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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02
HARLlNCEN Is
BEST AFIELD
brownsville Is Second In
Fielding; Sixth
In Hitting

McAllen is leading the Rio
Grande Valley baseball league with
five straight victories. and there
are at least three good reasons Tor
her strong showing. First, she has
the leagues leading hurler IL snip
ley; second, she Is leaG4ng the loop
in slugglng with a mark Oh .364. n
third, she has the third best Held
ing nine in the loop. The Macks
have averaged .926 IN five games
afield.
San Benito, in second, has a
strong array Of figures to show hat
her early season form has been no
fluke. In Wallace, ,arrett and
Darby, the Saints have a strong
hurting staff. When 1t comes 10
hitting, Campbell & Co. is swatting
away at a rate OF .308-third best
in the league. The Williamites rank
fourth in fielding, sacking EN- 70
the tune OF .9l6.
Pitching Wins
Excellent hurting and snappy
fielding has carried the Brownsville
BroncS into third place. Salinas
and Chapa. Bronc moundSmen, have
allowed no team owe six hits.
Chapa has hurled two tilts, one a
four-hit affair and the other . six
hit engagement. Salinas has twirl-
ed three-three hits in nine inn
ings. Afield, the Broncs rank Sec
ond. snatching them out OF the dirt
and air for q mark Of $40. In bat
ting the Brownsville nine ranks
sixth with a mark OF .253. This av-
erage has beSa gradually climbing
for the past three games to the
point where the Broncs are getting
a safety in each fourth time 10
bat.
On paper. the Harrington nine
looks like the best outfit in the
league but has managed to drop
two decisions in six games. Get
ting a fair brand OF pitching. Har-
lingen is leading the league in
fielding and is second in hitting.
In six games, Harrington has made
but eight errors for an average Of
.965. The Hub-City s~watSmiths are
clouting away at the merTT tune Of
.334-a team average Of which no
individual would be ashamed. Bill
Yoder, perhaps the best prospect IN
the league is handspring in the
Harllngen attack.
Ia Feria Fifth
BY an odd coincident-or perhaps
II Is Just the law Of averages-La
Feria is fifth in club standings,
fifth In fielding and fifth in bat
ting. The Boosters are hitting -263
and fielding .912.
Missions rejuvenated Grape
fruiters. now under the guidance Of
Eddie hamburger. are fourth in
batting and eighth in fielding. The
Grapefruiters are hitting .302. six
points below San Benito, and field
ing 1856.
Rio Hondo. Raymondville and
Donna have failed TO win a game
and they are near the bottom in
batting and fielding.
The standings follow:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02

LONDON. july Corset man
ufacturers. gvmnastic instructors
and confectiOners are all eleeful
bprarse 0na has decided 70
adapt ? waist. IN place Of the
STRAIGHT Inns from shoulders to
hemlire. stvie has decreed tirht-
fitting bodices ard curves. Women
viii have to exercise. eat chocolates
and wear corsets 10 encourage the
waistline. il : said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02
Weslaco Gins First
Cotton Bale Monday

WESLACO. July 2-Weslaco's first
bale Of cotton was brought in Mon
day morning by "A. j. Thomas. II
was ginned by Walter Watson at
the Farmers gin.
The bale weighed $50 lbs, and
was from Acala seed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02

Although lirht travels 1855 00n
miles n second. TIRE light we see
from the constellation known as
Ursa Ne for started on its tourney
10 rs two million years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02

The time for the Atlantic cross
Ing BY steamer has been lowered
BY q days ~ minutes since the
Savannah made the first Atlantic
VOYAGE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-02
Mack Sluggers Lead Valley Loop With 1854 Mark
Ump Assignments

Umpire assignments for July
Fourth and Sunday in the Rio
Grande Valley baseball league have
been announced as follows by Presi-
dent .. N. Boston:
Fourth
Point Isabel - McElwain and
Wilder.
Raymondville 90 - Drucke and
Briggs.
McAllen 1890 a. m. (La Feria VS.,
DONNA - Johnson and Mckee.
McAllen 3 p. m. - Eckoff and
Ewing. /.
Sunday
Brownsville - Eckoff and Wilder
Harrington - Mckee and Johnson
Rio Hondo - Drucke and Ewing
Donna - Briggs and McElwain.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Debating
IN OFFICE

Francis J. Phillips, 90, 20OofF
st. N. W., an attorney, member
Of the Department Of Labor
Board Of Review specializing on
immigration, died suddenly in his
office this morning while dictat-
ing to a stenographer.
Mr.. Phillips had been connected
with the Labor Department since
1905 when he came to Washing
ton from New York. He is sur
vived by a daughter, who is con.
nected with the Federal Trade
Commission. Plans for the funeral
will be announced later.
With the exception Of a slight
attack Of indigestion last Satur-
day, Mr.. Phillips had appeared to
be enjoying his usual good health.
His sudden death today was a
shock to his many friends in the
department.
Physicians at the Emergency
Hospital where his body was
taken said they believed death
had been instantaneous.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
CAFE ROW NETS
S11O FINE

A an sftermath Of fight at
the Aster Restaurant. Fourteenth
and II strests Northwest early
today. George r. Stewart. Is,
1891 a. st. s. E., was fined $11O
in. Police Court today.
One Of q party consisting Of
Miss Mary Gibson, AZ. Of Claren-
don, Va, Robert r. Clokey. Of
Clarendon, and Joseph Jenkins,
Mr.. Stewart, according to the
restaurant keepers, went into the
kitchen and shattered o tray full
OF dishes, then, went to the
orchestra stand, seized cornet
and broke the mouthpiece. He
was also said to have assaulted a
waiter, D. r.. Eyee.
Mr.. Clokey will be tried Tues
day on a charge of destroying
private property.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
REP. SULLIVAN
CITED IN VICE
PROB|NGS
Member of District House
Committee Named In n. Y.
Subpoena; Elected in 1917

Dispatches from New York say.
ing that the bank accounts Of
Representative Christopher d.
Sullivan, dean Of the Tammany
delegation in the House, had been
subpoenaed in the current graft
and vice investigation Of mag.
istrates' courts in the metropolis
today interested politicians here
and likewise District residents.
For several years Representa-
tive Sullivan, described as IAN
old-time Tammanyite," has been
a member Of the House District
Of Columbia Committee.
Groups Ranking Democrat
. He is now the ranking Demo
crat on that committee.
Information from New York Is
that in the investigation being
conducted by the appellate
division into magistrates courts,
the names Of 159 persons, includ-
ing Sullivan, several city officials
and Tammany leaders, and .
number Of vice squad plain
clothes men, were carried in q
blanket subpoena served upon all
banks and brokerage houses.
New on the List
Su1livan's name and those Of
Aldermen Graubard and Solomon,
are new to the investigation be-
ing conducted by the So-called
Kresel-Seabury board.
The magistrates courts scan-
dals figured in the recent gov"
ernorship campaign in New York,
Governor Roosevelt, demanding
a cleanup of the city situation.
While he has not been a regu-
lar attendant upon the meetings
Of the District Of Columbia COM
mittee he has moved up to the
senior minority position.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Of New
Jersey, comes next and If the
next House is Democratic, the
selection Of a chairman viii lie
between Sullivan and Mrs. Nor"
ton.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
COURT STUDIES
D|SBARMENT
MRS. KUNZ

A general term Of five justices
Of the District Supreme Court
again has taken under adviSement
a petition of the grievance COM
mittee of the Bar Association for
the disbarment of r. Golden Don
aldson, former president Of the
Commercial National Bank, for
his feelings with the F. H. Smith
Company.
The hearing was held last June.
but the justices were unable to
agree and called upon the griev-
ance committee and William E.
Leahy, Mr.. Donaldson'S counsel,
to reargue the case. No addition
al testimony was introduced and
the arguments which commenced
Saturday were completed today.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Alexandria Club
TO Hear Rep. Bloom
international Newsreel

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. q.
Sol Bloom, Of the George Wash
ington Bicentennial Commission,
will be the speaker at the meet
ing of the Kiwanis Club, Decem-
Der 49,
In addition to the speech Of
Representative Bloom, Louis B.
Thompson, Of Washington. will
sing. The Kiwanis Club will dis
tribute clothing to the underprivi-
legged Christmas Eve.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
FIRST NEWS|ES
DUE TONIGHT

The first group to attend the
first annual patriotic pilgrimage
Of the newspaper boys of Amer
lea will arrive in Washington
tonight.
Fifty boys, representing New
York papers, are included in this
party. The balance Of the 500
boys from all parts Of the nation
will arrive tomorrow. Headquar.
ters will be at the willard Hotel.
w. c. Shelton, director Of cir
culation Of The Times and Her.
aid and president of the >Amert
can Newspaper Boys Association.
and representatives Of The Times
Boys Club will be at Union Sta
ton to greet the first arrivals
The pilgrimage will formally
open tomorrow. The boys viii
see Washington, then go to Mt.
Vernon by boat. Later, they win
visit the Washington Navy Yard.
A theater party at Keith's R-KO
will follow. -.
Wednesday the boys go to Ar
lington to place a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
They will see Fort Myer cavalry
and artillery drills.
Wednesday night q banquet
will be given at the willard.
Thursday they will attend
Christmas service at the Wash
ington Cathedral, then meet Vice
President Curtis and Cabinet
members. The boys will later at
tend the Presidential receptionat
the CanitnI
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Marital Peace Clinic
Urged BIZ LindseH

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.SD
Establishment Of clinics to recon
cile couples seeking divorce, edu-
cation in sex and legalization of
birth control are advocated by
Judge Ben B. Lindsey.
In. a debate in Brooklyn last
night with DR.. Henry Neumann,
head of an ethical culture insti-
tute, the former Denver jurist
defended his views on companion.
ate marriage and urged adoption
Of such unions as a means to cut
ting the divorce rate.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Flames WRAP
VICTIM OF
WRECK
Pilot Rescues Occupant OF
Residence Fired by Gasoline;
Fog Blamed for Accident

LOS. ANGELES, Calf, Dec. ~
(I.N.S.) -Four persons escaped
death today. when d tri-motored
r.. A. T.-Western Air Express air
plane, arriving from Salt Lake
City, overshot the Alhambra
Landing Field and crashed into a
nearby residence.
The giant plane and the resi-
dence, showered with gasoline,
bursS%into flames.
Pilots Bart Cox and George
Sherwood and the sole passenger,
A. Ousterhaut, Of Wyoming, ran
into the burning house and car
ried it's occupant, A. L. Toner, to
safety.
Ousterhaut suffered burns.
Toner and the pilots we're unhurt.
The plane carried 1900 pounds
of mail and it was all damaged
save the contents Of three sacks,
officials reported.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Rum Runner Caught
By Coast Gu0rdsn1en

NEW LONDON. Conn, Dec %
U.N.So.-An investigation was
under way today after an exani-
nation showed that the papers of
the desiree. an alleged rum run
ner, were faulty.
The boat. with its cargo and
crew Of three, was seized off
Block Island yesterday after an
attempt to escape from the Coast
Guard destroyer Wilkes
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Labor Chief Urges
DOLeS Be Instituted

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 40 QN.
SO.-Edward F. McGrady, gen.
eral organizer of the American
Federation of Labor with offices
In Washington, advocated the
payment Of doleS or unemploy-
ment insurance during the course
Of an address at the Labor Insti-
tute Forum here during the week
end.
He asked in the name of the
federation the establishment Of
reserve funds for payment Of
wages to workers in slack times.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
JGnitOr Put on Trial
VIII Denu KidndDin0

NEW YORK, Dec. % QN.S0.
Held here in jail for more than
three months, Charles Edward
Pope, aged apartment house
caretaker, goes on trial today on
a charge Of kidnapping Grace
Budd in June, 1928.
Attorneys said Pope will enter
q denial and they claim the
missing girls mother will repudi-
ate Identification of Pope as the
kidnaper.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
POLITICS BOON
AS CONGRESS
RECESSES
Senators and Representatives
Urged by Party Leaders to
Study Relief During Holiday

Campaign issues galore were
scattered through the deserted
corridors of the Capitol today as
House and Senate members were
homeward bound on a two-weeks
Christmas vacation.
The departing senator's and rep
resentatives were charged by
their party leaders with the task
Of making personal inquiries into
unemployment during the recess.
On their return, Insurgents and
Democrats at both ends Of the
Capitol may seek enactment of
additional relief legislation to
augment President Hoover's pro-
gram, despite White House oppo-
sition to further remedies.
Administration Plans Fight
The Administration forces
meanwhile will gather informa-
ton to support fight against
additional legislation.
While the relief question was
uppermost, there were signs that
the policies Of the Federal Farm
Board would become an even more
important issue in the near fu-
ture, and certainly in the 1892
campaign, Congress Just before
adjourning appropriated another
$50, 5000, 900 for the boards
sterilization activities, making
the total $400. 900. 900 to date.
Democrats supported the ap-
preparation, declaring they would
give the board mo excuse" and
mo alibi" for its failure to main
tain q high level in farm prices.
BOrah Flags Board
Senator William e. Borah (R)
Of Idaho led :. fight on the board.
charging that wheat and cotton
prices have fallen tremendously
ever since the Government
agency began its relief operations.
He declared the board was
merely postponing the day Of
disaster" for American agricul-
ture and that no permanent re-
lief could be obtained so long as
the board held 100, ,000, 900 bushels
Of wheat without . plan for dis
posing Of it.
The Democrats were in a like
state Of unrest. due to the fight
over Frank r. McNinch, q North
Carolina Hoovercrat, confirmed
as a member Of the Federal
Power Commission.
Supply Bill Passed
Both Republicans and Demo
Gratis had one satisfaction-the
record Of Congress in its 19-day
session. Both Of President
Hoover's relief measures-the
$116, ,000, 900 public works and the
$45, 900, 900 drought relief bills
were enacted. along with $780,
100000 appropriation for the
farm board.
Two regular appropriation bills
were passed by the House, total
ing $1,153. 900 900, the larger one,
for the Postoffice and Treasury
departments, being approved by
the Senate.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Drys Seek to Silence
Anti-ProhibitiOnist
Radio in Mexico

BOSTON, Dec. az UN.s).
DRY" advocates today were en-"
deavoring to invoke law to
silence q powerful radio broad
casting station just over the
border in Mexico which nightly
fills the air with caustic re-
marks on prohibition and Of
fers prizes Of cases Of liquor for
kilograms and letters on its pro-
gram.
According to Boston radio
listeners, Mrs. Henry w. Pea
body, formerly Of MasSac chusettS,
who went to Florida after the
"baby. Volstead act" was 70:
pealed, Is often the victim OF
butts from the announcer.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
MOnteUideO Ballots
Still UncOnnke0

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec.
% QN.S0.-Onl.' 10000 of
Montevideo's 10000 votes cast
In November elections have been
counted so far, causing wide
spread political unrest and un-
certainty.
Observers predict that the vote
for all OF Uruguay would not be
fully counted until March.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Suspect in Chicago
RObberieS Arrested

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 G.N.S0.
After eluding police for four years
q young man said by detectives
to be the last Of q gang Of five
Chicago gunmen who made a for
tune here in machine-gun rob-
berries, was held in a New York
Jail today. He is Isidor Alderman,
%, of Chicago, also known as
Harry Davidson and Robert Lewis,
according to police.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
Young Mrs. Ma1oUiILe
Freed With Million

RENO. New. Dec. "a dN.SJ.
Allegations Of desertion today
won q divorce decree for Lois
Airline awhile from Thomas
Manville, jr. She was q former
Stenographer to the asbestos man.
ufacturer.
Rumors here say Mrs. Manyille
secured a settlement of $1,0O0, 900.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
JEWS START STRIKE

JERUSALEM, Dec. % G.N.S0.
Hundreds Of Jewish workers have
gone on strike in protest Of a
new wage scale in the orange
groves. The strikers in one part
of the city attacked the houses of
rich planters before being dis
persed by police.
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
DRY EDUCATOR
HITS RUM Law

HANOVER, N. H., Dec. 2:
QN.S) Expressing his belief ir
the value Of temperance, President
Ernest Martin Hopkins, Of. Dart
mouth College, here today wrote
to the National Temperance Coun
Gil, assailing the prohibition law
+ The famous. educator based hi
opposition to the law on liVt
points
l., Underworld Power Seen
They we're:
"An underworld empire Of
+. enormous power had been sub.
sidized by hundreds Of millions
Of dollars for corruption by
money diverted from the COIlec-
tiOn Of Government excise on
liquor plus the. swollen profits.
of inflated prices Of liquor and
the profits Of cutting and cheap
!, ening Oe liquor. =
The amendment has been OF
! dftfSe aelgantage 60 aIAybOiy, and
sections AOf the country which
formerly AWere dry are now
saturated with liquor.
!, "FaiIurs to see how indi-
viduaIs or organizations whose
s0Iicitude is for building mp
spirit Of temperance can con-
tinue either TO believe in or to
support the theory or the pFac-
tice Of the, Eighteenth Amend
ment as defined in current legis-
lation.
Y Says Conditions Worse
TThe VOlStead act has made
iitiOns worse than they were
has precIuded the accom-
uent Of anything which
Fes Of a nature Of tenn:
movement.
amendment gives too
'ificatiOn to building
Y powers of the Fed
uent, as against
communities re-
he conduct Of
NirS."
The Washington times., 1930-12-22
ATEMENT

earring House ex-
5000.
fearing House bal
boo.
ipts, $21,346,6O4.eO.
nee, 1851. .029, ,a6S.26,
The Washington times., 1930-12-22

GAO dLC
! main
impaired
Ays. OF
!, 80, 900
thout the
fall, while
letters and
distributed.
this depart
ok, Assistant
spending his
mas at the
Iostoffice. said
N 1000 extra
Sroximately 125
trucks.
The Washington times., 1930-09-11
HEALTH AIDS
Remarkably Lou Priced

Remarkably Lou Priced
35c Aliens Foot Ease ...... .29c
75c Alcorub, pint ......r,.. Soc
$1.5O Agarol Compound .... Sec
$3.50 Atophan Tablets ....... $1.O5
81 Bayer Aspirin Tablets ...... 73c
Csc Blue Jay Plasters ........ 21c
6Oc Emersons Bromo Seltzer SEC
SOC Buffers Rheumatic Remedy 45c
$1.2O Caldwells Syrup Pepsin. 73c
SIPS Creomulsion Tonic ..... 83c
$1.OO Upjohns Citrocarbonate ;. Csc
SOC Cuticura Ointment ........ .39c
$115 Dares Mentha Pepsin :. .S5c
35c Energine Dry Cleaner 49,. .21c
$3.50 Eskays Neurophosphates $1.29
6Oc Fleets Phospho Soda 49,. 45c
35c Freezone Corn Remover -. .24c
6Oc Harpers Headache Remedy doc
ST. Horlicks Matted Milk ..... CSC
SOC Hospital Cotton. lb. .... 39c
ST Ironized Yeast Tablets ... 73c
81 Joint Ease, large .......... Csc
81 Kojene Antiseptic ...,.... S4c
ST Marmola Tablets ....,.-... ..79c
ST Lysol Disinfectant .rn.....-. + 66c
35c Lapactic Pills ....... 27c
6Oc Mercks Sugar Milk ...... .49c
Csc Mercurochrome Solution :. 19c
SIPS Moones Emerald Oil $1.14
$1.OO Musoldent Mouth Wash .85c
Csc Natures Remedy Tablets :. 19c
81 Nujol Oil, pint. -. ........... SIC
81 Ovoferrin Tonic =. ...r,..... TIC
6Oc Papes Diapepsin ...... 39c
$1.35 Guides Pepto Mangan -. ,81c
$1.3O Pinkhams Veg. Compound 89c
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-31
Aviation
ARMY AvIATORS
READY TO OPEN
MOCK WARFARE
$50 Planes to Take Part in
Aerial Combat Against
Imaginary Enemy.

United Press
3ACRAMENTO. Cal, March 81
nging into California skies short
after dawn Tuesday, 100 planes
the army air corps are scheduled
to take-of from Mather field near
here in the start of three weeks Of
aerial combat maneuvers.
The planes, consisting Of all
types of ships used in the air corps,
will practice aerial combat, bomb
ing and other aviation maneuvers
against an imaginary foe.
The defending feet Of planes was
being concentrated at Mather field
today with pursuit groups, bomb
ing groups and observation squad
rons coming from all parts Of the
United States.
Manning the aerial fleet are 200
pilots and $50 enlisted men COM
manded by Brigadier-General Will
liam E. Gilmore, assistant chief Of
the corps.
During the three weeks maneuv-
ers, it is estimated 100000 miles
will be flown by the army planes
modified for the biggest peace-time
military air event in history.
The mimic air combats will con-
clude with general sham battle
over San Francisco, bombers. pur-
suit and observation planes taking
part.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-31
5 DROWN AS
PLEASURE BOAT
SINKS IN CRASH
Score or More Persons Are
Injured in Tragedy on
Northwest Coast.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
ST. HELENS, Ore, March 81
The once glittering pleasure barge
Swan lay shattered here today.
Investigation of her ramming by
the lumber steamer Davenport, at a
cost of at least five lives, was being
launched. A score or more were
injured.
In the darkness that enveloped
the Columbia river early Sunday,
her 286 passengers - homeward
bound from the festive celebration
of the Longview bridge dedication
were tossed about like straWs by
the terrific crash.
Suddenness and force of the
impact turned the two-deck dance
barge into pandemonium and
pitched many persons into the cold
waters of the river.
The tug Dix, which propelled the
Swan, and furnished it with cleo
tricity, sank a few moments after
the barge was struck.
The Swan was thrown into dark
ness and scenes of widest confu-
sion prevailed as cries of the dy-
ing mingled with those of the in
jured.
Captain Belland, owner OF the
barge, plunged into the river after
the crash and saved several persons.
Some time later he learned his
13-year- son was in the engine
room of the Dix, when the tug sank
almost Immediately after the i'm
pact. The lads desire to watch the
engines had sent him to his death.
The prov of the Davenport cut a
sixteen-foot cash through both
decks of the Swan
Members of the Seventh infantry
band of Vancouver barracks were
playing a waltz when the crash
occurred.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-31
GRUNDY FIGHTS BACK
Charges PennSy Head and
Ware Run Machine.

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA, March 81
Pennsylvania's political situation as
Sumed added warmth today as the
public awaited the reply to Sen
ator Joseph R. GrundyS charge that
w. w. Atterbury. president of the
Pennsylvania railroad and Repub-
lican national committeeman, had
combined with William S. Wares
machine ito grab control of the
state government"
In statement Sunday night,
Grundy, who is seeking the Repub-
lican nomination to succeed himself,
accused Atterbury of being the di-
recting mind in the Conspiracy
being carried out by the Ware ma
chine in an attempt to dictate the
personnel and policy of the public
service commission and dominate all
the important relationships of this
great state with the federal gov
eminent"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-31
Graphite Aids Airmen

BIZ Times NpFciGt
NEW YORK. March 31.-When
Army airmen from an eastern air
field join the Caterpillar club by
leaping from disabled planes with
parachutes, they are aided by a
strange new use of graphite.
To prevent the formation of static
electricity from friction, as the folds
of silk rub together in opening,
graphite is sprinkled in the pack
Besides being an excellent conductor,
it forms a lubricant which allows
the silk to slide along with q
minimum of friction.
The theory that caused the
adoption of this precautionary
measure is that static electricity
might hold the silk folds together,
preventing the parachute from
opening in an emergency.