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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-11
Seventeenth InstaIlment

Seventeenth lnstallment
Rrian's hand moved To the door
handle before his mind registered
his intention. His instincts were
all awake. carrying him upon n
fierce tide. He sprang out Of the
car. telling the man TO wait.
The street was a tumble Of bro
ken things. A thin line Of onlook-
ers. shivering IN the rain but kept
warm by their activity, pressed
against one another. forcing their
way, incf by inch. upon the for
hidden ground. Police in cleaning
rubber coats ordered them back,
threatening with clubs what words
failed 10 effect The front tires Of
an automobile. ludicrously elevated.
were the pivot OF this street war
and Brian. pushing his way through
the line. saw a %grotesque wreck Of
machinery that seemed 10 be sit
ting down at last after thousands
OF weary miles.
He did not know why he was
there. except that his body. no
longer subjusated nv mind. brought
him. without volition. into a poor
tragic comedy Of the dreadful
night.
People had been killed. Robes
and blankets. brought from some
where. covered the still things with
a spurious decency. Ambulances
were coming; their distant clamor.
dulled by the heaviness OF the air,
beat upon the shrinking silence.
A poor creature, once woman,
gasred az Brian's elbow: Three
Of EN- dead-three. Something
ought 10 be done about II. Three
of 'em-just like THAR" She
snapped her fingers.
He saw that there were three
women beneath a blanket on the
ground. Their feet. in high-heeled
slippers, protruded from the shall
low covering; the edges Of their
dresses showed and their thin
stockings. drawn over slender, ter
rible limbs.
The black bulk Of the patrol
wagon told about them. And then
he saw, close 10 his feet, a larger
mound. that must have been n man.
He was runnin' a poor girl in."
Slithered a voice. Served him
right, too. but he let her in for
it same as himself"
A helmet advanced upon them.
"None o. that, now. or Up you
-. Clear out. you-an' your
Monotonous with the duty Of a
hundred such nights.
The woman's voice faded whin-
ing away. Three o. 'em all
at once." As IL that were a mat
ter OF mourning.
Then Brian heard another sound
too faint TO be a sigh, but
breathed against his ear, like the
echo Of a lost N He turned
his face and saw her standing
where she had been all this time.
close beside him, so that he could
have touched her IL he had known.
Linda" he said. and she put out
her hand 10 him like n lost child.
as he had known she would do.
They took the few steps to the
pavement side by side, as IL they
belonged TO one another and had
come there together. The line OF
uuestioners closed in behind them.
IL was a dark street OF closed
shop windows and little businesses
where women did not belong. A
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He Used to Interview Explorers, but
Now He Owns a Yacht-He Used
to Be a NewSpaperman Himself.D

He Used to Interview Explorers, but
Now He Owns a Yacht-He Used
TO Be a NewSpaperman HIMSELF"
Did Mr.. Love
NEW YORK, June 1I.-Scattered
paragraphs from the notebook Of
a Manhattan prowler
Not so many months ago a young
mar driven prematurely gray by the
necessity of daily columnings was
writing pieces foT the United Press
about the romantic and comic 60
ings on in this great city.
Sam Love was. and still is. his
name-and around Huntington, w.
Va, there are lots Of people who
will tell you that they knew him
when"
But such Is the infection of as
ISOLATION that the tables are now
turned and Sam has had his mo-
ment in the spotlight, with photog-
raphers clicking cameras and re-
porters writing notes on each others
cuffs. For he has taken to himself a
trim little cruiserette. and casting
i-eamy eyes on far horizons from
under his white starched shippers
hat has himself turned explorer.
Thus the young man who inter-
viewed a hundred nomadic adven-
turers becomes one himself. Hes
off for the Guayas river, somewhere
in Ecuador. with notebooks In MS
pockets and sharpened pencils over
his right ear
OF course he will one day write
a book about all this and, heaven
forbid. will 60 about making lee
lures. And someone else on his old
Job will write stories about him..
So pardon me while l chuckle at
the toDsy-turviness of things.
Ruth Etting, who croons the
scorchingeSt of sophisticated tunes,
comes from David City. Neb.. which,
unless the last census changed
things. has some $500 residents.
And Anne Morgan that other
scorch singer from Danville. Ill,
may have to walk back from Monte
Carlo unless her luck changes.
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Congressman Garner Hasn't Said
the Last Word About His Plan for
Making Five States Out Of
Tensile Believes Texans
Eventually Will Come Over
to His Side.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA @prvirp Writer
NEA Service Writer

WASHINGTON. June IL The
country hasn't heard the last OF
House Minority Leader Jack Gar
ner's proposal TO divide up Texas
INTO five states.
Considerable argument-pro, con
and d~erisive-has been raging down
in Texas. Next winter someone
probably will arise in the state
legislature and introduce a measure
looking to the division. SO Garner
hopes. The idea vas no passing
fancy with him.
After that, he believes, there will
be a well defined movement in IA
vor Of division growing up in the
Lone Star State. AT the same time
tI.t northern states will begin TO
get excited about the idea Of giving
10 senators to what is now Texas
with only two senators-and Texas
state pride IS likely TO breed more
ard more enthusiastic sentiment
for the plan at home.
It's Up to Texas
The rest OF the country is con-
fronted with the fact that Congress.
n a joint resolution in 1645, pro-
vided that: New states Of con-
venient size, not exceeding four in
number, In addition 70 the said
state of Texa and having sufficient
population. may hereafter, by con-
sent Of said state. be formed out Of
tile territory thereof, which shall
&c entitled to admission under the
provisions Of the federal conStitu-
ticr." That appears to leave de-
orion as 10 the division up 70 the
state legislature. Obviously. If the
legislature ever decides 70 take adj
vantage OF the privilege there Is
bound TO be a swell row owe IL.
Garner Is ready 10 combat such
objections as have been raised by
Texans. One comes from state
proud citizens who were born Texans
md and want to die Texans with
oui being called anything else.
I'VE a name five states
South Texas, West Texas, North
Texas. East Texas and Central
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PARADE
EVELYN CAMPBELL
wNU Service tcopyrigh, BY Evelyn canpbenl
Vice tcopyright By Evelyn ~campbenl

%wide-open poolroom was flooded
with yellow light. "A fruit stand,
open 10 the world. offered public
shelter. They walked on a little
way. wordlessly.
Then all az once there was n
door opened 10 them. "A broad,
~white-coatea arm drew them. with
out contact, into the warm fra
GRANGE Of n narrow place where
one must walk In single file or be
%enwrapped in the steamv vapors
Of huge coffee urns and frank grid
dies.
'There'Il be a little corner back
beyond" explained Coffee John.
signaling over his shoulder with q
massive curled thumb.
They went as he told them.
Coffee John had been there so
many years that no one remem-
bered when he came. His shop was
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Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
Bob O'Bryan, ex-football star.
telling about how the upholstery
OF his car was burnt. Barney
Moore another Eagle star. eating
narbecued meat with onions. lat
MS Elizabeth street home. .."Chito'
C-eto, riding around. ... talking and
gesticulating 49,. Harry and Judith
S.egman. walking IN the rain.
going to the library. Beverly Ia
Dor, j. c. Penney's right hand man
decorating the windows Of the
local Penney arcade. Little JAVA
Reed. riding a motorcycle. 49,.
rather fast. &C. X. Richards, can
oidate for district attorney. look
Ing like he is about TO burst into
d campaign speech at any minute.
/. talking with friends.
Stickers
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
needs stickers.
Stickers are such small. insig-
~nificant, inexpensive things when
compared with other things the
Valley is buying and building. But
they should be purchased and
distributed among the tourists who
visit here by the thousands both
summer and winter.
Let every tourist who visits the
Valley carry away a good impress
sion OF the section and a Valley
sucker on his windshield and II
won't be long before this portion
of Texas will be one of the most
popular resorts in the country.
A sticker a day keeps ignorance
away.
People who drive the cars. the
tourists. will be reminded OF the
pleasant trip they spent here. and
wherever they go, they will ad-
vertise the Valley.
So many persons are ignorant OF
this strip Of land. A sticker will
educate them.
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She dropped IN her corner. fragile
and bending from the outrift Of the
storm. Her face was n small white
triangle against the blackneSs of
her furs. Somehow he cot hold cf
her hands and held them. warming
them until the thread OF life came
back.
Tell me, Linda"
And She told him: meaningless
things that were freighted with the
tragedy OF the world dark, noIsome
things, like paths through a fever
swamp. She told Of her shame that
was weakness and her pride that
was without honor. She abaSed
herself with words 20 cruel that he
was abased with her. and IN the
narrow cell they clung together
like wind-driven moths. not endur-
ing the blue white light. Hut
through 1t All he believed TN her
and warmed her hands and through
her hands TO her heart.
II could not le. you he hgAt
through the. Brian"
She wanted I'd g., in spite or rh
arms. She struggled IN be free.
knowing that freedom meant the
end OF all things for her.
You could not leave me-you
never will. nv sweet. my sweet
There i nothing else but you.
There is no other life than oursi
Listen, Linda. we viii find our
own. II will be small and fine and
sweet. and ii will belong 10 Just
ourselves. There will he no gran
deur and there will he no lies
Those little houses IN the snow
that night-don't you remember
A reporter finished his coffee in
the lighted front shop and slammed
down the cup.
"Not much news IN a smashup
like that" he complained. NO
news after all the boys got II. A
cop AM "A couple of trails Huh
Did you re III of. JohnT"
Coffee John nodded, polishing a
cup.
"Yas. I was lookin'. He was n
fine man. though-O'Hara.'
Would have been. He'd have
made the grade or been down ar
The bottom for keeps. Wooden sort
OF a guy, wasn't he;"
-Yas. Like wood. Hard
The door slammed. The report
er's face. buried s0urly In his
turned-up collar, showed pale for n
moment at the window. He glanced
sardonicallv az the broad man in
his narrow groove and vanished.
Coffee John finished CLOSING the
cup. III shone like old ivory. Then
ne glanced az the dark shallow wall
behind the partition. The two fg-
ures blurred.
He handled the Gun lovingly, yet
with d~elicacy; filed TN with "a
stream of dark golden liquid.
touched II with yellow cream from
n private bottle and laid three lit-l
tie cubes Of sugar upon the thick
saucer edge. One could have been
no better served.
With n light step he went back
70 them and put the cup before
her.
IA lady might need war-r-min'
up on such n night" he said in "A
distant. rumblin- voice and re-
turned to his place.
She was spent and exhausted.
She had said all that she could say
and he had listened 70 nothing me-
mn. Her hand. moving. touched the
handle of the thick cup. wavering,
but with a sudden poignant long
Ing for life, she lifted il and drank.
The door opened from the night.
IA voice whlned inquiries. Coffee
John came again.
"Your taxi's a-waitin' out front,
sir. He's gettin' him a bite o.
lunch"
They lifted new faces.
"The taxi. By Geor-eI Tell him
we're coming" cried Brian.
1.-THE END.1
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A Modest Candidate

The seasons high for sef-satisfaction has been at
tanned BY Ex-Governor Chase S. Osborn Of Michigan
who. in announcing his candidacy for the U. S. SEN
ate. says. There is a demand for the best material
that can be obtained. I greet the citizens Of Michigan
respectfully and offer myself"
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Queen Mary Of England Is So years old and locks
younger than she did ten years ago. This is due in
a measure to the fact that it is getting harder and
harder TO get an old fashioned hat.
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Add lifes major mysteries: Why does a man who
spends hot Sundays driving a closed car in modern
traffic regard it IS cruel to cook Holsters alive?
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Old adage revised: Give a boy enough rope and
he will start an cupboard motor.
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Can You Remember

Away back when a bathing girl got annoyed if yo'
splashed water on her?
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Would A Tub Near The T

Would A Tub Near The Ticket Window Do?
"~WANTED-Room with bath near station for bust
ness man. Telephone 0336-J."-Bronxville. n. u,
News.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
D. C. Industrial ShOlU
Booked for November

An attraction at once entertain
ing and instructive is booked for
the Washington Auditorium for
the dates November 3 to 8, it is
announced. The feature is the
Sixth Annual Industrial Exposi.
ton to be held under the auspices
of the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce.
This fixture in the civic calen-
dar will be held on larger scale
than ever this year, according to
preliminary announcements. It
will include numerous group dis
plays, greater number Of indi-
vidual exhibits than heretofore,
an increased number Of displays
worked out by various depart
ments Of the Federal Govern.
ments, and a complete business
show.
There also will be several con-
tests open to the public, it is
stated, the nature of which will
be set forth in detail at a later
date. ..+
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Basil RathbOne Will
Omen Here, NOU. 10

The cast Of the play in which
Basil Rathbone will return to the
stage, under the management Of
Arch Selwyn, includes Ann An
drews, Montague Love, Fred Kerr
and A. P. Kaye. Formerly called
"A Paris Divorce" this play is now
entitled ITO Please a Lady"
Mr.. Rathbone will arrive in New
York from Hollywood on October
4 to start rehearsals, under the di-
rection of Lionel Atwill. The play
will open in Washington on No
vember 10 at the National.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
IRENE DUNN'S
DEBUT TN
TALKIES

She was born in Of Kaintucky.
Take her MANICURE mighty
lucky"
This from the old song repre-
sents the way Radio Pictures ex-
ecutives feel about signing Irene
Dunno, exotic brunette from
Louisville, KY.
She has q three-year contract
and plays the lead in Leather
necking." now being shown at
R-K-O Keith's Theater.
Incidentally, this is Miss Dunne's
first motion picture assignment!
Her enthusiasm for the talkieS
and Hollywood had no bounds
The first day she was made-up
and on the set at 7:45 a. m. The
call was for $3.50 and the old-timers
like Louise FaZenda, Ned Sparks,
Lilyan TaShman, and Edward
Cline. director, found her watch
ing all the preparations that
were being made.
This "early bird" business af-
forded her a chance to get ac-
quainted with the so or more
technicians and probe a few of
the mysteries Of sound recording.
Miss Dunne's musical inclina-
tions are both hereditary and &C.
quired. Her mother was q IA
nous singer and pianist, and
Irene spent four years studying
music at the Chicago Musical
College.
She played singing and dancing
leads in Irene" "Clinging Vine"
Dillingham; shows, and Ziegfeld's
"Showboat."
William LeBaron, vice presi-
dent in charge of R-K-O produc-
ton, saw her in "Showboat" and
Immediately signed her to q con-
tract.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
What Price Roulette

One Of my devoted public
thinks that I ought to know what
the sharp eye Of Damon Runyon
discovered in Monte Carlo" the
Lubitsch directed feature which
wound up a weeks screening at
RK O-Keith's last night. It was
that jeanette Macdonald played
1000 francs on No. is Of the
roulette wheel. Four times she
wins, letting her profits ride on
the lucky 16. On the fifth turn
Of the wheel 16 loses and she
drops the entire bundle Of cur.
rency. Now the Runyon dope,
as attested by a public account
ant. is that If she had parlayed
or pyramided her winnings on No.
16 and got the regular roulette
pay-off she would have had
2 800, ,OO0, 900 francs riding by the
time that the wheel was spun for
the fifth time. That's a lotta
cocoanuts to risk with Lady Luck.
My own observation, as one
who has never played roulette,
was that Jeanette was a chump
to expect any number to come
out five times in a row. But
maybe Damon Runyon was AL
wrong. Get a pencil and figure
it out for yourself.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
TIM M'COY'S
NEICE AT
GAYETY

Little Alma Montague, the bru-
nette soubrette supporting Max
Fields in "Kuddling Kuties," the
current attraction at the Gayety
Theater, is a niece of Col. Tim
Mccoy, the cowboy who turned
actor some years ago and whom
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer starred in
a series of western pictures.
Miss Alma is an Oklahoma
girl who was born and raised
on a ranch and until she was
II had never been East. On a
visit to Chicago, her famous uncle
took her to a musical comedy
and from that moment, little
Alma was bent on stage
career.
The Colonel sent her to the
best vocal and dancing schools
in the Windy City and for the
past two years, Alma has been
"trouping." Her uncle offered to
assist her in securing a motion
picture engagement but the little
dancer thinks the burlesque stage
is her forte and is sticking to 1t.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Marion Is Fat

Recommended for whatever has
taken place Of the 18-day diet is
Marion Nixon. One Of this de-
oartnent's favorites she appears
in "Scarlet Pages" to be riding
fast on the road which carried
Molly O'Day to screen obscurity.
In other words she's getting, not
plump, Just fat. And obesity is
not becoming to those whose Hol-
lywood forte is ingenue or leading
lady roles.
Chief Caupolican, Indian singer
In the Palace Theater revue TINS
week. has had the distinction OF
heina one of Gatti CazzaZa's
hiah-priced warblers at the Met
ropolitan Opera House. He sang
the leading role in the MET" per
formance of 1.-THE Bellies" The
chief also lent his vibrant and
mellow voice to the memorable
mountain scene in zlegfeld's
"Whoopee." -,
Chief Caupolican is q South
American Indian. being born IN
chile. He was educated in
France, England and America.
He speaks five languages. exclu-
sive of a number Of Indian dia-
leCts.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13

CLIVE BROOKS 10 QeSCr1De
this talkie, with its muddle of
motives and its weird mixture Of
shoddy and significant detail, is
far beyond the scope Of a hurried
reviewer. Suffice it to say that
the plot, like Jim" Reeds horse,
rides off rapidly in all directions;
effective episodes are followed
post-haste by futile and family
ridiculous sequences; true talk
about life and love break the
thread of realism which Golv-
ernour Morris and Zoe Akins
tried to put into it.
"Anybody's Woman" boils down
to a characteristic and excellent
performance by Ruth Chatterton
of the type which she has made
so familiar-the lady who has
been roughly treated by the
world and who amid the ruins
of her past tries to make a come
back. A freakish marriage takes
her to Wilmington, DEL, $50
goes the story) where everybody
from the chauffeur to business
associates Of her lawyer-husband
tried to get on somewhat more
than platonic terms with her.
The piece Is a cross between
"The Second Mrs. Tanqueray"
and Nellie, The Beautiful Cloak
Model"
The acting of Ruth Chatterton,
of course, saves the play from
its most awkward moments; but
never has Give Brook been more
unfortunately cast, in our opinion.
He is not very convincing alco-
holic. Paul Dukas plays the
third angle to the triangle in his
usual manner.
Eddie Peabody, premier banjo
ist, is one Of the high-lights Of
the supplemental show, his play
ing Of the 1872 Overture" and
his. badinage with Leon Brusiloff
is skilful. In the Fanchon and
Marco stage show, Skirts" are
to be seen Julia Curtis, ventrilo-
quist, and Neil Castagnoli, clari-
net, and a clever chorus routine
on stills.
ANIL.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
OPENS
FOR SEASON,
FRIDAY

Enough stars for a flock of
picturesl
That's the best and most truth
full description of the cast of
Little Accident" Universal's
sparkling comedy-drama, which
comes to the Rialto screen, open.
ing Friday, September 10.
Seldom, indeed, has such a
distinguished list Of screen names
been assembled for a single pro-
duction. The best proof that this
declaration is not exaggerated is
to cite the players appearing in
the picture: Douglas Fairbanks,
jr., Anita Page. Slim Summer
vile, Sally Blame, Zasu Pitts and
joan Marsh are featured. In ad-
dition, there are such famous
names as Roscoe Karns, Henry
Armetta, Myrtle Stedman, Albert
Gran, Nora Cecil. Bertha Mann,
Gertrude Short and Dot Farley.
Casting Of Little Accident"
was a herculean task. The pic
ture was unique in that it had so
many important roles, each call
ing for players of especial types
and abilities. The entire film
colony was subjected to minute
scrutiny.
Young Douglas Fairbanks, jr.,
already has made a name worthy
of his famous father. He is in
the very front rank of the younger
actors of the screen, and every
picture adds to his laurels.
The blond beauty of Anita Page
also has been one Of the sensations
of the screen. Miss Page rose to
film fame at a dizzying speed. |
She is regarded as one of the most |
attractive and charming of in /
genues.
Sally Blame, also young, also
has made a famous name for her
self. Zasu Pitts is one of the most |
popular of actresses and her char
acterizationS are in tremendous |
demand.
Slim Summerville contributed
the portrayal of Tjaden to Uni.
versal's world-sensation, "All Quiet
on the Western Front"
Little Accident" was directed |
by William James Craft. The |
film is based on the famous play
by Floyd Dell and Thomas
Mitchell.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Villain of 'MOby Dick
Weiuhs Mere So Tons

The heaviest william ever to fea-
ture in a motion picture is seen
in Warner Brothers "Moby
Dick" starring John Barrymore,
now at warmers Earle Theater.
She weighs a mere SO tons, but
is made up to look as though 80.
The cow whales feminine curiosity
about the Malibu coast led to her
being cast in this part. Attempt
ing to crash a film celebrity's
beach party, she, came blowing
along in sight of Warner Brothers
whalers out looking for types.
"Moby Dick" is the most pre-
tentious sea romance ever made.
Joan Bennett and Lloyd Hughes
play opposite Barrymore. Lloyd
Bacon directed.
The Washington times., 1930-09-13
Ill Wind Profits

To be truthful the magnates OF
the legitimate theater are not
among those who are signing over
the present plight of film palaces
with the organized musicians. In
those cities where the orchestras
have departed and stage shows
have become a memory - and
there are quite few Of these
the musical comedy demand is
expected to be away above nor.
NAL.
It SO happens that the late
September, october, and Novenn.
ber bookings for the National
Theater include a number Of
musicals calculated to satisfy the
hunger of those who yearn for a
sight of the prancing girls and
lifting tunes now scheduled to be
missing on r Street. The Mutual
burlesque wheel Is sitting back
quietly expecting to pick UP an
extra profit In those stands where
the aIl-movie policy prevails IN
the cinema ShrineS.