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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-19
NET INCOME GAINS
DURING Z MONTHS
Virginia Public Service Co.
Reports Better Earnings
Than in Previous Year.

Gross operating revenues Of Virginia
Public Service Co. and subsidiaries q
part OF the Middle West Utilities sys-
tenn for the third quarter Of 1890 were
$2,026,ss6, compared with $l,7so. S24 In
the third quarter Of lo29. Balance
available for bond interest was tei9.-
804, compared with $e13,520. Net for
retirement and dividends was e4e7, Se1,
COMPARED with 940e,662.
For the IL months ended September
30 gross operating revenues were 81
1881, compared with $6,62l,5el for
- months ended September 80, 1929.
was S3,573, 048, compared with S3.O60,-
006. Net for retirement and dividends
was $l,954,lsS, compared with 4l,.
519,417.
Company earnings were as follows:
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FOREIGN BONDS

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BONDS.
10
IndustrI
GRAIN MARKET
~ the Associated Press.
From Yesterdays $50 EDITION.

(copyrisht. 1880. Standard Statistics co)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

April /, 1929. He was placed as one
Of the men in charge at McAllen.
Well Known Athlete
With his hobby as service to
Buick owners" ID. B. Bob Briggs,
general manager of the Harrington
branch office. has been directly and
indirectly connected with Knapp
since March 1924. Mr.. Briggs is %
years old. beginning his automobile
career with Weber Motors. Bremond.
as saleman. He has been connected
with high school and semi-pro ath-
letics in the Valley since 1924. He
came 10 Harrington Oct. / and is
thoroughly sold on the Valley and
its future.
z. A. Schrieder came to the VAL
ley from Minnesota in 1920 and
entered the automobile business as
bookkeeper and office manager fCr
Jesse bennett. Brownsville. He re-
signed in 1928 TO accept a position
as assistant manager with the Mis-
sion Motor Co. Ford dealers, leav-
ing there in 1925 TO take charge OF
sales for the San Benito Motor Co.
In 1922, early spring. MI. Schneider
resigned 10 enter some other lines
Of business. The fascination Of the
auto game, however. was too strong
and he decided to become connect
cd with the Knapp Motor Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
TWIN STARS ON
RADIO PROGRAM
Opera Tenor and Famous
'Cellist Broadcast
Sunday Night

Beatrice Harrison. the world ia
nous 'cellist who first saw the light
Of day in the Himalayan mountain
district OF India. and Frederick ia
gel. a Brooklyn N. Y. boy who began
TO sing while still an infant and is
now one Of the chief tenors Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. arc
to be the twin stars Of the Atwater
Kent Radio Hour Sunday December
% at OILS EST. They will be assist
ed. Of course. by the Atwater Kent
Orchestra which Josef Pasternack
will direct.
Miss Harrison has the distinction
Of being n Of the few women who
has become world famous as a eel
list and though a native OF India,
where her father was stationed with
the British army, she spent most of
her life on the old Harrison family
estate in Surrey and grew UP play
ing the cello. She won many prizes
in London and on the continent OF
Europe during her student days and
her fame as a concert artist carried
her around the world. "A feature Of
her Atwater Kent Hour program will
be her Interpretation OF the now
well known Melody in Az, by Gen.
Charles G.. Dawes. former Vice
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
CLIP MACHINE
SPEEDS SUPPLY
New Hood Device Produces
Months Output In
Two Hours

AS a result Of the recent INSTALL
alton of a new machine In the shea
metal plant Of the Oakland Motor
Car Company, production Of hood
clips has been speeded up to go a
minute.
Previous to the installation OF this
new machine. hood clips were pro
duced on four machines at the rate
Of only $50 an hour. With the new
installation only two hours work !.
required TO turn out a month supply
It's operation according TO Mr.. A
Blu. process engineer, involves a
principle different from other ma
chimes in the department. Tension
rather than pressure supplies the
power. The die Is pulled downward
by drawbars instead of being forced
down from above. The employment
Of this system causes the machine
to be less bulky and consequently
lowers the center Of gravity.
Strip steel is fed into the machine
the strip being automatically lubri-
Gated as it passes between cloth roll
lers saturated with oil.
The die shapes the part withlight-
ming speed. scrap is automatically
cut off and finished hood rod clips
slide down a shute into a receptacle.
Each stroke of the machine makes
two clips. ITO strokes, one every 30
seconds. being required to produce
go clips a minute.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
LARGEST AMPHIBIANS PLY
LINES OF PAN-AMERICAN

planes OF any type in the world in
regularly scheduled commercial
operations.
IN connecting Oh the new giant
amphibianS Colonel Lindbergh said
mat these planes were a great step
forward IL the development OF ali
transport. The AGILITY OF the SHIPS
to carry forty-one passengers ana a
crew OF tour over distances Of 400
miles and more especially signifi-
cant, in his Judgment. He pointed
out that the ships fully loaded
would weigh fourteen tons and that
the size OF the hull rendered the
ocean-going IL every
sense OF the word. He pointed out
also that the hull was the develop
ment Of the sturdy Pm boat type
hull which made such excellent re-
cords for the United States Navy.
The new amphibians Will ride
heavy seas and yet in the air fully
loaded will cruise at 108 miles per
hour and make a top speed OF l29
miles an hour and climb to $4,000
feet altitude. They will have twice
the power OF any previous Ameri-
can-built flying boat or amphibian.
The giant ships will have four
Pratt and Whitney SIS horsepower
air cooled radial engines mounted
in line below the leading edge OF
the single wing Of the plane. The
plane has been designed TO take OIL
either on land or water fully loaded
and climb with one engine shut
completely off. 1t will complete any
Journey with M engine smut OIL.
Unusual cabin accommodations
will proyide a standard OF luxury
hitherto not available on any air
line in the world. The tWo-way
radio which is a part OF all Fan
American air planes will be carried
on in a separate radio cabin. Pas
sengers may use the radio CONNER
cially while In flight as is now zone
on our tri-motored Fords, FoKKers'
and smaller Sikorsky amphiolans'
The wing OF the new giant am
phibian will be one hundred anu
fourteen feet from tip TO tip. Inc
hull will be as large as the santa
Maria. flagship OF Christopher Col
MINUS The length OF the Pan
American Liner from TO stern
will be " feet IL inches. Partitions
have been so constructed in the big
hull that sleeping Accommodations
can be easily provided for sixteen
passengers. A lounge and buffet
also are in the plans as well as
other features found In the high
est type Of trains and steamships.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
ADDED BEAUTY
IN new FORDS

DETROIT Jan. New Ford
bodies made their appearance for
the first time Tuesday Dec. 81 in
dealers snowrooms throughout the
United States.
Added beauty OF lines constitute
the outstanding feature Of these
new bodies. Mechanically. the Ford
retains the same chassis and en-
CINE that have established the per-
Torrance records Of the Model a
with such changes as have been
built in since its introduction.
The new lines Of the Ford are
most readily apparent in a deeper
and narrower radiator a higher and
longer hood and streamline mould
lngs that sweep gracefully rearward
without a break.
The instant impression OF a car
that sits and rides lower results
from a lowered top, smaller wheels,
larger tires and new tenders, while
increased riding space has been pro-
vided through greater interior DIM
enSions. Tenders of a new design
add a great deal TO the flowing
sweep Of the car, while the running
board and side dust shield or val
ance fit snugly TO the body. Also,
the tenders flare up from the chas-
sis frame III a pleasing line TO a
higher elevation than formerly.
Rear tenders also sweep down
gracefully over the wheels to a
point two inches lower than previ-
ously.
One OF the distinctive changes is
IN the new sturdier l9-inch wheels,
a reduction in dimensions Of the
earlier wheels. This change, when
coupled with larger tires, brings the
car closer TO the ground, thereby
attaining a still snugger adherence
to the roadbed and permitting Of
increased riding comfort and safe
ty.
While an effect OF new length and
lowness results from the lowering
Of roof-lines. there is no curtail-
ment of head-room inside. The In
terror reflect improvements as much
as the exterior. Throughout lie
line. greater leg-room and riding
space have been achieved. Adjuste-
bic seats have been added to al
closed types 70 permit increased
case OF riding. entrance and exit.
Another Of the Innovations of the
new Ford bodies is the use OF rust
less steel for exposed metal parts
This is found in the radiator shell,
headlamps. hub caps. cowl finish
strip and tail lamp. 1t is said that
the new steel does not corrode, TAR
nish or rust in any kind Of weathe-
and that it cannot wear off crack or
scale because 1t is the same metal
throughout.
Bodies will be available in a va
riety OF colors. Among these on the
Tuesday r Kewanee green, chiclF
cars 10 be seen for the first time
ana copra drab, thorn brown, Bron-
lson yellow, moleskin, Andalusite
f4xA Maron and black
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
BEAR TRADED
IN FOR AUTO
Iowa Boy Negotiates New
Trade TO Obtain
Dodge Sedan

Milfred Engelbert OF Williamsburg
Iowa, wanted 70 20 places.
He owned no automobile. but ne
did have a pet bear q 350-pourd
black fellow from CANADA. Teddy"
was a fine bear and q great pet as
pets 20, but no earthly use TO a fell
low with "a wanderlust. So Milfred
took the bear in TO Cedar Rapids
and announced to the startled sales
force Of the Makibben Motor Com
pany. Dodge dealers. that he wanted
a new car and proposed to trade the
bear in as part payment.
The sales staff had some diff
Guilty at first figuring how q deal
could be made on this basis. but
both Milfred and Teddy. had per-
sonality and persuasive powers.
While Milfred held steadfastly TO a
proposition Of mo bear, no auto
mobile" Bruin was helping matters
along by demonstrating to the auto
mobile men that he had q splendid
disposition and no little talent In
the way OF doing amusing tricks.
Mr. Makibben was summoned and
the odd deal consumated. Engelbert
drove away in n brand new Dodge
sedan. and Makibben led Teddy"
out to the city zoo at Bever Park.
where he is a headline attraction
not only because he can do any
number OF funny tricks. but also be-
cause he IS probably the first bear
ever TO be taken in trade for an auto
mobile.
For a fellow who likes TO stay nj
home, there isn't anything like "a
good natured. comical old black
bear for a pet" unused Engelbert,
but for a fellow who likes TO GO
places there isn't anything like az
! good automobile"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

President OF the United States and
present Ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
Frederick Jagel. the American
tenor. who made a name for him
self in Ell pc as FREDERICK Iagelli
before making his debut with the
Metropolitan Opera Company in
1927, began the study Of music at
the age OF four-before he went to
school to study his ABC's. He con-
tinued his studies in his primary and
high school days and then went to
work TO earn money for more and
better lessons and teachers. A
neighbor helped him finance a
course Of study in Europe where he
made his debut in opera al the
home Of Pucinni. the famous Italian
modernist operate composer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
District Nurses To
Meet at Mercedes

MERCEDES, Jan. 4-ThG quar-
terry Meeting Of the fourteenth dis
trict OF the Texas Graduate Nurses
Association Will be held III Mercedes
on Wednesday evening, Jan. 5, at
B o'clock.
The meeting will be held at the
Episcopal Parish house and will be
presided over by Mrs. Charles
Weimer, president Of this district.
The nurses Of the local hospital ale
TO act oS hoStesseS.
Miss Louise Dietrich Of FL Paso,
state secretary OF the association,
will be the principal speaker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
WHOLE VALLEY
ITS TERRITORY
Knapp Motor Company Now
Buick Agent for All
Valley Towns

Last Wednesday Knapp Motor
company became Buick dealers for
the entire Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley. The appointment was made pub
lie by @. J. Flint. sales manager o.
the Buick Motor company Of the
San Antonio zone office. This makes
Knapp one Of the largest dealers in
South Texas for trade territory.
With headquarters in Weslaco, the
company has dealerships in Browns :
vile. McAllen and Harlingen. Each
Is furnished with the best sales
force available, with tools and mac
hinery manned by veteran Buick
mechanical experts.
Leading men in the organization
are Everett Knapp. general manager;
John Knapp, assistant manager;
K. d. Ford, manager Of the Weslaco
office: in charge Of the Brownsville
office are Tom Fox and B. G. Price,
n. v. Sidener and r. II. Bailey. Nc
Allen; d. B. Briggs and z. A. Sch
reiber, Harlingen.
Born I'm Texas
Everett and John Knapp were
born in Calvert. Texas, attended
Texas A. g. NJ. college 19l8-l922, and
came to the Valley in December
1922. Donna and Weslaco were the
towns first the Knapps became in
terested in. They were heads OF the
K1oDn AH1ta- n0ranany until lime
is, when they sold out.
K. ID. Ford was born IN Brown
wood. He has been in the Valley
ten years, with Knapp Motor five
years.
Tom Fox, branch manager a.
Brownsville. has been with Knapp
four years at Donna, Weslaco, and
here. He was in Donna three and
one-half years. Weslaco three
months, and Brownsville three mon
tbs. Fox was born in Denton and
has spent all his life in the auto
mobile business. his father being IN
1t before him. He was with a motor
company in Wichita Falls for a year
and two years in Hearne.
Ftcre FOr cA 1CdIs
The sales manager for the Browns
vile branch. 3. G. Price has been IN
the Buick business here about six
years. He was one year in San Ben
ito, one year in Corpus Christi, ard
was with Wills Valley for four years.
Mr.. Price is q years Of age. He says
there will be q few additions to the
Buick force here. Taking care OF
every problem Of Buick motorists Is
Mr.. Price's platform"
Born in Indiana, N. v. Sidener
came 70 the Valley in 1913. He was
in Harlingen 10 years, six years IL
irrigation work. He was in Mission
two years as bookkeeper for the
Ford dealers. One year Mr.. Sidener
was with Gatlin Buick Co., in Nc
Allen as floor sales manager. Then
he was sales manager in Weslaco
for two and one-half years. He be-
came affiliated with Knapp com
pany April ]. 1929.
r. 3. Bailey has been with the
Knapp company for six years, be-
ginning in January, 1924. He started
as parts man and general utility
man In the parts and show room.
Then he worked for a while In the
office at Donna, later to be put in
charge Of the parts room, which
position he held until Knapp bought
the Buick leadership in McAllen,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
Mercedes School
Again is Honored

MERCEDES, Jan. A notifica-
ton has just been received by Supt.
(. II. Poteet. Of the Mercedes
schools, Of the reelection Of Sec
ondary Schools and Colleges for the
sixth consecutive year.
The highest compliment the aSSo-
cation can give a member. was be-
slowed when the notice Of reelection
was returned TO Mr.. Poteet without
comment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

AS one item in its program Of
expansion Of air mail and passenger
service between the United States
and Latin Americ, Pan American
Anyways announces the purchase OF
two Sikorsky amphi0ians. which
are to be the largest land-a2d-water
airplanes ever built in the world
and the largest commercial air.
planes OF any type ever built in this
country. When they 60 into opera
ton next year in the passenger and
mail service of Pan American Air
ways they will be the largest air.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

Months of preparation and planning
have preceded this short course In the
care and operation and uses of tractors
and tractor-operated machines. Now
we're ready.
This is a school conducted not to sell but
to tell-a service to owners, operators,
anyone interested In the subject - the
community in general.
Practical, helpful to your par
ticular problems. How to save men,
money, minutes. How to do your work
better, quicker, cheaper. How to get
maximum profits from your investment
in mechanical equipment.
Moving pictures, demonstrations and
short, non-technical lectures have been
nodded together in proper proportions
to make your visit interesting, entertain
ing and profitable. You incur no obi
CATION.
Nine o'cIockl ilis West
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05

The above pictures show the new
Lower Rio Grande Valley Buick or
g~anization. under direction Of
Knapp Motor Company of WeS-
laco. The Weslaco home is shown
in the center at the top. Upper
left Is the McAllen building. upper
right the Brownsville headquar-
tiers and center the Harrington
home-all associated with Knapp
Motor Company. The large pho
tos show Everett Knapp, general
manager, left, and John Knapp,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-05
THE
CATERPILLAR"
SCHOOL
January 6-7-8
First Day-Agriculture

First ~Day-Agriculture
9:00-l0:00-ReFistratio and We'll
come.
10:0O-A few facts Of the past.
l0:15-Movie.
10:30-Combine Discussion.
11:0O-Combine Movies.
1i:30-Row Crop Cultivation
1i:45-Movie.
12:00-Noon.
i:o0-Movie.
1:l5-Non-technica discussion Of
materials.
1904 few featurr5 OF "Cattrpil-
lar track type.
2:00-Orchardists use OF equipment
and movie.
2:30NIntermission.
2:40-Outside agricultural speaker.
3:00-Cotton.
3:l5-Deep Tillage.
3:30-Movies.
Second Day-Governmental
CONSTRUCTION - Industrial
10:0o-Blade graders. their use and
movie.
11:oo-Construction equipment and
movie.
l1:45-Uf new group A few fea-
lures Of Caterpillar" track
type.
12:00-Noon.
1:0o-Industrial applications and
movie.
1:3o-Elevating graders their use.
and movie.
2:15-Construction OF airports.
2:30-IntermiSsion.
2:40-Maintenance machines. their
use. and movie.
3.25-Service Reels.
Third Day-Service
10:00-12:00-Care and maintenance
Of products.
1:00-4:00-Care and maintenance OF
products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
DISCOUNT RATE CUT
IS HELD UNSUITABLE
attempt to Make Credit Flow More
Easily Expected to Help
Trade.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 24.-That the re-
cent lowering of discount rates through
out the world was a justifiable attempt
to make credit flow more easily into
essential business and thereby encour-
age trade recovery, is the opinion ex-
pressed by the j. Henry Schroeder Bank
ing Corporation of New York in its
latest contribution to the Quarterly Re-
view published by j. Henry Schroeder &,
Co. of London. The Schroeder corpora
ton believes that the first four months
OF 1880 have about completed the eco
nomic readjustments necessarily attend
ant upon the correction of industrial
overproduction of last year in the
United States, and thinks that were it
not for the approaching seasonally dull
period, the long-awaited business recov-
cry probably would be at hand.
The firm also believes that, in spite
OF the decline in business activity in
the United States in 1880 as compared
with the unusually prosperous condi-
tions prevailing in the first part of 1929,
the growth trend is still present to a
substantial degree, and justified in
many cases the discounting of indus
trial earnings, to reasonable extent,
in the stock market. Continuing, the
review states that 1t even may not be
too much to expect that the world will
soon enter upon period of expanding
business under the stimulus Of easy
money conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
MANY BANKERS TO ATTEND
CLEVELAND CONVENTION

Sixty per cent of the officials of the
American Bankers Association and its
various divisions have already made
reservations for the association conven-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
Corporation News

NEW YORK, May 24.-The following
is today's summary of important cor
poration news prepared by Standard
Statistics Co., Inc, New York, for the
Associated Press.
The Industries.
Railroad. car loadings for
the 10 weeks ended May 10 are 81 per
cent below the like period of 1929, and
4.3 per cent less than in 1928.
Railroad equipment.-Order for $50
ore cars received by Canadian Car &
Foundry from Canadian Pacific. Stand
ard Steel Car received order for 20
suburban coaches from Erie Order for
l66 steel underframes awarded Pressed
Steel Car by Fruit Growers Express.
Freight cars on order May l totaled
80 1928 compared with 44,429 on May !,
1929 Freight cars installed in service
in first four months aggregated 34,725.
compared with 1927 in 1929 period,
Locomotives on order May l totaled 1862
against 346 in 1929. Locomotives placed
in service in first four months totaled
283. compared with 1866 in 1929 period.
Steel-Heavy melting scrap steel In
Chicago district quoted $l2.25 to Sl2.75,
off Is cents from previous quotations.
The Companies.
Cities Service subsidiaries petroleum
products shipments In first four months
up % per cent over year ago.
Columbia Gas & Electric, Standard
Oil of New Jersey interests have formed
Columbia Gas Corporation, to acquire,
on share exchange basis, voting trust
certificates of Columbia Oil e. Gasoline.
The latter was formed recently by
Columbia Gas g. Electric as part of
segregation of its oil and utility
interests.
April 80.
General Mills Subsidiary advances
prices Gold Medal and Drifted Snow
brands -four 20 cents q barrel.
Grigsby- Grunow to advance price or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
Business Notes

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Electrical
World says that the buying tone in the
electrical equipment market centers of
the country shows no marked change
from the comparative inactivity of re-
cent weeks Conditions during the past
week reflected mixed tendency.
Eastern district bookings and inquiries
improved for the first time in weeks,
with small business off, but CORE
spending advance noted in the volume
of large orders.
The Consolidation Coal Co., in which
John D. Rockefeller, jr.s has an inter-
est, has announced wage reduction of
IL to IA per cent, affecting $500 to
5000 miners in the Fairmont, w. Va,
field.
Employment in 81 Toledo plants.
mostly automotive. in the week ended
May % totaled 26,146. decrease Of 705
from the preceding week.
The total sugar melt of Is American
refiners from January ! to May II was
1,7s0.oo0 Ions tons. against l.925.ooo u