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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14
FORTUNE FROM SUCKERS

POOL. Eng.,-G. 4. Castor. q
bookmaker. left a fortune of $780,
600 won from race track bettors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. March 14-P
Cotton opened steady, and first
trades were unchanged TO 4 points
up as cables appeared about as due.
The market gained slightly In SYM
pathy with New York, but eased
later on realizing. May dropping TO
1874. and July to 14.54, or s to 9
points down from the highs. At
the end OF the first hour the mar
ket was steady and 3 points above
the lows and only a shade under
the previous close.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14

the 35c bottle of Lax-ana
which he is authorized to sell
on a money-back guarantee.
Insist upon Lax-ana and
look for the words Double
Strength which appear in
red on every bottle.
Double Strength
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14

visits Warren Lunz Rio Grande
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14

Receivers DOC" Osborne is back
at his desk in the Rio Grande Val
ley Trust company after suffering
from an infection in his foot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14

Returns j. v. Williamson has
returned from a business visit in
San Antonio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-14

visiting-Eugene Blasdel, former
mayor Of Amarillo and wealthy oil
operator OF that city, and Horace
Russell, business man of that city
are in Brownsville today on a tour
Of the Rio Grande border country.
Both expressed establishment at
the Valley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

Repair bills on improperly built roads
are restraining highway improvement
to an unbelievable degree, according to
e. e. Duffy, highway educational writer
A survey shows that in many COM
munities the upkeep cost of road sur
faces is no more than $25 per mile
are paying out from 81 900 to $4,000 OF
more to keep mile of road in some
thing like fair condition.
The reasons for this cost variation
are not secrets. The roads that cost
little to maintain are properly paved
The roads of large upkeep either are OF
dirt or gravel or some temperament
Surfacing material.
In Cameron County. Tex, where a
little less than 200 miles of concrete
pavement has been constructed by bond
issue. the pavement upkeep cost aver
ages around $25 per mile per year
This is in terrain where sand and fine
soil SubgradeS are not very stable. but
by paving in accordance with accepted
scientific methods the excessive upkeep
cost faced by careless communities has
been eliminated. 1rs
The pavements in Cameron County
and in adjoining counties, for that mat
ter-demonstrate that the citizen can
expect smooth riding surfaces that last
without the endless excuses offered for
the roughness and high cost that must
60 with unstable roads.
To most laymen road building Is a
mysterious process, which they think
best taken care OF by elected or APP
pointed officials. There is a strong ten
dency for the average motorist to over
look the construction by his community
of pavements that clearly are not de-
signed for prolific modern trafiic. He
may reason, forgetting costs, that, amy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

narrow pavements have served is shown
in the experience Of Chautauqua Coun-
ty. N Y. A study brought to light the
fact that the upEsep cost of new
gravel roads was as high as $1,000 a
mile yearly while the per mile cost Of
concrete was but SIC. Simple arithme-
tic led Chautauqua County to build
125 miles of single-track pavements.
Maryland last year awarded contracts
for the construction of So miles of g.
foot concrete and Delaware awarded
contracts for 81 miles. The southeast
corner of Missouri contains network
of narrow pavements; they are found
in striking mileages in Illinois, Missis-
sippi, Tennessee and other States
Their widespread use indicates that
they serve several rural regions in all
parts of the country with equal salts
faction. AS seen from the viewpoint of
the motoriSt who uses heavily travelled
roads, the narrow pavement may seem
inadequate; as seen from the viewpoint
of the farmer who wants to haul
produce to market, rain or shine, the
narrow feeder pavement is nothing
short Of a godsend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
SPEED MOTORWAYS
VISION OF EXPERT
Traffic Authority Predicts Speed
ways Will Connect Centers
of Population.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May 10.-Pre-
diction that within the next quarter
century all major centers of population
will be connected via high-speed motor
ways, such as Is now proposed to be
constructed between New York and
New Haven, Conn, was made recently
by w. L. Kinds. traffic authority
"The rapid motorization of entire
members of the American family, which
Is adding many thousands of new cars
on our roads every month. is making
such high-speed motorways not only
necessary but imperative" Mr.. Kinds
states. "a street or highway, like a
railroad trackage system. can only
carry up to certain maximum trafiic
charge and when this is exceeded. con-
gestion, delay anc often times injury
result. Authorities estimate that even
at the present time existing traffic con-
gestion is costing this Nation approx
mately 100000 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
NARROW PAVEMENT
HIGHWAY ECONOMY
Width Applies, However, Only to
Lightly Travelled Local Thor
oughfares, Say Authorities.

With trifle less than 5000 miles of
Q and 10 foot hard-surfaced pavements
in use, highway authorities are becom-
ing more and more convinced that the
narrow, rigid pavement offers the best
solution to the local road problem.
Purely local roads, however, must not
be confused with main State or main
county highways. Those communities
that have built noteworthy mileages of
narrow concrete have been careful to
place the narrow width only on those
roads that carry little or no through
traffic.
About one-I1alf Of all the money
spent on road improvement is expended
through counties and townships. A
vast portion of this money accomplishes
no lasting benefit; it goes into the up
keep Of poor-quality roads that year
after year demand grading, regraveling,
re-oiling and extensive patching.
Through the narrow, hard-surfaced
pavement. excessive maintenance costs
are ostracized and the money saved can
either be devoted to the improvement of
other roads or to the retirement of
bonds.
An instance Of how properly built
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
RACE DRIVER GIVES
MOTORISTS ADVICE
Holds His Job of Driving
Makes Him Familiar With
Ordinary Problems.
BY RALPH HEPBURN,
Noted Racing Pilot.

A racing drivers slant on ordinary
everyday automobile driving may seem
rather warped in the eyes of the aver
age individual. Yet, when you think
about it, why shouldn't racing driver
be in a better position to know about
automobiles and driving than the aver
age person?
On the race track the speed demon
Grams into a few hours all the expert
ences that Mr.. and Mrs. John Public
get in the average years driving.
Things happen faster on the race track.
And they happen in such way as to
leave q lasting impre ssion.
On the highway If motorist makes
a turn too quickly 1t generally means
a close call with a lamp-post or pole.
The same occurrence on race track
usually means serious trouble, and the
racer who commits this error, of judg-
ment may find himself lying in dis
tant fleld-in case he ever finds out
anything.
writing for the instruction of the or
binary driver is a large order. can
think of lot of things I am more
capable of doing, but If the motorist
reads these and profits thereby. it is
well worth any effort on my part.
In the first place, have some strong
ideas about choosing a car. An auto
mobile should be fitted to the use of
the individual, his family and business
requirements and his pocketbook. This
can be done these days.
Many people buy high-powered, pom
derous transportation, when lighter
car would AL their needs and leave
money in the bank. Others choose the
wrong style OF body, while still others
risk their necks in lot for the money
chariot which Is all body and display
and which has little, If anything, under
the hood.
believe in a motor as small in horse
power as is consistent with the work 1t
will be called upon to do, on the
average.
If my use of car Is mostly in con-
nection with city driving or its longest
ed environs, want q car that can be
easily steered and controlled, with a
short wheel base for easy parking.
What seek in car Is long, useful life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
MOTORISTS ARE HIT
|. BY PAVING DELAYS
Considerable Money Lost
Throughout Country, Due to
Defective RoadWays.

Paving delays are at present costing
sums of cash, according to E. E. Duffy.
highway educational writer.
Hundreds OF miles of street paving
projects upon which preliminary plan
ming has been done are still paper"
projects, despite the need for employ
ment in cities and the need for more
and lettering motoring space.
It is not as though the public we're
unconcerned, for most paving projects
originate from the demands of citizens.
Legal intricacies are often given as the
reason for delays in paving matters, and
no doubt many cannot be avoided. but
for the most part such delays are more
a state of mind than state of fact.
Ideal Period for Building.
The present is considered an ideal
time for communities to build pave
ments. Aside from the fact that there
is dire need for more paved roads and
streets. paving contract awards are
going at reasonable figures. Contrac-
tors naturally desire to keep their paw
ing outfits busy and their working forces
intact. Pavements. particularly in
towns and cities, are usually paid for
by special assessment with payments
spread over number of years. Com
munities paving now will not unduly
burden themselves and they will per-
form the important function of aiding
unemployment.
The country's paving task is not only
that of new construction but also that
of reconstruction. Older and larger
cities possess pavements that are hope
lessly inadequate for modern trafic-to
rebuild them is an absolute economy
measure.
Unemployment Continues.
Unemployment still exists and re-
CARELESS of promises made by various
communities to expedite construction of
public works, many have still to make
actual progress. A project on paper
does not give men jobs Neither does
it give motorists place to drive.
BY some odd quirk, the period during
which new city officials assume office
Is also season for delay in construc-
ton projects. But now that the new
officers are ensconced there is no good
reason why blue prints should not be
transformed into hard surfaced pave
ments, school houses. court houses,
sewers and so on-without delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Road Upkeep Holds Back Building;
Texas County Pays But $25 Per Mile

way, he doesn't have to drive in the
mud" But let the average motorist re-
member that electric washing machines
have all but ended the dashboard bust
ness, and that similarity modern pave
ment should replace washboard roads
The year in and year out payment
of excessive road charges Is uneco-
nomical and uncomfortable, any way
you look at it. Roads that carry any
noticeable volume of trafic should bt
we'll paved, by bonding If necessary
For even bond-issue roads are not ex.
pensive, despite the bugaboo of interest
The savings to motorists alone in driv-
ing costs more than make up for the
bond interest. and in addition exorbi-
tant upkeep costs are ostracized. More
good pavements can be built with the
natural savings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Accidents to Students Are Reduced
80 to 100 Per Cent by School Boy Patrols

interest Of safety. It Is this co-opera.
ton that is making the schoolboy pa
trolls a great factor in the important
work of protecting school children from
accidents. Orderly crossing of streets
rather than pell-mell dashes is insisted
upon by these safety workers.
Backing up this program is the safety
educational work in the school room
now reaching 100000 children in SOC
cities and towns. The children are in
structed by means of pamphlet lessons
and posters and $4,000 teachers are
now teaching the rudiments of safety
Safety as a separate study is not
advocated by the A. A. A., which be-
lieves that through the use of we'll con-
ceived programs, featuring the color
posters, children can learn the essential
factors of protecting themselves, along
with their other studies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

Accidents to school children have
been reduced from 80 to 100 per cent
through the work of the schoolboy
patrols sponsored by the A. A. A. mo-
tor clubs, according to the American
Automobile Association.
The national motoring body says that
there are now 175,000 schoolboys wear
ing the distinctive Sam Browne belts,
symbolic of the patrols, in more than
500 cities spread over % States. In
addition, there are about 1000 girls
enrolled in girl patrols.
Acting under supervision of school
authorities, says the A. A. A.. the boys
are stationed at crossings during hours
when children are en- route to and from
school.
Although they have no police pow
ers," says the statement, motorists have
shown willingness to cooperate in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Archaeology EXHIBIT
0Ruseum Of Mesa Verde Park
Houses American Specimens.


More American archaeology is now on
exhibit In the museum of Mesa Verde
eNational Park in Southwestern Colorado
SEnan anywhere else in the country.
'sfThe collection is constantly being in
increased. Here lived the basket makers,
1000 BIC; the post basket makers,
1000 BE-, and the cliff dwellers about
1900 years ago. Exhibits from all these
civilizations are on view in the museum
with some new remarkable reservations
of pottery.
Improved roads now lead from the
entrance of the park to Spruce Tree
Camp and to the principal cliff dweller
ruins visited by travellers under the
guidance of park rangers. Cliff Palace,
containing 214 rooms and "a kivas or
ceremonial chambers, is the largest of
these and housed 500 to 800 people.
Sun Temple, New Fire Temple and
Balcony House are other ruins of spe-
cial interest, all in remarkable condition
pf preservation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Develop Recreational Site.

Grand Mesa, largest fiat-topped
mountain in the world, lying between
Grand Junction and Delta, is steadily
being developed as a recreational and
sporting area with the cooperation of
the United States Forest Service. It
is covered with forests and contains
more than 200 lakes stocked with trout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
CHECK YOUR ABSORBERS

Uneven in Action, It's Straps Are
Pulled Loose.
While your car is In for greasing
have the mechanic look over the shock
absorbers. In Winter the oil In your
shock absorbers becomes thick and the
absorber is considerably "stiffened" in
its action. AS a result, straps which
are not properly frightened pull loose
their action. Perhaps this has hap
pened to your car. Have them checked
Proper adjustment of the shock alb
sorbers has lots to do with easy riding.
The National Machine d Tool Build
ers' Association says the auto industry
uses 40 per cent of output.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Warned to Show Licenses.

J Motorists should always show their
A1fiver's license when it is requested
10y an officer, according to the District
Fpf Columbia Division of the American
Automobile Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

The instruction books of some cars
still recommend retarding the spark a
little during cranking. Many drivers
are under the impression that the spark
Of all cars today should be left fully ad-
VQnced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Pupils Are Taught Safety.

Safety education through the A. A.
A. 10 now reaching 100000 school
children, according to the District Of
Columbia Division Of the American
fAutomohile Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
Very Fertile!

From the Wheel.
ITS pretty rich farming country
out your way, isn't it?"
Eyes, you never saw so many filling
stations to the acrel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

The automobile dollar is worth 125
pre-war cents. Other costs average 81
cents. In buying a car you get twice
as much for your money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

When at Atlantic City,
you are invited to at
tend the General Mo-
tors Exhibit at the
Steel Pier where the
New Oakland Eight and
Pontiac Big Six, in all
body types, are on dis
play.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
NINE DIE AS FOG
GR|PSLONDON

LONDON, Dec. % UNs)-
Relief came to fog-choked London
today with the thinning Of the
pail which held the city in a
strangle hold since late yesterday,
Gripping traffic and all ordinary
activities.
Nine persons were killed and
many injured in street accidents.
Christmas trade suffered exten-
sively.
Hundreds of vehicles were aban-
dOned by drivers last night be.
cause of the hopeless tangle and
fog. Postal deliveries were nearly
abandoned as the laSt-minute rush
piled up stacks Of packages and
letters.
London shops estimated that
the fog had cost them 5000, 600
in Christmas trade loss. Nearly
half a million office workers were
marooned for hours during the
homeward rush last night.
The King and Queen left for
Sandringham to spend the Christ
mas holidays. Other members
Of the royal family will follow
shortly,
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Stag Hunted 5 Hours
Is Killed in Cellar

LONDON, Dec. 23.-Public out
cry against the cruelties OF stag
hunting has not dampened the
ardor of SomersetShire sportsmen.
and the season is now In fun
swing.
It is asserted that a stag was
killed in the cellar of an inn on
the outskirts of Taunton after
being hunted for nearly five
hours by the Quantock pack.
Holly pursued by the hounds, the
stag raced past the terrace OF the
houses, jumped over a wall into
the courtyard Of the inn and
thence made its way to the cellar!
Here it was dispatched by a hui
man killer, and the veuison dis
tributed among the huntsmen
and huntSwomen present.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Dry Budget to Fare
Hard in Congress

The new prohibition enforce
ment regime Of the Department OF
Justice will be put under the con"
gressional glass about the middle
of January, in the most severe ex'
animation Congress has yet made
of q dry bureaus methods OF oper.
alton, it was learned today.
The expected outbreak in the
House was foreShaGowed In the
grilling of Prohibition Director
Amos w. w. Woodcock in the
privacy Of a House appropriations
subcommittee considering budget
requests of the Justice, Commerce,
State and Labor departments.
The. proposal Of Mr.. WOOdcOck
to add 500 new agents and to
boost expenditures about $2,5OOr
600 at q time when the Admins
tration is demanding economy
viii furnish fuel for the fire OF
the vets.
The subcommittee, it was
learned, voted to require q break
ing down" of the bureaus pro.
posed expenditures which W1H
show them in detail. The teSti.
mony, to be made public later, VIII
show more than $780, 900 is spent
each year for ''infOrmers," it is re.
ported.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
To WE'D
T|MBERLAKE

Representative Charles B. Tim
berlake of Colorado marries TO-
night, at the Hotel Carlton, Mrs.
Roberta Wood Elliott, a widow.
The ceremony viii be performed
by the Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery, chaplain of the House.
It is Representative Undertakes
second marriage.
The best man is Glen o. Hiatt,
his secretary, and the matron Of
honor is Mrs. Louise Hill, sister
Of the bride.
Immediately after the cere-
mony, Representative and Mrs.
Timberlake will go to Salisbury,
N. c., the brides home, to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. B.
Wood, who will be unable to at
tend the wedding ceremony. Later
they will go to Cuba. They will
return to Washington January 8
and make their home at the
Shoreham Hotel.
Mrs. Elliott is an employe IN
the Census Bureau.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
A. F. L. Man Denies
Workers. Fund Plan

Edward F. McGrady, general
organizer of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, today denied
statements attributed to him con"
corning a plan for establishment
of reserve funds to be supplied
by employers, State and Govern
ment agencies for the benefit Of
workers in slack times.
Published reports quoted Mr..
McGrady as saying such a plan
would be made public January ia.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
Noted Auiators, Explorers
Star at Writers Fete
international Newsreel

however, that there are people
who live in the Arctic by prefer
ence. It was in 1913. he said,
when he first realized the value
Of the airplane in explorations.
Bernt Balchen, who has flown
the Atlantic, who has explored
the frozen north and who went
with Byrd to the South Pole,
said that people sometimes ask
him: why these expeditions?"
to which, he declared, he replied:
well, it's good to get away once
in while and get little peace" I"
Balchen told Of his flying eX-
periences in northern Canada
in the Hudson Bay region.
Sees Airplane Future
Balchen sees a big future for
aviation in Northern Canada and
in Alaska, He said. .Airplanes, he
asserted, can make trips of 200
miles in two hours that require
two or three weeks by dog sleds
and the airplane can carry load
three times as heavy as the sledS.
ZAP Williams, the high speed
flier, said the aviation industry is
getting down TO brass tackS and
doing away with high powered
saleSmanship." He said aviation
is not going to do away with rail-
roads, or ships, but it will have an
increasingly important demand
because it's the fastest means Of
transportation" The time is COM
ing when people will be flying $50
to 200 miles an hour, he predicted.
The Problems of Aviation
Casey" Jones in his talk said
the aviation industry is confront
ed with two problems: The ques-
ton of cost, and the question Of
fear. The question Of cost is be-
ing taken care Of because airplane
travel is becoming as cheap as rail
transportation, he said.
AS for the question Of fear, he
pointed out we are living in a
faster age than 100 years ago and,
anyway, as Mark Twain said,
more people die in bed than any
where elSe.''
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
REVOLT BEGINS
IN VENEZUELA

COLON, CANAL ZONE, Dec. %.
The long-predicted Venezuelan
revolt broke out yesterday in the
Southwestern section, with insur-
gents reported victorious in their
first clash with federals.
The rebels are said to have
occupied La Batera, a town Of
about 10000 near the Colombian
border and about $50 miles from
Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.
Their movement is said to be
directed more against General
Gomez, minister of war and vir-
tual dictator, than President
Perez.
Advices from Southern Vene.
zuela, via Trinidad, report that
fierce fighting between rebels and
federal forces occurred yesterday
with the insurgents, 1000 strong,
winning the engagement.
The Washington times., 1930-12-23
RULE
ENDS IN DEATH

BUCHAREST, Dec. % G.N.S0.
An epoch in Rumanian history
ended with the passing Of Vintila
Bratianu, opponent of King
Carol and former premier, whose
family for 70 years was regarded
as the real power back of the
throne.
M. Bratianu died last night OF
a stroke of apoplexy which para
lyZed his left side.
With the passing of the Liberal
leader, who was minister of fl
nance in his brothers cabinet for
six years and premier until over
thrown by DR.. Jules Manu-, comes
to an end the so-called ''Bratianu
dynasty"
His father, Jon; his brother,
Jonel, and he himself were re-
garded as Rumania's uncrowned
kings. The family controlled Ru-
mania's important banks, and
headed the Liberal party.