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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31
Okla. Woman Dies
Especial 10 the Herald)

N@H&&A1A ~ NaA&
HARLINGEN. Jan. 3l-Mrs. II.
r. Williams, aged 40. OF Duncan,
Okla, who came TO the Valley about
the first OF December for the BEN
eft OF her health. died at the
Valley Baptist hospital at III O'Clock
Thursday morning as a result OF
complications following a flu attack
about a year ago.
Surviving besides her husband
are nine children and three step
children, all but one OF the chill
dren. who resides in Colorado hav-
ing been called here and accom-
panied the body back to Duncan
Thursday night. Funeral services
and interment will take place there.
The body was forwarded by
Thompson'S mortuary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

StarLOre
MASTERING THE SPECTRE
SCOPE MAP
nv ARTHUR nFV CARpENTrp

The spectroscope reveals to the
physicist that not only the sun.
but all Of the radiant stars. have
bright PHILOSOPHERS OVERLAND by
cooler atmospheric chromospheres.
for the spectra Of all the stars show
vertical absorption lines across their
bright backgrounds. This fact alone
lets the astronomer into a wonder
full field Of knowledge In regard to
the physical and chemical condition
Of the stars. When. in 1864, advance
steps were taken in spectrosccpy by
Higgins and Secchi, the chemistry
Of the sun and stars began to be
understood. Higgins found spectral
lines Of sodium. magnesium, cal
cium. iron and many other elements
Secchl classified the stars with re-
ference to their spectra.
lAlore Tomorrow
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

An eminent scientist Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton believes man has inherent brain capacity to think
from 10 10 100 times more effectively than he does
nov.
II all depends upon brain feediny.
AS II Is. there are a thousand takers where there
Is one thinker and when the millennium shall be
ushered In there will be a thousand thinkers TO one
talker. Hasten the day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31
Delegate Visitor
Especial 70 The Herald1

SAN BENITO. Jan. 31-Mr. and
Mrs. j. @. Collier. OF Little Rock.
Ark. who accompanied the deleg-
alton Of National Dry Cleaners AS
ISOLATION delegates TO the Valley on
a side trip from the annual con-
vention in Dallas last Sunday, are
guests for a few days az the Stone
wall Jackson here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

For lack Of anything else to do, Mexican soldiers
the rifle carriers Of the regular army stationed in two
leading Mexican states. are to be set to building
public highways. Military commanders have re-
quested road building equipment from the govern
ment. They declared there was no military problem
to be COPIED with and that rather than allow the
troops to remain idle, they wished to put them to
work on the road. n Mexican soldiers make good
road builders. why not Texas prison c~onvicts?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

McALLEN, Jan. 3i-Four men
two automobiles and more than loo
quarts or assorted liquors were can
tured By a party of five federal
customs inspectors during w trn
hours o. operation late Wednes1av
All four men we're released uU-
der $500 bond 20 appear az the nfx4
term OF federal court in Brnwhr-
vile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31
The Once Over
THE MAYFLowER's FLIGHT

Copyright. 1880. y The Associated Newspapers)
Washington still trying to get adequate bid for
Msyflower."-News item-)
Ay. tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has 1t waved on high
Al Presidents below turned green
And looked quite sad Of eye:
Beneath it leaders great have reeled
And tottered to the rail:
Don't tell that this famous ship
Now bears q sign For Sale!
Her deck once bore the weight Of Taft.
Her bridge knew Teddy's roar:
And in her staterooms diplomats
. oct wished they were ashore;
With woodrow Wilson oft she rolled;
She pitched With Harding. too,
! And summer trips upon her made
Cal Coolidge sad and blue.
Vice-Presidents and Senator's
Have sailed upon this yacht
With members of the cabinet
Who likewise wished they'd not;
No more she'll feel the cautious tread
Of party leaders great
The highest bidder soon may get
The noble ship Of state.
Oh, better that her wearyhulk Y
Should sink beneath the sea
Than pass to hands OF lovly men
And lose her dignity
Nail to her mast the well-worn flag
And sink her with this blurb:
she was a darn good naval yacht
But couldn't get by Herb"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-31

Who am I? What is my rank? OF
what soldiers organization am !
director?
Which country claims to be the
Oldest existing republic?
What state is said to be the wind
lest in the United States?
And he said. That which cometh
out Of the man, that defileth the
man." Where is this passage found
IN the Bible?
Correctly Speaking
When you do not understand what
someone has said, don't say HOWE"
Today's Anniversary
On this day. IN 1880. James G..
Blaine, the American statesman, was
born.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are a
very powerful influence in the lives
Of others. They sooth and quiet dis
turbed friends easily, by the power
Of their personality.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
]. Frank T. Hines: brigadier gen.
eral; u. :. Veterans bureau.
?. San Marino.
3. Oklahoma.
4. st. Mark, VII, 20.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

A N airplane pilot, navigating Tn "A = rain or fog or the darkness oi
 a cloudy and moonlcs5 nght' has no means of knowing how far he IS above the ground. Flying under such circumstances Is dangerous.
 A ncwly-inventcd device, called an attitude meter" which is of small size and mounted on the cockpit panel m full view of the pilot, gives him the reouisite warning when he flies peril ousiy low. He hears whistling note from the instrument, which slmultane- ously shows a bright light. ,,,.
 At an elevation of 250 feet 1t shows green light. At one hundred feet It displays a yellow light. At fifty feet above the ground it shines red
 The theory upon which the ;et inventor nr"s1 rn' is based is that the tune lhlerVal ,io1,e re- C, ouired for a radio impulse, to traVel from the plane to the ground and back again to a receiving set on the plane
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
How COTTON Is PICKED With a Pneumatic "GLOVE"

half feet long, and four and halt feet high, weighing about 300 pounds, rolling on three wheels between the rows, carrying its own bag holding from 50 to 100 pounds of cotton, and powered with small four-cyhnder gasoline cnglnc. The method of opcrat- ing Is thus described
 The lightweight pickcrhead, worn like glove, fits snugly into the palm. The pickcr's hand reaches for the ripe boil exactly as if the fingers were to pick the cotton, but the human hand does not touch the cotton, the picker head doing 1t automatically. It can also be operated on days when moisture IS on the cotton, to the extent of dew de- poslts or even light showers, and in late seasons this capacity doubles the num- Der of picking hours on damp days. As it is picked from the boil, the cotton is handled in the machine by air exactly as cotton is handled at gins and textile mills. The "wiper5" in the pickcrhcad take the cotton from the boil and fluff out every lock. After it is inside of the plckerhcad. alr-currents convey the cot ton through long tube and direct it against a plain wire screen, thus sep arating sand, dirt, moisture, and other foreign matter, so the cotton IS clean when 1t drops into the bag.
 6 One of the most difficult and cx- pcnsivc operation in connection with the production of cotton is the picking of the crop. Although the work is not heavy and can be done by women and
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
FLUID from BUSTERS Now USED to CURE DRUG HABIT

Dr. Modinos then tried the blister fluid on q morphine addict. He, too, is reported to have been cured com plctcly after two injections.
 \ third test was on an individual, not content with one drug habit, but who was accustomed, Dr.. ModinoS reports, to take hcroin, hashsh and cocaine all together. This patient was thrown into temporary convulsion5 by the injection of the blister fluid, but all three drug habits wore mastered just the same.
 Now the procedure is to he tried extensively in the Alexandria hospital n the hope that new way ol conquer ing all drug habits may have been dis covered. The action of the blister fluid in improving rheumatism is in line with much other medical evidence.
 Injections of milk, of meat extract, and of many other preparations which contain. as does the blister fluid, some of the chemicals called proteins, usually create fever, after which diseases like
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

A MACHINE for picking cotton
 "A was recently tested on farm
 near Corpus Christi, Texas. After the demonstration, Jonas Well, man- agcr of the farm made public a state mcnt, which is briefly summarized in The Manufacturers Record as follows;
 "(D The fields were picked cleaner than by hand; CD The machines operated on about ono gallon of gaso- line daily; (3) Machine operators were ordinary hand-pickcrs selected from the field crews; (4) Owing to the fluffy condition of the machine-picked cotton it was possible to put but 2,300 pounds in each cotton wagon, which normally holds 3.200 pounds of hand-picked cot
 ton; CD Of two bales of machine picked cotton and ten bales of hand
 picked cotton from the same field and ginned at the same gins, there was an average of 372 pounds loss on account of trash in each of the five two-bale loads of hand picked cotton and only 5 pounds of trash in a two-bale load of machne-pickcd cotton; (6l The hand picked cotton graded strict low mddling; the machine picked cotton graded strict middling; the color is i'm proved by the machine owing to the cleaning during the picking operation; t1) Actual saving in the cost of pick
 ing and ginning and the increase in selling price of the machine-picked cot ton produced S10.20 a bale over the regular receipts; (6) The test was per
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
Inventions

BALLOON in the shape ot "A bird, provided with wings that A flap, owes its design to George hrisch, of St. Louis. The body IS a framework of metal with a cover forming a gas bag. Hinged to it's side, are the wings. A tail at the rear end js hinged to flap in like manner
 Specially designed to assist con valcscent invalids in taking cxercISc 's a "walker," invented by Harry. l." Evans, of Rochester, Minn. It Is a framework set on four legs, the front legs on rollers and the rear one on felt pads, to prevent slipping, A U-shaped brace of bent wood IS se' erred to the body part of the deVlce; holdjne the sides rigidly in place, and ieayinr space between for the person using the walker.
 A vanity box, lighted inside by al electric lamp, has been newly pat ented by Max koban, of New York It's cover is hinged to the bottom part and in the latter there is room for { nurse, rouge container and othel small toilet articles. In the top part of the box is a mirror, and also 2 writing pad, with a pencil held along side the latter by pair of straps.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
The SECRETS of COLOR

h NTCliE does use pigments for
 N painting her grasses and flow
 CTS. The green of trees and fields |" due to chlorophylI--a pigment which can be extracted by chemists for use in tolorlnS SalNeS, soaps and scents.
 he pcIargonlum and the dclphnjum owe thelr hucS, and, incidentally. their names, to two coloring substances known 10 chemists as pcargonidin and dclphlnldln, and the varied coIorcd cf- tcctS in plants, flowers, fruits, and leaves can be traced to definite pig mentS, which can he extracted, and can Dc made to serve as dyes.
 These pigments have been found tp be responsible for the red, blue, and violet colors of flowers. But how Is it that the poppy knows how to sc- lcct the rcd alone, and the 'forgct-mc- not the blue?
 The beauty of the field and garden has been put on quantitativc, scicn- tiic basis. Actually charting the colors oi cosmos, rose, and gladiola is the feat recently accomplished by Dr. Samuel G. Hibbcn, of the Westinghouse Lamp Company. He recorded the hucs of these flowers with a spcctrophotometcr, an instrument that analyses the com position of tints, to show how Nature compounded the colors. The pink tint of the briarcIiG rose, for example turns out to be mixture of little blue, some green and yellow, consider able orange, and nearly as much red.
 In the vegetable world, a pigment tilnt has hno11 iSo ot e1 to1l oJ ooJ purified is carotin, the carbohydrate substance largely responsible for the yellow colors of Autumn foliage. They
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
Hearts of Athletes

cPECIAL studies of the hearts O, A athletes have been made b,
 Doctor Hcrxhcimcr of Berlin The hearts of 24G athletes engaged in various branches of sport were studicd WIth the A-ray before and after ar. tIvlty and their sizes were comporrd with the body weight. ''' u
 ohort-dlStancc runners, long-distarco swimmers and athletes particinating ;n ,vallety of sports had hearts which differed but little from those of 'tbn tbn average man. ''U
 It was found that lonr-diz4.nco running taxes the heart severely tbo hearts of marathon runners bcing tbo tI'o largest of athletes in any branch of sport. Next to the marathon runncrs were heavyweight filters and .--av9 CTS, the oarsmen, and the long-djstanco bicycle racers. ''''i'ec
 Boxing also places heavy tay n, the heart, as was shown by the bi~b rates of weight and size of the orcs rlrsr n in this type of athlete. e"''
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

formed in the second picking, and there was only about 300 pounds of seed cot ton per acre. the leaves had been stripped off by worms, and the field was oTcrgrown with weeds.'
 l he manufacturers of the picker an nounce that 1t has been built to fit into the hands ot the present hand picking crews, without requiring skilled labor; to operate with economy; to pick cot ton Tn more satisfactory manner than by hand; and to be sold at compara- lively low price,
 The present mechanical picker was developed after engineering and field tests with various models. It is a small. light machine two feet wide, five and
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

have found that tho familiar green substance, chlcrophyll, that gives foliage its Summer tints, probably turns red in inc Fall because of alec hcI5 produced by fermentation. ncr- hapS much as alcohol coors drunk ard nose. Most of Natures pigment coIorS arc traced to '1ipochromes or iathkc substances producing rcd. vel low or 9rernish hues. and "mclanjn" pigments giving darker tones each q. black, brown and gray
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

even children of the negro population, as well as by men, it is very tedious and great car has to be used Mos. picllcrs rarely average more than one hundred pound; daily and the planters often have great difficulty in getting them to work before the cotton is fully opened. As the picking season lasts only about one hundred days, the losses resulting from delays and care lcssness in gathering is very serious.
 The new machine not only will greatly speed up the picking of cotton, but will obviate the gathering of dead leaves and twigs and soiling the product with earth or the coloring matter from the Elant.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

"LUlD from bliSters raised by the application of mustard p lasters
 is now hypodermically admins tered as cure for the drug habit, like addiction to cocaine or morphine.
 The value claimed for the method was discovered by accident by Dr. Mo dinos, chief physician ot the European
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
SKATING On GLOWING ICE

An 1S-foot star, outlined with one hundred and fifty tcn-watt yellow col orcd bulbs and the initials of the club in four-foot letters of rcd and green twcnty-fivc-watt bulbs in the center
 was frozen into the huge rink made hy flooding tho clubs tennis courts. The light is reflected through the five
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
Altitude Meter for AviatOrs

indicates the aIIIludc Of Ihc TTyINE machine. The whistling note is an echo.
 Though meant primarily to give warning of dangerous ncarncss to the ground, the contrivance automatically records altitude up to 5000 feet, Up to that limit, the pilot can sec just how high he is flying by a glance at the meter in front of him.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

hospital at Alexandria, Egypt, when he injected this blister fluid as d treat mcnt for rheumatism into the body of an Arab who happened also to bo 6 cocaine addict. To the physician $ sur prise. this Arab completely lost his de- sire for cocaine, according to Dr, l.. l.. Free, in Weeks Science.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

~ EATERS at the Lake Placid Club -. in the Adirondack Mountains of
 New York, a mecca for Winter sports in America, were thrilled with q new experience this season in skating over ice Illuminated from incandcSccnt bulbs frozen in the water.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

inches of ice covering the bulbs much the same as through glass and presents a most spectacular appearance.
 l.. C. Porter, engineer of the Cen cral Electric Company, who made the installation, declares that this is the first time such a stunt in lighting has ever been done.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15
Backache in Golfers

n ACkACHE occurring parlicu- EN larly to players of golf and polo,
 physicians have found, results not so much from play as from cxccs- slVc and wrong golf practice. In three cases investigated by Dr. Horace Gray the ages ranged from 3J to i5 years The side involved was the left, all of the patients being ight- t-handcd,
 The cause, was limited definitely to the use of the irons, particularly the mashie and the nblick, in which there is brisk snappy twist of the trunk as the ball is struck. When this stroke was repeated frequently, the result was a pain in the back
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

flo this end, every feature of the my5- tcry car is being tested in the whirl, wind of super wind tunnels, designed after exhaustive research. by vcntllat- ing engineers. Powerful fans provide hurricanes beyond any ever loo5cd by nature in her ~idcst moods.
 Under the pressure of d wind which,
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

if developed by the cars own motion, would represent a speed far in excess Of one hundred miles and hour, this mystery model hugs the ground and is held to the road
 As scientists know, fast moving object acting on still air causes it to present almost the characteristics of d solid and this fact is being utilized to the utmost in the development of the car of the future. Instead of cxcrting q pressure that tends to lift the car from the ground the wind pushes down, cXcrting tremendous pressure and making it impossible for tho car 10 turn over while travelling at high speed. This tends to make speeds in excess of one hundred miles an hour really safer than the slower speeds
 Some idea of this new car can be ob- tained from the "Goldcn Arrow" the racing car of Major II. o. D.Seagravc, who established q record of 231.2 miles per hour on the sands of Day tona Beach, Florida.
 So far this car represents the farthest advance in turning wind resis- tancc into "wind assistance" ever seen in the United States. The scoop-like brow presents an area against which the wind forms terrific pressure. The gently upward slope transfers this back pressure into a downward pres sure which holds the car against the road. Careful strcamlining prevents counter acting prcsSurcs against the rest of the car.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

rheumatism are often found to be i'm proved, Why this should affect a drug habit remains q mystery.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

N THAT manner of automobile w will rule the roads and sue
 cessfully compete with air planes that cruise far overhead and land on tops of skyscrapers with ut most security?
 Behiad a screen of deepest mystery, one of the great automobile manufac- turers of the United States is evolving just such an automobile, which, with the extension of super-highways, will bring a new era of rapid transporta- ton. One of the amazing features of the new car is that speed of more than one hundred miles an hour, ac- cording to engineers, is safer than a much lower speed. This new type of motor car, as shown in the accom- panying drawings of fantastic ap- bearing vehicle, has decidedly futur istic lines. It is expected to be ready
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

by the time that it is anticipated that roads suitable for safe speeds well in excess of one hundred miles an hour will extend the length and breadth of the country.
 Wind pressure, which now fights against speed, will be the friendly gcni that will makes these great speeds safe.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

p-sssn.rSsaA1 An Artists Concc ption
 of What Automobiles Will Look Like When Safe Speed of Over 100 Miles Hour Super-Hiehwa,s Is Demanded. The Scoop-I,kc "Prow' Causes Inc Wng Exert Heavy Downward Pressure ~ Prevent the Vehicle from Overiurning, While 1A> Careful SrcamIinng Reduces ihe Resistance of hc Air 10 d Minimum.
New Britain herald., 1930-03-15

BALLOON in the shape ot \ hird, providcd with wings that
The Washington times., 1930-09-29
Recreation PGrLey
DeLeqnteS Chosen

washington will be well repre-
Eented in the critical discussion
of American clay life, at the Ma
tional Recreation Congress, in At
santic City, N. j., october GIL.
Lieut.. F. B. Butler, Albert
Clyde Burton, and Winfree E.
Dohnson will attend the Congress,
from the Office of Public Build
hngs and Public Parks of the Ma
tional Capital; Miss Ella Gard
ner, Of the Children's Bureau i'll
the Department of Labor; DR..
Marie M. Ready and Miss Ellen
Lombard of the Office of Educa-
tion, in the Department Of the
interior, will represent their re-
Epective departments at the Con-
gresS; Commodore w. E. Long
fellow, of the American Red
Cross; Miss Sibyl Baker, Of the
Community Center Department.,
D. C. Public Schools; Mrs. Susie
Root Rhodes and Richard F.
Tennyson, of the Municipal Play
grounds; Miss Lydia Burklin,
Miss Bernice Anderson, and Miss
Alice B. Byars, from the Friend
ship House of this city, will be
among the well known recrea-
Eional workers in the East who
win take part in the sessions OF
the convention this year.
The Washington times., 1930-09-29
FLIES BLAMED
FOR TYPHOID

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, Sept.
29.-Despite persistent rumors OF
a typhoid epidemic Of growing
proportions in and around Hyatts-
vile, only three cases have been
reported to DR.. A. B. Hooton,
county health officer, it was an,
nounced here.
DR.. Hooton, who as a preven-
tive measure Is holding a typhoid
fever clinic in Hyattsville, said:
"In my opinion the majority
of recent cases Of typhoid fever
In the county are fly borne.
In many parts of the territory
there is no covered sewage.
Flies with access to this ex-
posed sewage in most Of the
cases, l think, carried the
germs.
''The water supply, which Is
analyized at regular intervals,
has shown no signs Of infec-
tiOn. Neither can we attribute
the small outbreak to milk.
At DR.. Hooton's clinic, held In
the home demonstration office in
Hyattsville, 1877 children and
adults received inoculatlons
against the fever.