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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
CITY SCHOOLS
AID PAYROLLS
$153,0O0 To Be Added To
Purchasing Power In
Brownsville

The economic condition in
Brownsville will be aided material
ly with the opening Of the schools,
when 5000 a month will be re-
leased and placed in circulation.
G.. w. Gotke. superintendent Of
schools. said in an address before
the Kivanis club at the regular
weekly meeting held al the FL jar
din at noon Thursday.
He pointed out that in salaries
alone. approximately Sl53,0 600 will
be paid out during the school year.
During his speech he explained
scholastic conditions and discussed
several problems confronting the
local system. He said that more
than 500 teachers had applied for
positions in the Brownsville schools
due TO the reputation Of the Valley
as an ideal winter resort.
Mr.. Gotke. the principal speak
er Thursday. was introduced by
w. A. Rasco. formerly principal af
the high school and now in the
drug business.
Entertainment was provided by
the Close Harmony quartet. COM
posed OF Carl Henshaw, Frank
Gilmore, John Carr Sewall and EN-
NETT Sewall. Several songs were
offered.
Girls Born
I. Dorfman and Robert Schwarz
passed cigars among the Kiwanians
in honor OF baby girls born in
both families during the week.
Members present contributed to-
ward a fund for gifts for the girls.
The joint meeting to be held
7ext wednesday night with ts-a
Rotary and Lions clubs. in con-
junction with the Matamoros Ro-
Continued on Page Ten)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
P~orpoises at Play
In Ole Man River

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2l@CP9-
No longer is the Mississippi river
down here the muddy. murky wash
Of SO states. but the drought and
the attendant low stage has turned
1t into the clear jade playhouse OF
the porpoise.
AS the clear waters Of the gulf
have been pushed up into the slow
moving current OF the record low
stage, river pilots reported schools
Of porpoise as high up as twelve
miles below New Orleans or nearly
a hundred miles from the gulf,
plunging. leaping and f~rollicking in
the river.
Veteran river men say this is the
first time in the history of the
river that an entire school OF
pcrpoise mas been known TO travel
that far upstream.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
VALLEY PEACE
OFFICER dies
AT HARLINCEN
Funeral Services For
j. w. Lucas Held
Thursday
Especial 70 me Herald)

HARLINGEN. Aug. 21.-Funeral
services for Joe william Lucas.
well-known Valley peace officer. are
to be held at the Baptist >.lurch
here Thursday at 8 p. "a.
Lucas was 50 years old. He died
at his home here early Thursday
morning.
Surviving him are his widow and
one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Bush.
and two grandchildren, Lawrence
Lee and Ruben Ray.
Lucas cam to Harrington In 1917,
and Tor the greater part OF the
time served as a peace officer in
different capacities until the loss
Of his sight three years ago. He had
been in III health since that time.
Lucas was very active in the Bap-
tist church, Of which he was a
member.
He was born In Ingleside. Tex.
Feb. y. 1873. and had lived in south
Texas all his life. He married Miss
Cerro Gordo Young OF Corpus
Christi.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Resort Advertising
For City Discussed

An advertising committee COM
posed OF Z. j. Tucker. j. S. Ford
and A. d. Dickinson. Jr. met at the
chamber OF commerce Thursday
morning to discuss with secretary
G. g. Richardson plans to advertise
Brownsville as a tourist resort, both
summer and winter.
No definite plans were outlined
at the meeting. but several adver-
Using schemes were discusse1 d
2 meeting was called for a later
date to determine a plan OF action.
Road signs scattered over the
state and advertising in national
magazines were both considered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Sanitarians Speak
On Mosquito Drive
tSnecial to The Herald.l

especial 10 Inc herald
SAN BENITO. Aug. 2l-Urgency
of taking steps to clear the Valley
Of mosquitoes was the keynote OF
talks made by representatives OF the
state board of health at a meeting
of the San Benito Kiwanis club
wednesday. The speakers stated
that there are more mosquitoes In
the Valley az the present time than
Is generally realized. and urged the
necessity of stamping the mout be-
fore the September rains begin.
The visitors who spoke included
v. NJ. Fhlers, state sanitary engi-
neer; Carl Martin. district sanitar-
ian. and L. "A. Henry. Missouri Pacif-
ic landscape engineer. who Is to
assist In the mosquito campaign.
James G. Bowie, Of San Benito, in
troduced the speakers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Bankers Body Found
In Railway Yard

LITTLE FALLS. ~. Y. Aug. al
pa body believed to be that OF
Samuel I. Lipp. Cincinnati, Ohio.
banker. was found today on the
New York Central Railroad tracks
outside this city.
The body was clad In pajamas
over which we're worn the coat and
pants Of a business suit. Papers and
cards in the coat pocnets indicated
the victim was Lipp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

These figures are all the more
striking because the fathers were
more than a year older on the av-
erage than the sons who physically
outclassed them. In the COMPARE
son OF the last two generations Of
Harvard men. the boys were 1875
years old, where their fathers had
averaged 1876 years. The COMPARE
sons included 1851 couples, nearly
5000 men.
IN weight the boys Of the third
generation average 149.46 pounds,
the fathers 141 SO. The sons av-
erage advantage vas BIS pounds, or
SIT per cent.
The height Of these same boys was
5 feet 10 inches. Their dads when
a year older had averaged 5 feet
8 clio inches. The sons advantage
was | 1-3 inches. or 1874 per cent.
Mr.. Bowles says 'the grand
fathers have not been calculated
yet. but a survey shows marked in
crea Of the fathers Of Harvard
sons Of today over their fathers,
that Is, increase has been steady
for three generations"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Building Increase
Shown in Report

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l-PJ-A
total indicated expenditure of Si64,-
OCT 1853 IN building operations dur
ing July In the nations principal
cities-an increase Of "a per cent
over the previous month-was re-
ported today by the bureau Of labor
statistics.
"A decrease OF ~ per cent in
residential building in the 288 cities
OF over $4,000 population included
in the survey, the bureau reported.
was offset by an increase Of 81 per
cent In non-residential construction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
AIR DERBY
Livingston Leads Moore
In Brownsville Hop

FORT WORTH, Aug. 2l-tP)-
John II. Livingston, leader in the
Brownsville Chicago air derby. left
for Wichita Falls at 1881 a. N. w.
G. Moore left at 1892 q. m.
Livingston, who had led in the
race since the start, had a total
elapsed time Of six hours. So min
utes and IS seconds. while Moore's
time was eight hours, nine minutes
and % seconds.
The filters were scheduled to make
refueling stops at Wichita Falls and
Oklahoma City and then continue
on to Tulsa. designated as a night
control point.
The race started from Browns
vile Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

Austin some time In October. N let
ter from y. A. Bandeen reveals.
Mr.. Richardson recently suggest
ed that all files and correspondence
on the See Texas First" campaign
be turned over to some man named
by the all-state organization. and
Mr.. Bandeen was named. Statistics
compiled by the local man will al
SO be given 70 Mr.. Dandeen.
Hubert Nj. Harrison. president or
the East Texas Chamber of Com
merce. and recently a letter from
NJ. y. Melton. president Of the Tex
as Commercial Executives Associa-
ton wrote here and announced
that az the next meeting OF the as
ISOLATION he would bring the cam
paign up for discussion.
Man Intercs.,d
Since we started this move some
time ago. Brownsville has received
UGH publicity as "a result. and we
have been flooded with letters of
inquiry from tourist clubs, automo-
bile clubs. and other organizations
requesting information on the VAL
ley. and about the campaign"
chamber OF commerce officials said
Thursday. Almost every paper In
the state has carried stories about
the move 10 get Texans to see Tex
as first. and the campaign has re-
celved the appreciation OF every
one concerned"
Ray Leeman. head OF the South
Texas Chamber Of Commerce. is
expected In Brownsville some time
next week To discuss the project.
Although the promotion OF the
campaign has been taken, Or soon
VIII be taken. out of our hands. i'm
order that II can be pushed through
In a big way. Brownsville will re-
ceive usedit for starting the move"
II was pointed out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

MISSION, Aug. 2l.-Charges Of
negligent homicide were filed
against William Baptist, negro driv-
er Of the huge cotton truck which
on Wednesday crashed into a wagon
on highway number II just west
Of the townsite, instantly kill 2
Anastacio Reyna. well known farm
er Of Penitas. who was coming in
to Mission with a load OF cotton
to be ginned.
The negro driver was taken TO
E~dinburg. and held for trial at the
next session Of the district court
In September.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Pendergraft Little
Changed Thursday

Reports from Mercy hospital to-
day with reference to the condition
of w. L. ~Pendergraft. Brownsville
we're that little change If his con-
dition Is shown.
Physicians who have been attend
ing the manager Of Port Isabel
yacht club state that while his
condition Is very serious he has a
fair chance to recover.
On account OF his condition
friends are not being permitted to
visit him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Rain Boosts Texas Business

Amarillo. Fort Worth. Palestine.
Port Arthur. Bridgeport. Bronson,
Crosbyton. Dublin. Eastland. Mac
ogdoches, WeatherfoEd, Ladonia,
Nocona. Sherman. Longview, Mar
shall and Woodlawn.
Winds accompanied thunder
showers In the vicinity Of Shiloh.
Locust Grave and Centerville,
wrecking several barns and garages
and blowing q few dwellings from
their foundations. No persons we're
reported injured. At Houston. WAL
ter Kuhl, a plumber, was paralyzcd
from the waist down and burned
by q stroke OF lightning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Mexico Air Chief
Again Heads Board

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 2l-Pl-
Luis de Oca was reelected chair
man OF the board OF directors Of
the National Railways at a meet
ing Of the board last night. General
Juan Andrea Almazan. secretary OF
communications. was re : elected
ice-chairman. Xavier Sanchez Me-
dorado continues rs executive pre-
Sident.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Woman Hitch iker
Held for Kidnapinr

WICHITA. Kans., Aug. 2i-CPl-
Pauline Bailey. Kyle. Tex. hitch
hiker, was held today charged with
kidnapping l3-months old Juanita
Baker from a tourist camp here.
The woman, arrested with the infant
In a nearby town. said she was weak
from hunger. having spent all her
money TO buy clothes for the baby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Mrs. O'Donnell Wins
Another Flight Lap

LUBBOCK. Aug. 2i.-P-Mrs.
Gladys O'Donnell. Long Beach en-
trant In the Women's National Air
Derby. won another lap today when
she landed at municipal airport
here at l1:04:4l. after taking off
from Roswell. N. M, at 9:0l a. m.
mountain time. an elapsed time OF
one hour 3 minutes and Al seconds
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
LITTLE CHANGE

WICHITA FALLS. Aug. 2l-tP-
John III. Livingston Of Aurora, Ill.
gained less tl-an a minute on w. G.
Moore OF Kansas City In the Fort
Worth Wichita Falls lap Of the
two-man aerial derby from Browns
vile to Chicago.
Livingston, who left Fort Worth
at 1871 a. m, arrived here az 9:24:16
while Moore. who followed Living
stno one minute later out Of Fort
Worth. landed az 9:26:i1 q. m. a
difference in elapsed time Of less
than one minute.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
WIFE TO LONDON

FRESHWATER. Isle of Wight,
Aug. 21.-tP-When news Of the
disaster OF the yacht Islander off
Cornwall was communicated today
TO Mrs. King. wife OF Commodore
King. she said:
My husband had been cruising
on the yacht since last Saturday
week. No other member Of the fami-
ly was with him. He had been
living on the yacht. calling in at
various ports. ! received a letter
from Dartmouth yesterday IN which
he said he was enjoying the trip
Immensely. I am leaving at once
for London. So far as I know there
were no women on board the
yacht"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Men in U. S. Growing Larger
Harvard Statistics Show Better Foods May
Bring Race Back to Mighty Men

CAMBRIDGE, Mass Aug. 2l-CR-For the third successive genera
ton Harvard men are larger than their fathers.
The statistics are a comment on the potential power Of food, diet
and enlightenment to bring back the Biblical days when there were
mighty men IN earth.
The finding is made at Peabody museum by Gordon T. Bowles. It IS
based on records OF Hemenway gymnasium and Harvard college physical
examination records.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
New Endurance Test
Opens In Oregon

PORTLAND. Ore. Aug. 2i-LF-
Forced down in their first attempt
Sunday through failure OF the re-
fueling ship Tex and Dick Rankin,
plotting the monoplane ON TO Ore
gon' were in the air today for an
other assault on the sustained flight
record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY C. NJ. HALL

HOW ABOUT 1T?
Il think knitting performs the
same office for women as the
cigaret or pipe does for a man,
but 1t is an infinitely better
way"
Duchess Of Atholl.
The wise people Of today
work, ans the weak-minded per-
sons do not"
William J.. March. Jr.. Connec-
ticut's l~1-year-old biographer
of President Hoover.
Mr.. Tilden has done so much
for tennis that ne should be
above criticism"
Helen Wills Moody.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Boy Is Alive With
Steel In Heart

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug 2l-tPl-
John Hughes. is. was battling death
today with X-ray pictures appar-
emily showing a half-inch steel slug
In his heart. imbedded there when
ne struck "a wedge with an axe yes
terday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Texas First
State Wide Work
Idea Originating in Brownsville Is Taken
BY Organization as Slogan For
Lone State Tourists
SC A COPY

The See Texas First campaign, started BY the Brownsville Chamber
OF Commerce. has struck such a responsive chord among the chambers OF
commerce ard other civic organizations over the state that the matter
win be taken out Of the hands OF the local ASSOCIATION and promoted BY
the state body, according to information received by g. G. Richardson.
Brownsville secretary, Thursday.
The plan OF the campaign will be placed before the next meeting OF the
An-state Council Of Regional Chambers q Commerce, 70 Be held IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
Parliament Members Drown?
Yacht of English Conservative Is Wrecked
With Six Known to Have Perished

FOWEY, CORNWALL. England, Aug. 21-NP-At least six persons
among whom it was feared were two o three members Of parliament and
one 0 more women. were believed drowned when the yacht Islander was
wrecked on the rocks Of Lantivet Bay during a violent storm in the
night,
The yacht had been chartered by Commodore Henry Douglas King
conservative member Of parliament and there was grave apprehension
that he. with other members who had been invited 70 accompany him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
POPE RECEIVES TAFT

VATICAN CITY, Aug, TT
The Pope today received in private
audience Charles p. Taft Sd, son
OF the late former president and
chief justice Of the United States,
OF Cincinnati. Ohio.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
liz Is a Girl

A baby girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert B. Schwarz Tuesday
morning at the Mercy Hospital. The
baby was named Elouise Ann.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair 10 partly cloudy tonight and
Friday.
For East Texas: Generally fair
tonight and Friday except local
thundershowers ON east coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
In the river during the ne~. "A to
40 hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

This is an emergency. If you know
what that means. The next
emergency is nothing else but
our highways. II now seems that
that wonderful new road to Boca
Chica with its travelling thousands
adds another death trap. Already
we see we constructed II too narrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

MINATED Annie says it is get
~ ting so that the champion VAL
ley optimist is the man who
drives to town along our highways
and subscribes 10 the paper for two
years. How about It Judge Dancy?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

NEXT comes MIR Malaria Packer.
IN He Is the dirty boy Of the mos
quito world. No spot is too
dirty for him. SO II is against him,
we must oil or drain the little cup
holes and similar breeding places q
farther away from the house.
The thing We MUST do is get
busy at once. That is the where
fore Of this. Lastly the engineer of
this column would ask that all IN
the Valley who carry advertising
select q slogan something Ike
Death TO all mosquitoes" Or similar
words with the same meaning and
keep them standing in their adver-
tisements, so that none may forget.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

business Of eradication is I'D TO
I'd YOU Mr.. HOUSEHOLDER. The
health department OF the city
will take the field Friday or Satur-
cay and come around and tell o
SO. Eventually they will see that you
do IL.
But II IS going to be up 10 you
to do the work and you should have
enough regard for your own health
and enough civic pride to beat him
to Il.
Here is another reason the house
holder can be so effective. The
mosquito which spreads the terrible
denge and the yellow fever rarely
flies over rs yards and he prefers
clear water. So it IS TO swat him
In the hooks and corners that
counts.
There is no yellow fever ii the
Valley at present, and how we
know we do not want Il. But some
OF that variety OF mosquitoes have
been found.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21
TIDE TABLE

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide nc Point Isabei
tomorrow. under normal meteoroi-
ogical conditions:
high W. A. IT.
Low Clio ND. IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

HERE is another point for you Mr..
Householder this striped legged
variety Of more than a general
nuisance goes about his work with
deadly intent. He Is not the loudly
singing outfit you knock your ear
down trying TO kill and never hit
He Is strictly business and comes
IN from the Matching place without
any ostentation and noise and pro-
ceeds to business with never a pause
He is a rather small fellow but what
he pops TO you IS hard to shake off.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

OTHERWISE other things look
rosy. Many parts Of Texas have
been blessed with rainfall. and
a few lowering clouds today give
promise 10 the Valley. There Is an
after-the- world-war readiustment
going on in the United States which
droughJs have accumulated into
much unemployment but the Valley
has felt the sting least OF ali. II
you do not believe this ask return
ing visitors from other parts.
We are sailing along, but because
business Is not at a zenith. we
sometimes do not seem to realize it.
And with the winter vegetable and
fruit crop coming on, this better
condition will change into that OF
good business.
nut as business grows so will traf-
IN fic on on roads. "One million
persons In the Valley within the
next ten years." When that Is true
and no parallel. n way. or wider
highways are constructed the crash
n Of cars, and the Screeching OF
~omen. mingled with the grooming
the dying will resemble a charge
u the Rainbow Division against q
German machine gun nest.
Beginning tomorrow. If Jack Rut-
Aiae can get his drawing pen in
gand, the engineer OF this column
will have placed on page one Of The
Brownsville Herald a little speed
ometer on which will be recorded
the number Of accidents each day,
the number of dead, and the number
OF injured. How long viii 1t be be-
fore the accidents are cut down 10
where that dial viii cease to record
such tragedies daily?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

TEAVE you a little drain pipe un-
der your house?
If you have how the mosqui-
toes are rejoicing IN an undisturbed
life of peace ana prosperity.
II this drain is from the ice box.
they may wax so indolent on the
good things of life they hate to use
energy enough to come into the
house and bite you for their daily
three squares - or does a mosquito
eat more than three per? - but
they will.
Have been talking some to mos
quitologistS for the past few days.
and 1t may be interesting 10 you 70
know Mr.. Householder that that
little group OF mosquitoes harbored
IN the drain from your ice box, or
any other clear water about the
house, is the most dangerous OF the
specie. In or on his proboScis Chigh
sounding term for bill he packs
the germs OF dengue and oft times
OF yellow fever.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

Flood Present 74-Hr. 74-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-21

Oh Int Cruise mad persisted When
the yacht met disaster in a chan
mel gale.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-02
MACKS MN AGAIN
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 high and Wdie. Ball two, low and wide. Ball three, high and wide. Ball four, high and wide. Bishop walking. Boley on 2nd. Dykes up: Doubled to left cen- ter scoring Boley and Bishop. Rhem was taken out and Lind say, right-hander, is now pitching for St- Louis Coch- rane up: Ball one, high and wide. Side out when he hit into a double play, a line-fly to short who touched second dou- bling Dykes of second.
 Two runs, two hits, no errors, none left on bases. Time 2:.28.
 FIFTH INNING
 St. Louis Lindsay up. He bats right handed; strike one Sin gles to right center Douthit up: Ball one, high and wide. Ball two, high and inside. Ball three, high and inside. Strike one and two then popped flied out to center who made a great rum ing catch in short center. F'risch up: Ball one, high and wide. Strike one. Ball two, low and outside. Pop-flied to 3rd.
 No runs, one hit, no errors, one left on base. Time 2:34.
 Phillies- Simmons up: Ball one, low and wide Strike one. Ball two, low and wide. Strike two, Ball three, low and wide. Flied out to center. Foxx up: Out to short to first. Miller up:
Seward daily gateway., 1930-10-02

Strike one. Ball one, low and inside. Fouled to right, strike two. Ball two, high and inside. Out on line drive to center.
 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on the bases. Time
 SIXTH INNING
 St. Louis Bottomley up. Ball one, high and inside Strike one. Ball two, high and inside. Pop flied to End. Heafey up: Fouled back for strike one. Ball one, low and inside. Ball two, low and wide. Fouled back for the second strike. Out, third to 1st- Watkins up: Strike one, Side out when he hit to 1st, the pit cher covering 1st.
 No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on bases. Time 245.
 Phillies Haas up; Ball one,