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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Scouts Take Hike
Especial to The Herald)

RAYMONDVILLE. Jan. a.
Scout Troop No. ? Of Raymondville
took a hike Saturday evening TO
the Keike well about five miles
west Of Raymondville and spent the
night there under the guidance OF
Scout Master. N. NJ. Miller.
Those making the trip were,
Grady Barnes, Alfred Miller Travis
Scott. Morris Lyle. Lewis Burton,
Lyle Vath. Leslie Schaefer, Vernon
Myers, and Leonard Moss.
Leonard Moss passed his Cooking,
Fire Building. Trailing, Knife and
Ratchet, and Scout Pace tests.
Grady Barnes took several Of his
first Glass tests and Lyle Morris
passed his Trailing and Scout Pace
tests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
F'lier Killed

OAKLAND. Calf. Jan. 2T-P-
Lieutenant Norman A. Goddard.
former Navy flier and recently
generator Of a Palo Alto aviation
school. was dead today rs the result
Of the collapse Of & glider IN when
he attempted TO execute a loop
over the Alameda airport.
The fraii craft collapsed yester-
day as Goddard pulled 1t out OF a
dive at an altitude OF 5000 feet. En-
tangled III the wings, the PILOT at
tempted to use his parachute, but
a matter OF seconds cost him his life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Post Entertains

RAYMONDVILLE. Jan. al
Meuse Argonne Post No. 800 Of the
American Legion entertained with
a dinner in the Tourist Hotel Satur-
day Noon for State Commander,
Ernest G. Cox and State Adjutant
Bob Whitaker. and the 18th District
Committeeman, DR.. w. w. Utzman
Of McAlien.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Mrs. Waybourn Free

GEORGETOWN, Jan. 27-PH
Mrs. Rosa Waybown today was q
free woman for the first time In al
most two years. Yesterda- she was
acquitted on charges IN connection
with the death Of w. W. Waybourn.
her husband, at their home in
Smithville March 10; 1928. The jury
elaborated Is hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Murderer Confesses

DURANT. Okla, Jan. 27-tP)-
A. j. Eastep, charged with murder
in the deaths Of his wife, Sarah.
and VIII Hughes. confessed here
today he dubbed Hughes to death
at the latter's home the night Of
November 90. but denied killing his
wife. Ruel Taylor. sheriff. said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
SUMMARY

High barometric pressure prevail
ed Owe the Atlantic coast states
and the extreme northwestern sta
ties this morning. The pressure was
low 70 moderately low throughout
the remainder Of the country with
the best defined disturbance over
the central Canadian border. There
raj a 10 10 20 degree drop IN tenn
perature since the last am observa-
ton over practically all the United
States except along the Mexican
border. Texas and the Gulf states
eastward where there was little
change TO decided rises. Cloudy
weather and precipitation In the
form Of rain vas reported from
the west Gulf states and in the
form OF mostly snow from the
western states and along the north
ern part Of the country.
BULLETIN
First figures, lowest temperatures
last night: second, highest tempera-
lures yesterday; third, wind We
locity at 3 a. m: fourth, precip!-
faff0v- fva Tar% "a A~y,~~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Club
Meeting Called

An important called meeting is TO
be held by the Brownsville Athletic
club tonight at 7:30 at the clubs
new quarters in Hinkley'S hall.
All members are urged to be pre-
sent.
Evening star., 1930-04-04
SCIENTISTS HUNT
RIBBON STRANGLER.
Crime Laboratory to Make
Microscopic Tests of Wom-
ans Nail Scrapings.
9y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April A modern scien-
tific crime laboratory threw its resources
into the search for the ribbon slayer Of
Mrs. Mildred Helsing yesterday after
police had practically abandoned hope
Of solving the mystery through the usual
methods.
None of the clews found by police
seemed to be any aid toward finding
the person who strangled the young wife
with Q satin ribbon Tuesday evening.
neck and at first considered valuable
clew, gave no hint of the slayer after
other pieces, exactly like the death rib
bon, were found in the apartment.
The recently organized criminal de-
lection laboratory Of Northwestern Uni
versity was called into the case and to-
day made an unusual microscopic study
involving the suspects police have
rounded up as we'll as the slain worn-
ans husband, Reuben Helsing.
Scrapings Closely Searched.
Dr.. Clarence Muehlberger Of the
Northwestern Laboratory took scrapings
from beneath the hngernails Of the dead
woman and those Of her husband and
the suspects; he also scraped bits Of skin
from each person. In the struggle be-
tween the woman and her slayer, DR..
Muehlberger believes each must have
scraped of skin of the other and that If
his microscope shows two like speei-
mems, the killer will be found.
The first person to be held in con-
nectton with the Staying, George Riley,
negro janitor in the apartment house
In which the HelsingS lived, was still In
custody today. He continued his de-
nial Of any knowledge Of the crime and
police found nothing to link him den.
nitely with the killing; although they
said he had told conflicting stories.
Husband Not Detained. :.
Another suspect. Joseph Koler. vas
ribbon somewhat similar to the death
ribbon, in his pocket He said he was
In q Speakeasy at the time Mrs. Helsing
was strangled. Police said Helsing'S
account Of his activities Tuesday had
been completely verified, that he had
no apparent motive which would
prompt Staying his wife, and he was
not detained.
Thirty policemen today were detailed
to investigate other recent robberies
in the Helsing neighborhood and to
search for a ragged beggar who visited
several other tenants in the apartment
house the day of the Staying.
One OF the theories given considera-
tion was that the slayer was known to
Mrs. Helsing and was surprised while
1ooting her apartment when she re-
turned from the store. 1t was pointed
out that Mrs. Helsing a frail woman,
would not have been hard to overpoWer,
so that, unless the robber feared later
exposure, 1t would have been unneces-
sary to kill her.
Evening star., 1930-04-04
Gets 10-Year Sentence.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 4 R.-A
criminal court jury wednesday found
Raymond M. Elkins, 80, guilty of second
degree murder and recommended 10
years imprisonment. He had denied the
States charge that he killed A. T.
Wilson, Knoxville grocer, rather than
pay a debt. Elkins has said he for
merly lived in Jefferson County, Tenn,
and Gastonia, N. G.
Evening star., 1930-04-04
GANDHI SETS SUNDAY
FOR MASS DISOBEDIENCE
Indian Nationalist Leader Is 10
Miles From Goal in Inde.
pendence Campaign.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOMBAY, India, April 4.-Mahatma
0andhi, nationalist leader, through his
newspaper, Young India, yesterday au-
thorized starting of mass disobedience of
the salt laws on Sunday.
According to the Associated Press re-
ports from Ahmadabad, Gandhi today
was only 10 miles from Dandi, where he
intends to break the salt laws in inau-
guration of his civil disobediehce cam
paign to secure Indian independence.
He was said to have enrolled 1000
volunteers at Surat Wednesday.
Evening star., 1930-04-04
S1.95 and S2.48 SHIRTS

Perfect quality fine white broad
cloth and fancy madras shirts,
with and without collar at
tached. Finest grade ocean
pearl buttons. Buy q stock of
these tomorrow. Main floor.
Evening star., 1930-04-04

Four in l..
hands. Smart
polka dots and
beautiful coll
oringG . to
ar m o ze
with Spring
suits! Wrinkle
r e esiStin g
lining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Human Interest" Set.

ANY doubt as to what a human
interest" set Is may be dispelled
Immediately by visit to Loew's Palace
this week, where 1.-THE Sap From SYRIA
cuse" has one Of the most admirable
models.
The human interest" qualification,
1t seems. was bestowed upon this set by
a group Of newspaper men who visited
the Paramount New York studios while
the picture was being made. Neither
pretentious nor novel, the set attracted
wiz spread interest at the studio, and
tiu. ng their visit the newSmen mace
four trips to this particular scene. Each
time their interest grew, 1t is said, and
after regarding it in rapt silence for
several minutes they choruSed deep
sigh, philosophical "Oh, well!" and
walk =. away.
When the property man received the
order for the set it read, THE Old
Brass Rail-:
Scotches-Haig & Haig, John Dewar,
John Jameson, White Horse, Peter DaW-
son, Perfection, Black and White, and
King George Ryes-Old Durham, Three
Feathers, Old Overholt Old Grow, Will
son, Mount Vernon, and Hunter. Gin
Steinhager, Piccadilly. Geneva, Gilbery
Cry, and Gordon Dry. Bitters-Angos-
tora. Mulligan, and Boonekamp. Cor
dialS-Creme de Mente, Creme de CO.
Goa and Chartreuse (green and Yellow
Brandy-Three Star Henncssy and Five
Star Hennessy. Cereal beverages-Por-
ter, Wurzburger, Lager. Pilsner. and
Bass Ale GlasSes-Cocktail, highball.
wine, champagne. whisky, poney, old
fashioned cocktail, shells, beer goblets
and stems.
oh, myl What set!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Janet G aynor, In or Out.

THE case of Janet Gaynor is one that
soon will be requiring the services
of Sherlock Holmes or Philo Vance.
From the coast comes various and sun
dry stories about the young star of
Seventh Heaven" who took a sudden
boat to Honolulu, it is claimed, after a
fit of temperament and found on her
return that the Fox Studios also had
become tribe temperamental They ac-
tually pretended not to need her serv-
ices any more.
More and more complicated becomes
the state of affairs. when Louella Par
sons reports that Winfield sheehsn,
upon being asked whether or not Miss
Gaynor was going to do further work
for the Fox company, replied. WE have
18 pictures under schedule for the COM
ing season, and Janet Gaynor's name
is not on any of them.''
Rumor seems to agree that Janet
made a great mistake when she de-
cided that she must turn into an emo
tional actress by hook or crook, and let
Charlie Farrell do his genial warblings
to some other hayward child. The
sudden fit of temperament that made
her think she should have stories like
Ruth ChattertOn. Norma Shearer and
Greta Carlo, although possibly. har-
monious with her own philosophy of
the eternal fitness of things, didn't
seem to gibe with notions of officials in
higher circles.
Miss Gaynor has not won her laurels
through the manifestation of Barry
more or Bernhardt talent to a pro-
nounced degree. She has always been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Imagination and Emotion.

:" 4 N imaginative mind and a finely
"A tuned emotional nature are
essential to the dramatic artist" says
George Abbott, screen director. Those
are the qualities for which he says he
looks in the players he directs.
Vivid, facile imaginations bring the
Illusion of reality to players, and they
actually live the situations in which
they find themselves before the cam
eras or the footlights. Highly sensitive
emotional natures react to the stimulus
provided by keen imaginations and the
result is powerful, natural portrayals."
Abbott cites an occurrence during
the making of "Manslaughter," which
he directed for Paramount with Claud-
cite Colbert and Frederic March in the
featured roles, as an illustration.
I'VE were filming q scene in which
Miss Colbert is locked in prison cell
for the first time. To person without
imagination that cell block on sound
stage would have been only another
picture setting. Because OF her vivid,
trained imagination, Miss Colbert saw
in those bars something sinister which
would shut her of from freedom. When
the lock of the. cell clicked shut she
broke into tears and did not hear me
call cut
For the moment she actually was
being locked in prison and her emo
tional reaction was exactly that Of two
thirds of the persons who find them
selves in such a situation in real life.
Penitentiary wardens have told me that
when the lock of their cells click be-
hind them for the first time nearly all
prisoners, both men and women, break
into tears"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Local Girl In Talkie.

pETTY STARBUCK, of whom the
- critics have had much to say since
her eventful debut in the "Garrick
Gaieties" several seasons ago. is to seen
at present in her first talking picture,
THE Sap From Syracuse"
What makes this news of double i'm
portance is that Miss Starbuck is said
to have caught the first light of day in
Washington, where her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Macy Starbuck. were then
living Since fame has swept Betty
from her cradle days onto the pinnacle
of Broadway, Washington has not had
much of look at her. But rumor goes
that she is most personable young
lady. whom charm Of manner and an
infinite gift of comedy has carried to
considerable heights, as those who saw
her in Peggy Ann" and various and
sundry other musical comedies will
agree.
Incidentally. Miss Starbuck's grand
mother was an organist Of much dis
tinction in Washington. She married
the late Samuel Cross after the death
Of Gen. Burbrfdge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Grand Old Potomac.
MODERN washington, at least tina

MODERN Washington, at least that
portion of the populace which
flockS hither and thither in search
of "cool breezes" as a relief from the
heat of the day--and perhaps of the
evening-SeenlS in degree to be over
looking one of the glorious outlets which
used to gladden. the young heart in the
days of "the gay nineties."
Lured by the mystic fascination of
syncopated rhythm, the girls and their
boy friends of today in climbing to
roof-tops and motoring to out-of-town
dancing resorts seem entirely to over
look the possible joys to be found
steaming or floating on the lordly
Potomac River, which, perhaps, Is
Washington's greatest natural blessing
In the old days it used to be the
scene of its greatest and most popular
pleasures. But the vicissitudeS of time
and that exchanging restlessness of
the average human heart has made the
Potomac as a home of happiness, eX-
cept to the jewellers on Hams Point,
thing, perhaps, long forgotten.
The ancient chroniclers of points of
interest" in and about Washington, 1t
Is true. occasionally direct their news
paper flood to the river and its charms,
but Just now the Wilson Line and its
handsome steamer, City of Washington,
appear to be the only heralds of water
joys on the ripping surface and along
the green-studded banks of the Po-
tomac for miles beyond the city
wharveS.
History is singularly mingled with
many Of the old resorts, from the near
by fort even down to the river mouth,
Tapped by the waters of the Chesapeake
Bay, with old ocean just bit beyond
There is neither time nor the space
available at the moment to point out
the sacred spots, from the ancient City
OF Alexandria, Mount Vernon, with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

CLAUD ALLISTER. English actor,
- now making pictures in Hollywood,
has enthusiasm for lots of things Amer
lean, but not for American tea.
ITS terrible!" he exclaims. IT know
why the Boston Tea Party occurred.
The Englishmen who had become
Americanized couldn't bear to have any
more of their precious beverage putcn-
cred in America.
You simply do not know how to
treat tea in this country
Allister came to Hollywood 10 months
ago with a stage production and has
made 18 pictures. Some of them are
Monte Carlo" and Captain Apple
jack" both for Fall release; Three
Live Ghosts" "Florodora Girl" Such
Men Are Dangerous" I'm the Next
Room" Bulldog Drummond" and
others.
place the tea leaves in the bottom
of warmed teapot, pour on water
which has just come to a boil and let
brew for three minutes. And that is a
real cup of English tea" the actor says.
Allister seems not to know that beer
was the American national drink Some
are nationally making 1t yet. But beer
is verboten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Long for a Change.

VARIETY, say many players, Is the
spice of successful screen career
Two who agree on this are Sharon
Lynn and George Fawcett, who met on
the Fox Aim lot during the production
of wild Company"
IF tn would only let me be some
thing besides dignihed old judge" de-
plored Mr.. Fawcett, II wouldn't mind
But whenever director needs some
one to pound the gavel and look stern
while sitting on the bench he sends for
me. I've played the role of judge In
more than 100 pictures. It's getting SC
I feel self-conscious when I pass
courthouse"
While Mr.. Fawcett, who has been q
screen player since 1914, would prefer
roles not requiring him TO preside over
court, Miss Lynn would relish free
dom from siren transformations.
IF never knew anything about sir
before became screen siren" says
Miss Lynn, 1--WE certainly learned II
all since When I'm not being directed
how to take another woman's husband
or sweetheart away from her, I'm get
ting more innocent youngsters into
trouble. This is really not complaint,
Miss Lynn explains; its just an ex-
preston OF a desire for little variety"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
House That Jack Built.

ment; that while serving to danish the
thoughts of evening" and cause the
cares of the day to fold UP their tents
like Arabs and as silently steal away"
the performances were gifted with q
cultural quality indispensable TO re-
fined civilization. Indeed, 1t was AL
most conceded eventually that the thea
ter was an indispensable element OF
that civilization which marked the hu-
man progress of the age.
1t was this line Of thought that lifted
the playhouse to the dignity of TEN
pie Of art" emitting its devotees who
attained q perfection In their practice
to call themselves artists" And in
time the philosophers who pry into the
why and wherefore of everything boldly
asserted that the intelligence, the cul-
ture, the refinement Of a people might
be known by their theater.
Here was established the ideal thea
ter. And civilization was proud OF 1t
and loved it.
Mark the beginning OF the anti
climax Humanity has ever been lit
tered with two curses-the drone who
seeks to live without labor, and the
cunning, grasping rodent, ever alert,
ever industrious, that lives only for
what It feedNsupon; in this instance the
creature that followed the theater, not
as art for arts sake" but simply,
solely and exclusively "for the money
there was in II"
All fair-minded people will concede
that 1.-The laborer Is worthy OF his hire"
but to put the creation of art into the
hands of workmen inspired only by
the money there Is in it" was to aban-
don art to inspiration that expressed
itself only in terms Of per cent"
What wonder that art should give
way to counterfeit!
It is from this condition. brought
about as outlined. that President Munro
Of the T. p. r. o. A. and his associa-
ton seek to rescue this aenemic thing
we call today the American theater.
He and his gallant band are familiar
with the intellectual value of the thea
ter to mankind, and especially to
America in this our glorious machine
age They know its strength and its
weakness. They know, too, its value to
our glorious Republic. More power to
them Many will hope for an outcome
in reward of their efforts, which the
more pessimistic of US are not enthlisi-
astically expecting but believe can come
only when the American public is made
to understand, not the rodents that
have wrecked the institution now SO
ardently championed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Hard to Dress En- In Colors.
MISS CAROLYN PUTNAM. mead 81

MISS CAROLYN PUTNAM, head OF
- the costume department at Para
mounts New York studio, has to dress
screen actresses In colors which will
harmonic with the roles they are play
ing, make them feel happy and COM
Portable on the set, and vet register
properly on the film.
This question Of color is tremen-
dously complicated" she explains. For
the same reason that studio scenic art
lists paint settings in attractive colors,
although the camera registers nothing
but shades of gray, the costume depart
ment selects harmonious colors which
never will be seen on the screen. This
Is don. to relieve any feeling of re-
Straint on the part Of the players. It is
amazing to see the change in o woman
who is transferred from ugly surround
ings and colorless clothes into q bright,
sunny room and an attractive gown.
TUNES is full of pitfalls on the screen,
however. Under artificial lights many
tints seem to fade or grow in bright
ness. Blues are holy terrors' because
they vary constantly with the bright
ness and quality Of the light. White
dresses rarely can be used at all, because
they produce unpleasant highlights It
was only in the last few months that
photographers discovered how to make
black and red reproduce properly.
Color photography is opening new
field for my department." she said, but
promises to make its work simpler at
the same time. When all shades of the
spectrum register at their true values,
1t will be no more difiicult to costume o
screen player than stage actress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
Joan Crawford's Next.

IN the nebulous land of Hollywood,
where no great person is ever at
rest, things are moving fast and furi-
ously, and Joan Crawford is one of the
fastest movers of them all.
No sooner was Our Blushing Brides"
snapped into the cutting room than she
was fussing over her next assignment,
which happens to be the star role in
Great Day." musical romance of the
South that blossomed briefly on the
New York stage the past Winter.
Miss Crawford will have John Mack
Brown for her leading man in this
picture, and since this gentleman halls
from. Alabama, it should make the
heads of the cast quite Southern, in
asmuch as the glamorous Joan first
saw the light of day in Texas, which,
they say, is South-or worse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27

MINDFUL of the fact that unless
some one familiar with the charm
Of the legitimate theater speaks . word
for 1t now and then. the rising genera
ton will never know that there was
such an institution and that our grand
mothers and grandfathers found much
in the way of Joy and comfort in it.
President Wallace Munro of the Thea
ton OF America has started vigorous
campaign in behalf of the road show.
The road show, be 1t known by those
not familiar with the technicalities OF
the theater of the past, is the generic
term that distinguishes the plays and
theatrical productions that are sent
out, chiefly from New York, to the
various towns and cities of the country
for the entertainment of those whose
knowledge of the theater is not con-
fined exclusively to the motion picture
houses.
The ancients used to find great pleas
ure in these road shows until they woke
up to the fact that the New York pro-
ducers were not always dealing fairly
with them, sending their plays, with
'the original casts" as It were, "juSt
as they had been presented in New
York." with the exception that other
ana cheaper players were SupStltuteu,
and often with scenery and settings they
would not have dared TO present to New
York audiences; but-and the but Is
very important-for exhibition in "the
sticks" land Washington belongs In
that category, with the demand of New
York prices to see them.
Now, people go to the theater expect
ing to have "a good time" The an
clients did that very thing, and that
was the chief reason for their going.
But you cant have good time II you
are thinking all the while that, though
you have paid New York prices, you
are not seeing anything like as good a
performance as the New Workers saw
without paying any more.
There was q time when the players
themselves used to excuse themselves
for following their profession by saying
they loved art for arts sake" And
people believed them and encouraged
them: even forgave them for being
engaged in a sinful occupation" 1t
was great concession, for the theater
was regarded as "a sink of iniquity'
and those who operated 1t "vagabonds. -
Nevertheless, the theater prospered,
and even the most discriminating pur-
lists in time thought they discovered
it was educational as well as entertain