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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-22
CHATTER FOUR

~HOODBY, dinner!' groaned the
" plump, blond little man who
had been introduced as Tracey
Miles. as he sorroWfully patted his
rather prominent stomach.
Don't worry, darling" begged the
thin. dark, neurotic- looking woman
who was Flora Miles, his wife. I'm
sure Mr.. Dundee will ask Lydia
poor Nita's maid, you know"-she
explained in an aside to Dundee
TO prepare a light supper for us
If he really needs to detain us long
which am sure he won't
How can you think of food now?"
Polly Beale, the tall, sturdy girl
with an almost masculine bob and
q quite masculine tweed suit, de-
manded brusquely.
Her voice had an unfeminine lack
of meditation, but when Dundee
saw her glance toward Give Ham
mond he realized that, in spite Of
appearances, she WAS wholly femi-
nine where he was concerned, at
least
"Of course, we are all dreadfully
cut up over poor Nita's-death," %
gasped rather pretty girl, whose
most distinguishing feature was her
crop of clinkly, light-red hair.
Il assume that to be true, Miss
RAYMOND" Dundee answered. But
we must lose no more time getting
at the facts. Just when was Mrs.
Selim murdered?"
At the brutal use of the word a
shudder rippled over the small
crowd. Dexter Sprague, of New
York" dropped his lighted cigarette
where it would have burned a hole
In a fine Persian rug, if Sergeant
Turner. on guard over the room for
CAPTAIN Strawn, had not Slouched
from his corner to plant big foot
upon it.
I'VE don't know exactly when it
happened Penny volunteered. 1--WE
we're playing bridge, the last hand
of the last rubber, because the men
we're arriving for cocktails, when
Nita became dummy and went to
her bedroom to-"
TO make herself pretty pretty
for the men" Mrs. Drake mimicked;
then, realizing her cattiness and its
possible effect on Dundee, she de-
tended herself volubly: "Of course
] liked Nita, but she did think so
terribly much about her effect on
men-and all that, and was always
fixing her makeup. and besides
you can't suspect me, because 1 was
playing against Karen and Nita-"
THANK you, Mrs. Drake" Dun
dee cut in. Does any one
know the exact time Mrs. Selim
left the room, when she became
dummy"
Il can tell you. because had just
arrived-the first of the men to get
here. Tracey Miles volunteered, OBJ
viously glad of the chance to talk
a characteristic of the man, Dundee
decided.
Il looked at my watch just after
I stepped out of my car, because
7 like to be on time to the dot, and
Nita-Mrs. Selim-had said $50.
Well, it was exactly SIS, so had
five minutes to spare"
"Yes2" Dundee speeded him up
impatiently.
well. came right into the hall
and hung my hat in the closet out
there, and then came in here. 1t
must have been about SGT by that
time" he explained with the me-
ticulousness of a man on the wit
ness stand. L shouted, Hello, every
body! Hows tricks?' That's a
joke, you know. How's tricks
meaning tricks in bridge"
Yes. yes" Dundee admitted,
browning. but the rest of the COM
pany exchanged indulgent smiles,
and Flora Miles patted her hus-
bands hand fondly and proudly.
We'll. Nita jumped up from the
bridge table-that one right there, -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-22

Each of the soldiers carried short length Of
chain, at one end of which was metal collar
and a paddock. Rapidly, they chained the
Bagego prisoners neck to neck. While they were
thus occupied, the white man, evidently an
officer. was joined by two other whites who
were dressed as he was.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-22

~ lap cut in, grinning. I'm
sure Mr.. Dundee won't think I'm a
confirmed tippler, SO you might as
well tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
Poor Tracey has a deadly fear
that we are all going to lose the
last shred of our regulations in this
deplorable affair, Mr.. Dundee" she
added in rather shaky version of
the comfortable, rich voice he had
heard earlier in the day.
I'm not going to pry into cellars"
Dundee assured her in the same
spirit. What else, Mr.. Miles?"
Nothing much" Tracey Miles
confessed, with apparent regret. II
vas still mixing-no, I'd begun to
shake the cocktails-when heard
a scream"
Whose scream?" Dundee de-
manded, looking about the room,
and dismissing Miles thankfully.
ut was-I," Judge Marshall's fair
haired, blue-eyed little bride volun-
teered in a voice that threatened to
rise to hysteria.
"tTell me all about it." Dundee
urged gently.
Eyes, sir" she quavered, while her
husbands arm encircled her shoul-
ders in courtly fashion. LAS Tracey
told you, Mia was dummy, and I
was declarer-that is, I got the bid,
and played the hand.
Tit was quite an exciting end
for me to the afternoon of bridge,
for I'm not usually awfully lucky, so
when Penny had figured up the
score, because I'm not good at arith-
metic, and I knew Mia and I had
rolled up an awfully big score, I
jumped up and ran into her room
to tell her the good news, because
she hadn't come back.
"And-and-there she was-all
bowed over her dressing table, and
she-she was-was-"
''She was dead when you reached
her?" Dundee assisted her.
YES" Karen Marshall answered
family, and turned to hide her face
against her elderly husbands breast.
Dundee's swift eyes took in the
varying degrees of whiteness and
sick horror that claimed every face
in the room.
Tracey Miles looked as if he would
have no immediate craving for his
dinner, and Judge Marshalls fine,
thin face no longer looked so well
preserved" as he prided himself that
it did.
AS for Dexter Sprague, he almost
folded up against the coral brocade
draperies. 1t was the women, oddly
enough, who kept the better control
over their emotions.
"Of course you all rushed in when
Mrs. Marshall screamed?" he asked
casually.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28

the Plains country America harvests It's first wheat.
Away down in the coast country and the Valley cot
ton pickers pick and market the first bales Of the
fleecy staple. Is Texas an empire commonwealth II
there Is q doubling Thomas. he should motor across
the state from Texarkana to Il Paso. thence to Dali
hart. thence to Brownsville by way Of Fort Worth
and Austin. After q closeup OF territory and re-
sources and business conditions he will realize that
Theodore Roosevelt knew his Texas when he de-
scribed the Lone Star State as "the Garden Of God"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
HARLINGEN OFFICE:
Arcadia Theater Building. Phone 1920.


Detroit has shown marvellous gains In population
and wealth. Detroit is the motor manufacturing
city Of the world. Detroit has landed the state Of
Michigan high up in the population figures. De-
troit borders on Canada. Detroit Is the home city Of
Henry Ford and a whole string Of multi-milionaire
manufacturers who occupy pages in who's Who in
America"
Detroit is in the headlines. Detroit is a city Of SEN
sation and crime. Detroit has an underworld. ac-
cording to the correspondents Of the land and the
law enforcement officials Of city and state. First
came the recall by the voters Of Detroit Of Mayor
Charles Bowles from the office he has held for six
months by a majority Of 3O,e56 votes out Of 2lo,73o
cast. It was the largest ever poled in a special cleo
tion In a city where there are $4,000 registered vot-
erS.
Bowles is the first mayor OF a great American city
ever recalled. Charges against Bowles cited that he
had tolerated lawlessness: that he had impaired ef-
ficiency by dismissal Of faithful public servants; that
his chief appointee and lieutenant is a lobbyist and
politician and unfit for the office he holds" that
he had tolerated open gambling without hindrance
from the police. His defense Is that he is the victim
Of a conspiracy on the part Of the publishers Of the
Detroit newspapers. In his election he had the sup
port Of the ku klux khan and anti-saloon league,
but stated If elected his administration would be
neither khan nor anti-klan."
His recall was the sensation Of the hour in Detroit
and then came the murder OF Gerald Buckley, the
radio announcer Of election results on the heels Of
the official announcement given by the counters
Buckley, the son OF a multi-millionaire was a young
man prominent in the activities of Detroit. He was
shot to death in the lobby Of his hotel and the as
ASSN Is said to have made his escape "unrecognized."
Now there is a man hunt on, the like OF which Michi-
gan has never known IN its history.
Gov. Green ordered the state troopers to take the
trail and all the peace officers Of Michigan were
notified "to let no guilty mar escape" Detroit is
said to have peace officers who are in league with
the overlords and the creatures Of the underworld.
Detroit has had a CHASTITY murder toll in recent years.
Detroit has its gunner and Detroit must have po-
Itical leaders who are in close touch with the gun
men and their masters.
United States Sen. James Couzens. former partner
Of Henry Ford, was mayor Of Detroit for two terms.
Couzens retired from office with the record Of hav-
ing been the best chief executive the city had ever
Known. Now the newspapers Of Detroit and the po-
ltical forces Of Sen. Couzens having driven Bowles
from office, should get the assassin who put Gerald
Buckley on the spot for participation In the recall Of
Bowles and his leutenants. Political machines and
rings should be smashed.
It appears a large majority Of citizens who par
ticipated in the recall election did their level best to
smash the Bowles machine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
The Once Over
BY Il Z PHILLIPS
BY Il Z PHILLIPS
THE KIDDIEs' SUMMER KANP
Copyright. 1880. by The Associated Newspapers)

One Of Americas big industries today is the Sum-
mer Camp for Children. AL over the land the kiddie-
camps have sprung UP and today parents who look
after their own children are considered old-fashioned
or financially embarrassed.
The summer camp has become a rage like the
miniature golf courses. beach pajamas and eighteen
day diets. It's chief purpose is supposedly 10 give the
kiddies a regulated vacation. but 1t owes It's success to
the grand rest mommer and pepper get while the
children are away.
Sending Junior and Sister to some country relatives
place for a vacation was all right. but parents could
never tell what moment they would be sent back.
When they ship the kids TO a modern summer camp
It's for a specified sentence and no return privileges.
The summer camp costs plenty. But it's worth 1t TO
the parents.
They get a great opportunity to go out and have a
little fun themselves. It's a chance to catch up on
deferred entertainment. They can go to the theater
without any misgivings about anything happening TO
the children. and when they get in at 2 a. m from
the bridge party they can make all the noise they
wish, even to slamming the ice-box door.
"
The lid is off 50 far as apprehension over the young
folks is concerned. Ma and Pa 60 to that week end
party with a light heart and a c~arefree mind. They
know that Junior Is away up at Ramp Kineocussett
where every move is supervised by paid specialists
and that about the worst that can happen to him is
a touch Of ptomaine poisoning, snake bite or INNER
sion.
incidentally, they secretly hope that the camp in
structors are just a little hard-boiied and will rid
Junior Of that habit Of talking back. refusing to obey
orders and ~playfully throwing cobblestones at his
elders.
They also hope rather vaguely that he can be made
to wash behind the ears.
After a time, of course, Junior will return. He will
be in pretty terrible shape. His scalp will have been
shaved to dress q wound sustained diving into q shall
low pool, one finger will have been smputated as a
result Of fooling with a live lobster and he will be on
crutches because Of a fall down a well.
But mother and father will be in the pink. The
Boys Summer Camp will have been wonderful for
them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28

However, my legs have grow a
few feet longer since those days.
Notes of this and that. II. Marie
Dressler refers to those Carrollesque
shows as navel pageants." Richard
Byrd's South Pole films indicate
how much more thrilling true life
experiences can be than all the
manufactured thrillers of Holly
wood, though / agree with most Of
Manhattan's critics that the picture
could have done very nicely without
the hoorah recitation Of Floyd Glib
bons.
Sine. the Broadway domo Of
Variety, theatrical magazine, after
a few months in Hollywood, sends
his message back to his main stem
brigade: Stay oft Of Hollywood. un-
less you have a contract" Well,
Sine hasn't been around Broadway
lately. But that street isn't so hot
just now, either, unless you're pre-
pared for what Wall Street calls "a
long pull"
Slime, by the way. Is credited with
being one Of Manhattan's best
pocket writer's. He cerries q pad
Of paper In his right hand coat
pocket. He also carries a number
Of pencil stumps. After years Of
practice he is able to make copious
notes while seeming to be doing no
thing more than juggling a few PEN
MES in his pocket. This bit of dex-
terity has enabled him to jot down
many an item without being caught
at IL.
Manhattan speakeasies are no
respectors Of neighborhoods. With
in a stores throw OF J. Pierpont
Morgan's elegantly aristocratic old
Murray Hill Manse Is a block SO
thickly populated with whisperlows
that some landlords have found
the rental problem a difficult one
WV. While racketeers. just the other
night. struck at a club that sits In
neiehborly relationship to John ID.
Rockefeller's famous mansion In
the Fifties. Some Of New York's
most sacrosanct property now has
rrosan to suspect the brcwnstone or
the iron grilled basement Just N few
doors away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
f|NEWYORk.

NEW YORK.-For the most anus
ing predicament OF the week, !
nominate the case OF "Dinty" Moore.
Dinty has been q corned beef-and
cabbage maestro in the mid-Forties
for many a year, but a number OF
his theatrical belt patrons demand
ed more than mustard with their
meals. Wherefore Dinty was con-
tinuously getting into arguments
with the revenue officers.
The other day they finally hung
a paddock on his cafe. Which, by
itself. Is nothing to write about in
New York. But 1t SO happened that
Dinty's living quarters are just over
his cafe and when the doors of his
place were locked and guarded, he
couldn't 60 home. since the outer
doorways Of the restaurant also led
to his domicile.
And. according TO the court rul-
ings. he could not enter his former
business place. nor could anyone
else who didn't have a key to the
government paddock.
A solution has finally been reach
ed, and most odd 1t is. A wooden
grill affair has been constructed
ct q side door and a passageway is
arranged by which Dinty can 90
upstairs TO his living quarters, while
keeping the cafe completely blocked
off.
Bicycling threatens TO return to
vogue tbs summer. Not only are
good old-fashioned bikes to be OBJ
served preening their colors in win
dows OF the biggest Manhattan
stores but cyclers sc 70 be seen
Of afternoons pedaling through the
Central Park pathways.
OF Sundays. so the scouts report,
the country roads hereabouts are
beholding vacationers, pumping
away ut pedals instead Of motoring.
while the swanky beach resorts tell
OF fashionable maids who arrive at
the shore On bikes.
II the fat catches on. here at least
viii Be q vogue that gives me a
break. For when last / mounted a
sturdy tandem. ! could do such
tricks as riding on one pedal. bal
ancing on one wheel and standing
still"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28

his blue eyes was the unspeakable.
the eternal farewell.
She looked up. smiling. She was
like some little ghost Of a girl
Her red-gold hair made a violent
spot OF color IN the airy white room.
"Goodby. Alani" she said. I'm
just a wee bit tired"
Both her hands were bandaged
and lay outside the quilt: but he
did not touch them. He fell on his
knees, and for a moment he laid
his head in her lap. She bent yer
X, and her tears fell on his brown
hair.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28

He got UP again and she smiled
like al April day.
Don't mind me-" she said gayly.
I'm a silly woman I'm 50 glad
that Chummy IS going to be happy!
And 50 will you. Bless you forever
and ever-both OF yoUl"
Steyne went out or the room as
the nurse came In. Seeing him
Young and good TO look az. and
having fallen I'm love with her pa
tient, she smiled I'm kindly SYM
pathy.
TO Be Continued.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
The Grads Lament

One month ago in cap and gown
An aisle I proudly staggered d.
To get the coveted degree
My university handed me.
To-day. my son, you're leaving here
Prepared thru life a course to steer
The prexy said and added. too.
The world Is reckoning to you"
His words they thrilled me greatly and
I saw Success stretch forth a hand;
But now his words have lost their charm
I'm pitching hay back on the FARM
-TPM.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
New Money for the Valley

Labor agents in the Alamo City ship 800 cotton
pickers daily to the Rio Crande Valley and the Cor
pus Christi section, and 1t Is claimed that the num-
Der should be 1000 daily for the next 40 days in order
10 gather the crop. Away out in the Panhandle and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-28
Soviet Russia in the Market For
Sugar

Soviet Russia has placed an order In Havana for
100000 tons of Cuban sugar and $4,000, 900 pounds was
the first shipment. For a blacklisted nation Russia
appears to be making marvellous Roadway.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22
LABOR DAY-WHAT FOR?

A Southern mill owner is reported
to have tried to teach his employees
that Labor Day means harder work
day on which to labor more dill
gently for the boss.
Be that as it may, reports show
that cities throughout the South are
preparing for such Labor Day cele-
brations as never before have been
witnessed in Dixie.
There are many Northern cities
in which Labor Day celebrations are
thing of the past. They have ceas-
ed, either out of laziness of spirit
or the competition of shallower but
more bizarre doings
1t isn't too late yet. Let there be
Labor Day celebrations! Let there
be celebrations that hold to the true
meaning of Labor Day.
Dedicate Labor Day to the promo
ton of freedom, justice and demo
cracy for wage earners.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22

wasn't so difficult then, it becomes
clear, to get the kind of verdict a
prosecutor wanted.
California is a fine state. 1t has
about it an atmosphere of largeness,
of heart as well as of material things,
that is totally out of keeping with
what her prosecutors have confessed.
If, as these men indicate, Mooney and
Billings were put away because they
had what looked like unpleasant rec
ords, California now has her chance
to recover sanity. From the begin
ming the rest of the country has felt
that the evidence offered was tissue
of fakery, but the California courts
went their way and California gov
errors, amply courageous in other
matters, have been cowardly enough
to shun the simple business of right
ing great wrong.
Weeks ago this paper declared ii
clamored not for a pardon, but for
a new trial for these men. What is
tantamount to a new trial has already
been had. 1t cannot now be long be-
fore Mooney and Billings are free.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22

makes 'for increased cost of con-
struction, but is hopeful that, as in
the past, concentrated planning, eff
cient supervision, and steady improve
ment in plant and equipment will
gradually absorb this additional cost
at least to a point where it will not
be marked burden on building prof
ects." Mr.. Barney is basing this last
conclusion upon industrial experience
Every wage increase in the past has
been absorbed by the industry as
prices gradually fell.
Mr.. Barney's article is model of
good writing and thinking. 1t is not
filled with hearsay, snap judgment
biased knowledge of organized labor
nor with that most common of faults
as-that-you- wish -to-believe. When
employers in the building trades start
taking the scientific point of view
and as labor continues to take it more
and more, there will be created ba-
sis for real industrial improvement
Electrical Workers Journal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22
UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Millions of men are pounding the
streets, on a well-nigh hopeless
search for work. Millions of fami-
lies, right here in prosperous"
America, are in conditions of dire
want. They haven't enough food,
clothing, or medical attention. Tor
turing worry of the future creases
their brows, and grays their hair, yet
no adequate solution has been evolved.
A blind adherence in the faith eX-
pounded by American communists, or
SNUG acceptance of President
Hoover's inadequate remedies will
not solve the situation. In all the
delirium, with hungry crowds gather
ing in demonstrations, and with sleek
capitalists rolling out sonorous insin-
cerities, there is only one sensible
solution offered That solution is the
old, old principle of trade unionism,
higher wages, and shorter hours"
To cut workdays to 35 hours a
week will take up a tremendous slack
in unemployment. To distribute bill
lions of dollars, through higher
wages, will mean an enormous con-
sumption, and this will solve unem-
ployment, which is basically caused
by our inability to consume the enor-
nous volume of goods turned out by
mass production.
Higher wages and shorter hours
can only come about through stronger
trade unions. And in order to have
stronger trade unions we must have
stronger labor publications, and in
order to have stronger labor publica-
tions, those existing must have fuller
cooperation from existing trade
unions.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22
WHAT THEY WILL SEE

A sea captain AYERS that he tossed
a piece of suet among crowd of
prison workers in the great land of
the soviets and a near-riot resulted
so eager were the hungry men for
anything that looked like food.
So it is stated in the sea captains
interview, wherein are related other
similar incidents.
simultaneously it is reported that
three United States senators are tour
ing Russia. They will visit Moscow
it is reported, and-they will see the
crown jewels.
We may remark that it is doubt
less most important to see the crown
jewelsi
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22
COMPANY UNION"
Decision of High Court
Worries Pullman Co.

Chicago.-The United States SUI
preme courts decision against the
company union" in the case of the
Texas & New Orleans Railroad ver-
sus Brotherhood of Railway Clerks is
worrying the Pullman Company.
This monopolistic corporation has
set up a company "union" into which
it drives colored porters and maids,
and is now alarmed lest the courts
decision wrecks their scheme.
The company explains" the deci-
sion in statement to employees, who
are assured that the courts rule
"does not in any way affect or change
the existing relations between the
company and its employees"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1930-08-22
WHY NOT HELP ALL?

Before lack of rainfall began to
concentrate attention again on the
farm situation the Press published
International Labor News Service
dispatches from the South describ-
ing the spread of pellagra, poverty
disease.
Underpaid and unemployed mill
workers were reported falling victims
of the dread malady.
1t was not noticed that the country
rose up and offered of its bounty.
Came the terrible piling up of evi-
dence as to the suffering of agricul-
ture. Came stories, as a consequence
of drought, of the spread of pellagra
among farmers whose crops were
burning up and blowing away OF