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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-09
Mexican Federals
Closing on Bandits

MEXICO CITY April 9-tPl-
Dispatches from Topic, Nayarit, to-
day said federal troops continued
to close In on bandits in the noun
famous region near the Jaliscc
border who kidnapped j. +. Bristow,
oil man Of San Angelo. 1t was said
Bristow's release was expected soon.
No mention was made Of reports
that Ransom money had been paid
to secure his freedom.
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Intentions Filed

Anito Garcia and Gustavo Val
lejo. Brownsville; Paul Goods and
Margaret Todd. Brownsville.
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SAN ANGELO, April 9-tPl-The
San Angelo Times today said j. e.
BriStow. San Angelo Oil man, had
not returned to Ahuacatlan. Nay
art. Mexico, despite the payment
OF 5000 pesos gold nso to an
emissary OF bandits who had held
him captive since March 10.
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FOR SALE
1-Acre Grapefruit Grove

Just outside OF city limits. City
water. gas. and electricity. Ex-
cellent homeslte. Call W. NJ
Egan. l3g5-W. Zl5t
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LOST N FOUND
REAL BARGAIN

1929 Hudson Coach, like new.
run less than 5000 miles. Will
take light car in trade. Must
sell on account Of sickness.
Address p. o. Box 32l or "a,
San Juan, Texas. BIT
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REAL ESTATE
AM BROKE

j own the finest fur
nished apartme in
Brownsville. z units,
100000 month income.
Price 100000, one
fourth cash. Or will
consider trade up to
SIS, 100000. Here is the
chance Of a lifetime
to cash in on some one
else's bad luck. This
offer will be open for
one week only. This
apartment should bring
S125, 100000 this year.
Address B50 care Her
aid. B50
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BARBER Wanted 49, Non : union.
San Benito, Texas. "A. w. Fitzpat-
rick. BIB
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SOUTH EIGHTY acres OF Eugene X.
Butler tract south OF and adjoining A.
Parker development AZ Olmito. Price
$4,000 per acre. half cash. Owner,
Ellis. care Hotel Cameron. BOD
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HELP WANTED

MAN wANTED-For Watkins route in
Brownsville: average earnings SIS
weekly: chance for reliable hustler TO
make good paying connection. Write
ut once. G. II. worley. 70 w. Iowa
Ave. Memphis. Tenn. BIZ
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT. l26O hii
6:30-9:o0 a. m: 10:30-11:30 4 IN:
4:30 TOO D. m.
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Let Results Prove the Merit of Herald Classifieds


WANTED-In every town In Cameron,
Willacy. Hidalgo and Starr counties. 20
sell building and loan certificate. also
insurance. Liberal commissions paid.
H. l.. Gum. PhRrr. Texas. B57
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WWG-BROWNSVILLE
9-10:3O-Musical program
ll:30-l?:30 p. m.
2.30-4:30 p. m.-Music.
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WANT TO GO WEST? 10 acres good
irrigated land. with buildings at Occur
d Alene. Idaho. TO exchange for Valley
land. What have YOU? Write +. S.
Disher. Rosholt. Wisconsin. B5S
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Auditor Here. - Miss Helen Levy,
auditor for the @. A. T. lines. is in
Brownsville on business connected
with the COMPANY.
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Today'S Radio Features

TBV u 1SsoNdNI FFE15I
Programs In Central Standard time. All time IL r. M- unless otherwise
indicated. Waveengths on left IL call ietterzk hocyces OF right
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FOR observation-disclosures dwelling. SO4
Levee St.. = blocks from pcstofficr.
Apply Wood and Dodd. ESQ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
I. C. DU PONT
 PASSES AW AY EASTERN HOME
Member We'll Known Fam fly, Prominent Republi-
 can, Dies ,n Delaware

tcontinued from page one)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
NEW PLEASURE. BOAT TO BREAST
 ALASKA WAVES.
Vessel Being Built at Seat tie Will Cost $30,O00
 when Completed

Another pleasure craft will breast the waves of Southeast Alaska sea lanes next summer. The vessel IS in. course of construction on tho shore of the Lake Washington Ship Capal in Seattle, says a recent is- sue of the Seattle Times
 For several weeks" declares the Times, the framing of the new ships hull has gone forward, while visitors from the surrounding neigh borhood looked on. They believed when the material was being as sembled that some sort of build ing was to be erected, perhaps a barn, but soon noticed peculiar shaped. timbers. It was to be ship. The curiosity increased and more visitors came, but the four men worked on and now the vessel is nearly half in frame.
 "'We are building an Alaska eX- cursion vessel, me and the three helpers, said capt. l.. G. Joiiisoli' mariner and ship carpenter, who is in charge of the work.
 ".When will she be ready for launching? Well, it will be a long time yet. You see, summer is quite a way off, and we are in no hurry
 Captain Johnson is building the vessel for Howard A. Cook of Se- attle, who has been interested in small craft for several years. The new ship will be chartered for pri- vate cruises of Alaska waters. She will be equipped with a 2oo-horse- power Diesel engine and iS expccS- cd to develop 9 soced of ten knSyf' The vessel will have a dining sa- loon, galley, o57ervation room and both double and single statcrccmS
 Captain Johnson has b1cn on the Sound 26 years. His last vessel was the Ida, which was ramired and sunk several years ago. The new ship will have accomm2dat onS for 35 passengers and will rop-e7eno an investment of abous s3o,0oO."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

term 1925 to 1881. He resigned in December, 1928, because of ill health.
 Thomas Colemau du POnt, of the fifth generation Of his family in the United States, was born De- cember II, 1863, at Louisville, Ky, the son of Antoine Bidermann and Ellen Susan Coleman du Pont. He was known generally as Coleman du Pont. The original member of the family in. this country was Pierre Samuel du Pont, a French statesman and political economist, who landed at Newport, R. l., Jam uary l, 1880. It was the latter's son, Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, who established the powder works near Wilmington in 1902. Alfred Victor du Pont, a son of Eleuthere, was Coleman's grandfather.
 After his academic education at Urbana (Ohio) University and Chauncey Hall School, Boston, Cole man du Pont was graduated as a civil engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology inz 1884. On Jafuary IT, 1889, he married his cousin, Miss Alice du Pont of Will mington. They had two sons and three daughters. s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS

Lowest fam. 4a.m. Precip. fam. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. Weather
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

Equitable Building, then the larg- est office structure in the world. He then purchased from J. P. Nor gan S5 Company the controlling in terest in the Equitable Life Assur- ance Society, mutualized the or ganization and then disposed of his stock to the policyholders with cut profit on his investment.
 Appointed to Senate
 Frcm the beginning of his resi- dence in Delaware, NIT. du Pont took a keen interest in politics snd came to be recognized as one of the Republican leaders of that State. He was Chairman of the Republican State Committee from 1904 to 1908 and Republican Ma tional Committeeman from Della ware from 1908 to 1924. In 1921 he was appointed United States Senator from Delaware to fill the .urexpired term of Senator J. O. Wolcott, who resigned upon his ap- pointment as Chancellor of the Delaware State courts. MT. du Pont served until March 4, 1923. In the preceding November elec- tions he was defeated for a full term by Thomas F. Bayard, but two years later was elected for the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

One of the .I-e;cs..ng incidents of the afternoon was Mrs. G. F Freeburger's achievement in nlak ing the No. 3 hole in z Par for the hole is 9
 There were eight foursomcs, com posed as follows: M
 No. Mrs. J. A. Hellenthal, Mrs H. L. Faulkner, Mrs. A. w. Stewart and Mrs. E, M. Goddard.
 No. 2-Mrs. Leo Broucr, Mrs w. R. Keller, Mrs. Robert Cough lin and Mrs. John Newmarket.
 No. 3.-Mrs. A. Van Mavern, Mrs J. B. Loftus, Mrs. H. B. Crcwson and Mrs. c. F. Freeburger.
 No. Airs. M. S. Wilson, Mrs w. s. George. Mrs. Jacob Britt and Mrs R. J. Sommers.
 No. 5.-Mrs. H. O. Adams, Mrs L P Taylor, Mrs. z. M. Bradforl and Mrs. G. w. Nostrand and Mrs H. I. Lucas.
 No 6.-Mrs. w. P. Scott, Mrs w. L. Coates, Mrs. Karl Thielc and Mrs. James Wickersham and Mrs H. R. Shepard
 No Mrs. R. E. Robertson, Mrs w. E. Britt, Mrs. H. w. Terhune and Mrs. G. E. Cleveland.
 No. 8-Mrs. Guy McNaughton Mrs. M H. Sides, Mrs. Charles Goldstein and Mrs c. w. Hawkes. worth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
PARTY IS GIVEN ON GOLF COURSE; LUNCH ON DRIVE
Interesting Incident of Az fair Is When No. 2 Hole
 Is Made Tn One

At indoor golf on the Midget Course in the Charles Goldstein building Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Ray Stevens entertained 34 guests The party was in honor of Mrs. Jacob Britt, who is visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. w. E. Britt. Luncheon, served on the driving course, was catered by Mrs. R. Hooker. Scores were kept on deco- rated cards. Prizes were awarded for the low score, TT, to Mrs. Charles w Hawkesworth, and for high score s124, to Mrs. J. A. Hell lenthal Mrs. Jacob Britt receiv- ed the honor guest prize. a dancette kcrchief. ,f,4lss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
JOSEPH J. MEHERIN
 BACKFROM WESTWARD

Joseph J. Mehcrin, mcrchandi9c broker, returned to his hcadauar- ters in Juneau on the steamship Admiral Farragut last evening He made business visits in town to tae Westward. fA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

the business was divided into the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Com pany, the Hercules Powder Com Dany and the Atlas Powder Com pany
 After recognizing the company MT. du Pont resigned the Presi- dency in 1914 and accepted the Chairmanship of the Board of the Equitable Office Building Corpora ton. In that capacity. he devoted his time to the construction of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

rapidly southern Boring Sea Territory and the to the northwest Hawaii Rain in Boring in
 
  the Valley and have fallen else where.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12

R. J. Sommers, territorial high way engineer is a passenger on the Admiral Farragut for Ketchikan, called there by official business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-11-12
The Weather (By the U. s. Weather Bureau)

Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at November 2 Fair and colder tonight northery winds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

900 for 1929, as compared with each Of
the five preceding years.
The study shows that no group of
companies, no matter what their in
vestment policy, was able to avoid de-
probation in market value of securi-
ties during 1929 because Of the coinci-
dental decline in both stock and bond
markets last year. The rate OF invest
ment performance for groups of COM
parable companies. as measured by in
come and changes in market value Of
securities, varied in a general way in
inverse ratio to the percentage of stocks
held.
In commenting on the figures, how
ever, the firm calls attention to the fact
that companies investing primarily in
stocks, despite their relatively poorer
showing, reported what must be re-
garded as a remarkably small per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
146 INSURANCE CONCERNS
INVESTMENTS ANAL YZED

Features Of the investment policies
and performances of insurance COM
panies of all classes during 1929, ac-
cording to the new edition of j. G..
White & Co.'S annual survey of in
surance company investments, were
the continuing decline in the per-
centage of bond holdings among all
groups of companies, the further gain
in stock holdings and the fact that
companies investing primarily in bonds
showed a better investment perform
ance than those with larger stock hold
ings. The j. G.. White survey analyses
the combined investment accounts Of
146 leading insurance companies, with
invested assets in excess of $4,000 000,-
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Trading on d. c. Exchange.

On the washington Stock Exchange
there were four transactions in Capital
Traction, totaling 100 shares, all made
o. 6712. of half a point from yester-
Gays close.
Washington Railway q Electric pre-
ferred was also active, IS shares selling
81 98ls. Potomac Electric ~ per cent
preferred came out at 100, and % shares
Of Merchants Bank e. Trust Co. sold
ct 1875
Norfolk g. Washington Steamboat
rights sold at 1914 1t was announced
that the delivery date on these rights
has been set by the board of governors
as of July 80, 1880.
Mergenthaler Linotype opened at 96L
and closed at So on 40-share turnover
Peoples Drug moved at 104, rs shares
Of National Union Insurance sold at 26.
snd go shares of FiremenS Insurance
Co. sold at &c.
The largest bond sale was in Wash
ington Railway & Electric As at SO.
Washington Gas SIS moved at l03A.
Financial District Notes.
Edward j. McQuade, vice president
of the Liberty National Bank and first
vice president of the District Bankers
Association, will leave Washington next
Saturday for a months vacation. He
plans to sail from New York for the
Panama Canal and go up the West
Coast, completing the extended tour by
rail
Lawrence A. Slaughter, vice president
of the Commercial National Bank, has
returned from a vacation at Daytona
Beach and other places in the South.
Jesse L. Suter of Hartman & Co. IS
Washington Office. has returned from a
vacation at CaStine, Me, the Summer
home of c. Bowie Chapman. He went
up the coast aboard yacht and re-
turned by rail. reporting the breezes
on the Maine Coast a triffle cooler than
those now prevailing in Washington.
1. A. Fleming, dean of Washington
financial editors and writer's, is plan
ming sojourn at Atlantic City, leav-
ing here the latter part of the week.
Frank Stetson, vice president and
trust officer of the National Savings &,
Trust Co., is away on his vacation.
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D. c. RETAIL SALES
DECLINE SLIGHTLY
Department Stores Report
Drop of Only 5 Per Cent
in June Business.
BY EDWARD c. STONE.

Department store sales in washington
were per cent smaller in June than
In June, 1929, and ! per cent smaller
from January / to June 80 than in
the corresponding period year ago,
according to reports made today by
the Federal Reserve Board.
Department store sales in June in
the country as whole were 10 per
cent smaller than last year and from
January l to June 80 were 5 per cent
below the sales for the similar period
In 1929.
The percentages were taken from re-
ports of 643 stores in 266 cities The
Washington figures were made up from
confidential reports from seven stores.
The report shows that Baltimore was
also of per cent for the month,
Atlanta 9 per cent. Birmingham l9 per
cent, Memphis Is per cent, New
Orleans, z per cent, Chicago, 9 per
cent and New York 4 per cent. OF all
the selected cities in the list, Oakland,
Calf, was the only one that had an
increase in June sales.
Fifth District Sales OF.
The report also announces that sales
In the fifth Federal Reserve district for
the month of June were 6 per cent
under the figures for June, 1929. For
the first six months of this year they
dropped but i per cent below the
record of year ago.
Only the New York Reserve district
and the Kansas City district made
better showing than the local Rich
mond district. San Francisco had the
same sales percentage as this area,
while the other eight Reserve districts
did not do as well. All IL districts
had decreases in June and all but New
York in the first half year. New York
sales were just the same as year ago.
The following tabulation shows the
percentage of decreases in the different
districts for June and for six months:
L.. 1 - -
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May Buy Material in U. S.

BY the Associated Press.
Commercial adyices indicate the ma
terial needed for the shops and factories
of the modern penitentiary under con-
struction at Jalisco, Mexico, will prob
ably be purchased in the United States.
The plans call for a general prison, a
military prison and women's prison.
The general prison will consist of the
following buildings: General Offices,
dining hall, library, theater, hospital,
shower rooms, carpenter shop, mechani-
cal shops, show factory and textile fac
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29

centage of depreciation. The group o
20 FIRE insurance companies whose in
vestments comprised 10 per cent II
stocks, showed depreciation of only as
per cent during 1879, while anothe,
group of 43 fire insurance companies
whose investments includeds41 per cen
in stocks, showed depreciation Of onl,
Ito per cent for the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
BOND ISSUE GRANTED.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has authorized Reading Co. to is
sue $15,o00,o00 of its Az per cent gen
eral and refunding mortgage gold bonds
Securities will be sold at not less thar
97la per cent of par and accrued in
tereSt and proceeds used partially to re
imburse treasury for capital expendt
lures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. July 20 OP-over the
counter market:
BANK STOCKS.
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Sales Given by Departments.

The report compares sales in the IL
Federal Reserve districts. by depart
ments. with sales in the Richmond re-
serve district, showing the percentage
Of increases or decreases in June:
All Richmond
Department. districts. district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-29
BANK CLEARINGS.
NEW YORK. Julv % fspecial)

NEW YORK, July 20 (SpeciaD.-
Today. - A year ago.
New York bank -
cearings .... H,le5000,o0O Sl,72aOOOO0O
New York bank -.
balances ...... lS30OO,0OO l63OoO,0OO
New York Federal
Reserve credit . a..
balances ,..,.. l2oOoO,ooO lfJVVo'oVV
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Direct to The Star once.

Continued on Page LAD
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received Direct

Note-An stocks sold hundred share lots
excepting those designated by the letter 6Ss zoos
which shows those socks to be sold in odd lots only
The Redwood gazette., 1930-12-17

tune of having her hand caught and
pulled through the wringer, breaking
the bones in one finger while doing
the washing last week.
The Sunday School of the Presby-
terian church will have Christmas
tree and program at the church on
Monday evening, December 2.
Mir. and Mrs. H. w. Bagdons and
children, Bobby and Betty, were Sun
day dinner guests at the w. r. Goudy
home.
Geo. frost transacted business at
Redwood Falls one day the first part
of the past week.
Mrs. Joe Woelfel spent several
days the past week at the home of
her son Charley, caring for both her
son, his wife and children, who were
seriously i'll from gas poisoning. DR..
Brey of Wabasso was the attending
physician.
The Redwood gazette., 1930-12-17
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

timer in Morgan for more than 80
years has been retained as timer in
the new shop. The goods will be
moved into it's new home the first of
the year, when the new firm will be
ready for business.
The public school was resumed on
Monday after a weeks enforced va
cation caused by the scarlet fever
epidemic.
Word was received here last Thurs
day morning that the Chicago and
Northwestern Ry Co. would change
the schedule of the train over the
Sleepy Eye-Marshall branch to three
times a week. That is, the train
would run from Sleepy Eye to Mar
shall on Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day and from Marshall to Sleepy
Eye on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday. This arrangement would have
the effect Of cutting off the afternoon
mail to and from Morgan. The peo-
pie in the towns effected became in
terested in the matter. On Saturday
word was received that the railroad
company had recalled the order, and
for the time being the train service
would continue as it has. Friday a
representative of the railway mail
service was in Morgan. He also visit
ed all the towns along the Marshall
branch, comforting with the postmast-
ers on plans with which to handle the
mails under the conditions that would
have existed had the railroad persist
ed in the original order.
The Redwood gazette., 1930-12-17
Morgan

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Zaska on Sunday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art. Friedrich and
son Donald visited at the home Of
George Arndt at Lamberton, Tuesday
evening.
DR.. Keith and family were New
Ulm shoppers Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Zaska had the misfortune to
fall in such manner as to break his
collar bone, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hacker are the
proud parents of baby born on
Friday of last week.
The ladies of the Danish Lutheran
congregation and few other friends
gathered at the home of Mrs. John
Knudson on Friday afternoon. A
shower of canned goods and other
useful articles were presented to the
convalescent partient. A delightful
luncheon was served at the close of
the afternoon. The party brought a
lot of Christmas cheer to Mrs. Knud-
son who is semi-invalid owing to
lung trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Dahmes visit
ed at the parental home of the latter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Chalmers, at Cot
tonwood on Saturday. They report
their sister, Miss Ann Chalmers, as
being on the road to recovery. She
has scarlet fever in a very light
form.
Rev. J. T. Steele was in Redwood
Falls, Saturday on business.
Thursday morning a fire alarm was
sent in. The blaze was caused by a
short circuit in the wiring on the
Christmas street decorations in front
OF the Albrecht cafe. 1t was extin-
guished by chemicals.
The Lampert Lumber company
have nearly completed the new quart
ers for the hardware stock which they
purchased of the Big Store early last
autumn. The main floor of the hard
ware will be housed in the Lampert
Lumber office building. There will be
a tin shop in connection. Gus Haeny
who has been constantly employed as
The Redwood gazette., 1930-12-17
SLAYTON COACH MISSING

Leaving note on his trunk at his
rooming house saying ''he was in
trouble and needed a FRIEND" Slay-
ton school officials are wondering
over the disappearance of Arnold C.
Mattson, athletic director and science
instructor, who failed to return after
a weekend trip to Minneapolis.
Superintendent Lewis was the last
person to see him board the bus.
Mattson, a native of Moorhead, and
a graduate of the University of Min
nesota, was recently secured to take
over the position recently vacated by
the resignation of the former athle-
tic director.
The Redwood gazette., 1930-12-17
ST. JAMES INAUGURATES
HOLIDAY SALES CAMPAIGN

eff St. James doesn't enjoy good
Christmas business it isn't because
it's 'Nobody's Business for the mer-
chants of that city have inaugurated
an active sales campaign to stimulate
the holiday trade"
A Ford sedan was purchased by the
Commercial Club. The City put up
street lights and decorations, and an
intensive advertising campaign is on.
Individual Christmas trees will be
placed in front of each business house
which will be strung with electric
lights.