative peace of the
last few hours vas gone, and he
could not longer stretch himself
out on a length of potato sacking
and sleep. Instead. he showed a
broken case a little nearer the door
Of the shed-or. more correctly
speaking. the space where the door
would have been had there been
any-and sat down TO watch.
Things might happen in that house.
If they did happen, it was Just IS
well to be ready for EN-, like. You
never knew.
So he sas and watched, and wish
ed his strength had not given out
that afternoon just as he had de-
cided to make a dead set for New
castle. He might have been half
way there by now. with a comfort
able number of miles between him
and this house of horrors. 1t was
funny. his legs giving way like that.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

The artist who says there is no beauty Ia straight
lines never has seen a white sphere describing one
inst over second bases-Newcastle News
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05

Who am Z? What famous band
did I direct before 7 toured with my
own organization? What band did I
direct during the World war?
Who is president of France7
In what war did Stephen Decatur
distinguish himself?
Marvel not. my brethren, if the
world hate you" Where is this as
sage found In the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-05
Tndav's Enroscnna

Todsy's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are very
imaginative. They are true and
faithful friends.