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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
CHICAGO Milk
STRIKE ENDED
Arbitration Agreed to
After Day of Huge
Destruction

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-tP)-Chicago's
milk strike. with its displays of vio-
lence and destruction Of milk was
ended at a conference OF producers,
distributors and city health officers
today.
DR.. Arnold Kegel, commissioner Of
health, announced the two factions,
at loggerheads for weeks over the
price to be paid for raw milk, had
agreed to submit their differences to
arbitration.
The dsirymen's demands Of s2.S5 a
hundredweight for milk and the dis
tributors' counter-propossl Of $3.50
were to be submitted for arbitration
todsy.
TAe conference was called after
800 striking dairymen last night
added 70 the thousands Of pounds of
milk that have been dumped by seiZ-
ing two 500 Line milk trains at Lake
Villa, I'LL. They cowed the crews with
clubs, hewed their way into four
ears with piekaxes, and destroyed
100 600 pounds OF milk.
1t was the chief outbreak Of a day
Of violence in which truck drivers
were kidnapped and beaten and 272.000
pounds of milk dumped az Lake Villa,
Bartlett. Half Day, Elgin. Lake &C.
nevs. Ill: Burlington. Elkhorn and
Springfield. Wis, easy and Miller.
Ind, and other districts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
Radio Fans Will
I Ask City Action
In interference

The petition drawn up by Browns
willie radio fans asking aid or the city
commission and mayor in eliminating
local interference 10 radio reception
will be presented to the body at its
regular meeting Friday.
The paper has been placed IN the
Williams radio parlor where fans
may sign il. Although the petition
has not been pushed vigorously, sp-
proximately 100 hsve signed the
PAPER, according to leaders In the
move.
The paper states that in the
opinion Of experts. a large portion Of
interference in Brownsville - due 70
man made static" and can be elm
mated with little trouble once the
sources are located. II is said that
only about 10 per cent Of the inter
ference is due to unavoidable static
and the remaining 20 per cent due
various local causes that can be
eliminated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
POTATO GRADE
BILL PASSED
Michigan Adopts Dras-
tic Law Covering
Shipments

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. "a
A potato grading bill, more drastic
than any ever drafted for enactment
into Law. has safely hurdled the first
and main ~barrier-the ship
pers and dealers-and now awaits ac-
tion by the state legislature.
If enacted into law. il would make
IL a misdemtanor for anyone TO pos
ssss ungrsded potatoes packed for
sale. No one is exempted under It's
provisions.
Potatoes for table use shall not
be sold that do not meet the re-
quirements Of u. S. Fancy grade. u.
S. No. ] grade or II. S. No. 2 grade. r
states the bill in its opening section.
The real teeth OF the MEASURE are
contained in Section Q which reads:
THE intent and purpose of This
ret is 10 regulate TIE sale OF pota-
toes for table use intended for in
terstate and intrastate commerce
when such sale is made By the grow
er. dealer or distributor. or any 9th
or person either by Wholesale or re-
tail or in n other manner"
This provision removex the exemp-
lions under the present state grad
ing law. IL aims to make
and retailers, as well as dealers,
shippers and truckers, sell only
graded potatoes.
William II. Esslinger. chief Of the
state fruit and vegetable inspection
service, explained to growers. ship
pers and dealers that the exemption
privileges under the present law were
being abused by some truckers. who
posed as growers, and by some re-
t%silers who purchased potatoes direct
from farmers.
His explanation Of the new bin 50
completely satisfied the grower AZ
the conference that IL was on their
motion and second that the bill was
approved here by unanimous vote.
The title Of the bill reads "a bill
70 regulate the sale OF table stock 10
tatoes, commonly known as Irish 10
tatoes; to fix standard grades for
potatoes; provide for i~nsnection and
penalties for violation thereof, and
70 repeal Act No. rs. Public Acts Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
Rail Official
Visiting Valley

r. NJ. Westerfelt, land and indus
trial commissioner of the Chicago,
Burling and Quincy railroad. arrived
here in a special car over the Mis-
souri, Pacific Lines Tuesday morn
ing. The railroad officer was accom-
panied BY his wife and daughter.
The group is on a vacation tour
and plans to spend several days IN
the Valley, making Brownsville their
headquarters.
They were taken TO Point isabel
Tuesday morning by A. $. Gimhle.
general agent OF the Missouri IA
cific Lines here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
In Legislature
Tuesday

Tuesday
Federal relations committee viii
hold heharing on Harding resolution
asking congressional investigation az
alleged unfair federal prosecutions
of independent oil ompanices and Cp-
orators.
Monday
Senate passed resolution calling
for Investigation Of general land Of
flee.
House heard resolution asking con-
G%ressional investigation OF federal
prosecutions independent Oil COM
panies and operators.
House votes down proposal that
membership visit penitentiary sys-
tenn.
Senate authorized penitentiary
committee members to inspect penal
system.
House appropriations committee
rejected senate judiciary Epprcpria-
tIon bill.
Senate and house highway and rev
enue committee conducted joint hear
ings on highway financing bills.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 22.-tP-Ruth
Haviland, pretty 2~0-year-old aviatrix
is hostess at Fairfax airport.
II is her duty TO welcome all per-
sons who arrive az the landing field,
and she receives 500 a week.
Miss Hayiland has a large motor
car for conveying airplane passen-
gers to their destination in the city.
An Airplane also is provided for her
to fly.
"She won this unique job" AK
plains Guy +. Stanley. president Of
the airport company. because Of her
charming personality and courteous
reception OF transient and CONNER
eial plane passengers"
Miss Haviland is a licensed air.
plane pilot. She started al the bot
tom in aviation after a futile at
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
DISTRICT
IS ORGANIZED
Plan Immediate De.
~velopment of Area in
Cameron No. Ia

Plans for immediate development
Of approximately $1,000 acres IN the
coastal section Of Cameron county
were announced Tuesday BIZ members
Of the board OF directors Of Cameron
County Water Improvement District
No. IA, the voters OF which on Satur-
day expressed themselves as unAni-
mously in favor OF the district.
Iwenty-four votes were east al the
organization district election, held a:
the Box ranch, all in favor OF the dis
trict. The board OF directors elected
il composed OF Coi. l.. II. Slower,
W. T.. Swan, Rufus q. Ransom, L. A.
Boory and ). X. Haliam.
Three surveying crews under the
direction Of ~. r.. Anderson OF san
Bcaito are now in the field complet-
ing surveys, and final plans are eX-
pected TO be presented 10 the state
board Of water engineers for APPROX
al in a few weeks. Arrangements are
being made ID call a bond election a.
soon rs estimates are available, the
amount to be authorized TO be be-
tween $1,000, 600 aud Sl,250.000.
The lands To be watered by the
SYSTEM include parts Of OF the Boyd,
Laguna Vista and Boory tracts. all
lying in the coastal region to the
north and west of Point Isabel.
Announcement was made that the
district has secured q reservoir site
OF approximately 2,400 acres on
Share s Of the San Martin grant
about two miles east Of the east line
Of III Jardin district. and a second
reservoir site has been secured in the
northwestern part OF the Laguna
Vista tract. The two reservoirs.
which can be filled BY gravity during
flood stages az the Rio Grande, will
have a capacity OF approximately
$4,000 acre feet.
The pumping plant will be located
two miles east OF I'll Jsrdin tract,
with secondary pumps at the north
ern reservoir and on the Boyd tract.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
Less risk of "fu"
Hy0u do tWO things
Precautions
you can take
immediately

THERE Is no use Worrying every
Il time YOU draw 1 breath for fear
you will breathe in some influenza
germs. Do the following two things
and forget IL: FfrGf, keep your nose
and throat well protected, and
JeroaS. keep your system in good con-
dition. The chances are YOU will
avoid contsgion.
"As a first ~rrcCaution, | am rrcscriS-
ing Mistol 10 ali nv patients, as il
protects rhe lose and throat against
the germs Of influenza. Use il every
morning, the FIRST thing, before YOU
&c out. Again when YOU come home
ar night. Don't he afraid 10 use it
freely; il will DO no harm.
'..Iust tilt your head back and apply
Mistol with the special dropper
which comes with every package,
until you feel it trickling down your
throat. IL will clear your head won
derfully, relieve any Inflammation;
it will help dry uP q running nose. Ii
has a soothing effect on the throat,
too. GzrEle II for a sore throat or 4
little irritating cough. Above all, il
protects the nose and throat against
rhe germs Of influenza.
This is the first Precaution; now FOR
the second: Physicians agree that,
particularly in times Of epidemic,
weakening Of the system due 20
purging by laxarives and czthartics
is not advisable; therefore, many
doctors arc prescribing Nujol. Ii IS
nor a laxative or cathartic BUT A pure,
natural substance that helps your
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
WEATHER SUMMARY

A disturbance Of considerable in
iensity was central over the central
states this morning, attended by
heavy cloudiness, general precipita-
ton. and moderate TO strong shift
ing winds practically throughout the
great central valleys and Texas, and
un~seasonably mild temperatures
throughout the southern states. At
the same time n high pressure area
of considerable magnitude appeared
over the Canadian Northwest and
adjacent states, attended by fair
weather and rather low tempera-
lures practically throughout the re-
gions named. including Wyoming and
South Dakota.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

ly 500 released when they proved
themselves innocent Of wrong-doing,
All those arrested in the Saturday,
Sunday and Monday cleanup were
cooked Sixteen hundred OF those ar
-ested were found TO have had pollc~
records, deputy commissioner StaEc
said.
For ten hours yesterday these 1900
were paraded across the brilliantly
lighted stage At the detective bureau
before an audience made UP az detec-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

tivss and the victims Of recent hold
ups and robberies. The prisoners
moved slowly across the stage, being
required to stand in different pos
lures in the hope that identifications
might be made.
Several men wanted In connection
with specific crimes were found 10
have been caught In the cleanup.
Five aliens were arrested and turned
over to immigration a~uSfrities lot
deportation. wv
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
r OF 30 ARRIVES
HERE FROM MILWAUKEE

A special car from Milwaukee
bringing 90 people TO the Valley ar
rived here Tuesday morning over the
Missouri Pacific Lines.
The party, in charge Of George
Fisher. departed shortly after arriv-
nj for up-NaIley points. The group
will remain here until Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

op-to-dzte mailing lists for every
purpo,e-failey, State or National.
claszified lists Of men, housewives.
auto owners, tax payers. water users.
Telephone users, farmers, club men.
etc. Furnished promptly at moderate
cost. Also complete letter service.
Sniriey Letter Shop. Hidalgo Bank
Bldg, Mercedes. Phone 500, Ca9
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
COPS
SIFT SUSPECTS
Those Wanted Weed
ed From 1900 Taken
In Big Raid

CHICAGO. Jan. 22-lPt-Police
swcepings-the 1000 men and women
arrested in a crook cleanup without
postwar precedent-were sifted to-
day by police, prosecutors and the
courts.
Analysis ar the results Of the raids
were far from complete. for every
Jail in the city was crowded and the
task Of making a complete check was
necessarily slow.
Trial of more than 1900 ar those
arrested were started today. the
eases being distributed among the
various police courts. charges In
most cases being disorderly conduct
or vagrancy.
With the exception Of approximate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22
NEWS
BRIEFS

PITTSBURG. Pa, Jan. 22-P1-
Four girl students Of a high school
here disappeared last Thursday, the
same day Harold Graham, 20, IN
ploye OF the Mellon National bank,
dropped from sight, detectives said
today, but declined to divulge the
girls names and refused TO discuss
their disappearance in connection
with Graham's.
JACKSONVILLE. KY. Jan. 22.-tH1
Two miners were killed in an ex-
plosion in the Blackstone coal mine
near here yesterday. and the mine
still was blocked today. The miners
were q. r.. and G. G. Gamblin. broth
ers. They were blasting coal after
the regular Grey had left for the day.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. o2-tPf--The
Southwestern Lumhermen's ~associa-
tion will begin its forty-first annual
convention here tomorrow with men
widely known in the industry in Mis-
souri,, kanssa. Oklahoma, Texas, Ar
kansas and Nebraska on the pro-
gram. The convention will continue
through Friday.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.-fPl-A trip
10 the Holy Land Is the prize award
ed 10 Bishop James Cannon, Jr-. Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South. by the Christian Herald for
the most significant contribution by
an American citizen tn religious
- YnuS e.. 81
today. Stanley High. editor Of the
Christian Herald, was quoted as say
ing the bishop vas chosen because
~ his long and distinguished Chris
tian leadership and. in particular. be-
cause Of his camoaign in the south
on behalf Of prohibition before the
last national election
ROME. Jan. 22.-iPl-A clash be-
tween predatory nomsds and Italian
colonial troops in the desert zone
between Zulira oasis and III Lebbe.
Cyrenaica. today was reported to
have ended with the routing Of the
tribosmen who left POS dead on the
field. The Italian losses were stated
TO he ten native troopers killed and
twenty wounded.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan. 22.-fPl
Residents Of Fairbanks and vicini-
ty today were slowly recovering their
composure after experiencing a ter
rifying four hours which the city
was shaken by fourteen earthquakes.
The damage was slight. The shocks
began No 1880 n. m. yesterday and
kent the city shaking until after
AGO a. m.
SEATTLE. Jan. 22.-lP-Fonr
deaths by breaking through ice vas
the toll OF Seattle's cold snap, which
came to an end today. John Baer.
10; Charles Daughtrty. IL. and Rob
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

First figure lowest temperature
last night; second. highest tempers-
ture yesterday; third. wind velocity
at S a. m; fourth, rainfall vast "a
hours.
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suooTs AT CAT. KILLS BOY

CHICAGO-Shooting ut a cat from
his window. James Porter killed L.
year-old Charles Johnston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

ert Sorenson. 12. we're drowned in
Green Lake when they walked On
thin ice. Winston Churchill. 2n.
messenger hoy, crashed through
while attempting 70 cross Mud Lake
on a motorcycle.
PARIS. Jan. 22@,P-Marshal
Ferdinand Foch has successfully
fought off attack on his heart and
kidneys and today seemed well on
the road to recovery. Were he a
man Of 80 we would not hesitate 70
tell you he was now out If danger
said the marshal's three doctors aft
er visiting the sick room.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

tempt u start at the top IL a trans
Atlantic flight. She as the p~ersis-
tent young women who kept the
wires not with kilograms to Com.
Richard r. Byrd when he was pre-
pairing for his flight to France. Her
perseverance won for her the as
urance from Byrd that il he took
any woman aboard the America it
would be Miss Havilend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-22

SEATTLE, Jan. 22.-P-Fonr
deaths by breaking through ice was
the toll OF Seattle's cold snap, which
came to ar end today. John Baer,
10; Charles Daughtrty. IL. and Rob
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Motorists and Their Attitude
Toward Pedestrians

W WxWsahl'"'f0' Week." '"'''' observe S'' '' ''''""'
Although courts decreed that pedestrians shall
have right of way all intersections not
by policemen mechanical devices the general drs
gard of this law by motorists daily making life nightmare
for people who compelled to the streets foot
Traffic Is gradually moving faster through the citys
streets, boulevards and arteral highways
The twenty mile limit obsolete yesterdays
According traffic experts this it should be.
perts claim makes higher speed essential to prevent
gestion and to permit steady flow Of traffic.
Pedestrians however have some rights.
The law specifically states that motorists shall give pedes
rans right way crossings Do they do it? Not
notice it!
The pedestrian his life in his hands every time
swoops upon him. horn screechng and unless the wakY
particularly agile only the suddenly ammed brakes Of the
him from injury or death.
The lot Of pedestrians sgnacontroed streets NOT
much brighter the signal switches when they crossing
the rests drivers Of automobiles to be prudent
careful The moorst does not have clear right of
under these circumstances and the pedestrian ba
charged with contibutory negligence in of accident
One of the greatest pedestrians Washington
signal signal authority for pedestrians
with traffic flowing in the direction But pedestrana
step off the curbs the signal motorists rush for
ward for sharp right-hand turns.
guard against being hit pedestrians must scurry like
rabbits out of the way of the approaching
Everyone who drives a car is time or other
pedestrian &c. following the precepts of the Golden Rule
the safety of who cross the streets foot at
intersections.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
THE TROJAN HORSE GATE
BIZ Herbert Kaufman

WHEN tariff walls mount too high foreign simply a
Trojan drives straight through the gate
Prohbitve protection rates check the inflow OF raw
materials but wherever sufficient market exists for
or product imposition excessive duties invites the
abishment of branch factories and repackng stations
Consequently, behold American subsidiaries all
Europe and the United States recprocaly filled with British
French and German owned plants. Tit for tat.
Payros taken of country thus balanced by pay
rolls brought in.
The system like patent sprnklers promptly operates
Chauvnism makes oppressng hot for competition
Henry isn't ndusralist repatriate outlets
criticism of his Irish and Jugoavian ventures
conveys that impression
Singer Sewing Machines had been made and sold through
out the world before Hector learned to yelp
The International Harvester Company eliminating unneces
sary COSTS early up Continental units
The Gillette Razor settled abroad in the Ninetes National
Cash Register likewise supplies customers from
The Woolworth chain reaches the Atlantic Ana
when John Bull patronzes Boots Drug Store he's dealing
with the Lggett interests under a different sign.
Millions of dollars worth Of imported merchandise
similarly lodging customs taxes and discriminatory
articles in bulk in knocked down condition
lower schedules but increasing number of
labels
Pascal Candies Coty Perfumes and Peters Chocolate
longer take their former expensive trips
Your Dunlop Tires created in Buffalo and Brown
Bove electrical equipment used hereabouts is Swiss in name
RosR Royce Automobiles would be thousands of dollars
they weren assembled by Long Island labor.
The Swedish Trust has its finger in safety match pie
whenever you buy Lever Soap washing powder
you contribute Yankee wages and advertising budgets
Mr. Ford and General Motors aren't blazing any economic
paths They're merely following precedent to foreign parts
when they also play Romans in Rome
Everybody else doing it, why should equally sound
practice evoke resentment their particular cases?
will always conform to its necessities and detour
handcaps
long tariframers leave gaps the hedge overhead
will find them.
Business seize every legitimate chance to expand and
Trniu horsea tend In he
don t forget they re crowded with employment
by the Mirror
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
But She BUILDS Them

THE British have horror of submarines and mplore
France and America to outlaw" them agreeing that
nation shall them.
That's natural for the British because their island off in
foggy corner is sesupporting Food for their millions
must be brought floating ships And those ships in time of
war, at the mercy Of submarines.
In the late the submarines terrorzed the British made
them afraid send their baeshps to and
them fear that they would ultimately be beaten by
starvation.
of submarine to any nation with whom they might fight
well as they know dreadful that holds for them
and their floating
And while they beg Americans and French to OUTLAW
the submarine the wise British BUILD SUBMARINES OF the
latest, largest and most efficient type.
Here you see the Pandora good for submarine
It will let horrors great those contained in Pan
dora's fatefu box.
This nation which will fight any other nation unless
attacked ourageouy wronged needs submarines and will
have them the greatest most efficient fleet OF them on earth
If the Government is INTELLIGENT
Fighting planes in the destroyers below the
water such is the program for this country.
The French and Japanese building submarines Japan
said the authority of French officer bigger
than other nation With cruising radius that
would enable the undersea boats to the Pacific and
unobserved pass below the through the Golden Gate
into San Francisco harbor
Of course we know the Japanese will not do anything like
that other nation MIGHT We should be prepared
give anybody coming through the AIR the water
forget.
We need fighting arshps and submarines also enough
fast cruiers disturb seriously the floating any
nation that might attack
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
LISTEN WORLD!
She Hos Kept Life a Big Show
By Elsie Robinson

did not feel that the rare oppor-
tunity of living should be wasted
on thinking about these things
or talking about them. Always
LIFE ITSELF-the big show Of
life-was what mattered to Nelly
Browne, and she surveyed it, as
1t were, from box.
There, before her, was the stage
and her own life moved across
that stage with all other lives. She
could feel the pain of that life and
she could feel its pleasures but
she did not let either of them
come so near her that they OBJ.
STRuCTED THE VIEW. She al
ways kept herself a little detached
from herself.
AND BECAUSE SHE KEPT
HE RS ELF A LITTLE DE
TACHED FROM HER LIFE
SHE WAS ABLE TO BEAR IT
AND RISE ABOVE IT. :. AND
CONTINUE TO BE A PERSON.
This didn't Just happen" to her.
She wasn't born that way any
more than you or l are born that
way. She determined to live that
way because 1t seemed to her, the
finest and most sensible way to
live.
Now she has her reward and,
meeting her, you share it with her.
She does something to you. >.
warns you by her wit. release
you by her philosophy. and you
yourself perceiving what a rare
adventure life may be. She ia not
like other old ladies. She does not
look back and wiring her hands.
She does not wander. mumbling
and mouthing. through old mem.
cries. Nor does she try to stimu.
late youth by dressing and acting
like a fla pper She IS young. Life
moves as vividly for her today as
wehn she was sixteen. Looking
through her eyes you see what
she sees, NOT Nelly Browne
but--THE BIG SHOW.