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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-16
The Midnight League

The Midnight League
The count was one to nothing
With Podunk at the bat,
Two men down. one on third:
They'd won but for some rat.
Kelly was set to kill the pill,
The twirler tried a ru5e.
Kelly clouted II Oh, SO far.
But some rat blew out q fuse.
Rules Of the Midnight league
Clearly set out the fact
That when a fuse was blown out
The play would be called back.
THE BIG NEWS today il the
story Of Doug Fessenden and Bonnie
Brite. Within all probability. Doug
will be athletic director of Robs-
town high next season and Brite
will come here to join the coach
ing staff. While the contracts have
not been signed as yet. the gun is
loaded and all that remains is for
the trigger to be pulled. Doug viii
leave with the best wishes Of every
one concerned. He gave the Eagles
their two greatest football teams.
throwing a scare into the entire
state last year. We would like to
see Doug stay but heartily agree
with him when he said he cannot
afford TO turn down the promotion
which will be his at Robstown.
DOUG is a football mechanic.
He delights In building up powerful
machines. In our opinion. he ranks
with the best high school coaches
in the entire south. To build up
these powerful machines. 1t Is neces-
sary that he have good material TO
work with. At Robstown this fall he
Will have Just that. The Cotton Pick
ers had only a fair team last sea-
son. but II you noticed. individual
performances stood out like a ore
thumb. When Doug starts to work
this fall. he will have something
like is lettermen to work with. He
viii have one of the three best
squads in District No. 9. We would
not be at all surprised to see him
cop the bunting.
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U u U m N u N N u U N U - u y n
g. PORTS CHATS
With Hal EuStdce


When Brite comes here. the local
coaching staff Will revert to the sys-
TEN 1t used some three years back.
That Is. no coach will be definitely
signed 70 one squad. Brite will aid
in coaching the Eaglets, Eagles and
Scorpions as will all the other
coaches. Brite is highly recommend
ed rs an athlete. a coach and "a
good fellow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-16

HOUSTON. May 16-F-D. 3.
fGilder OF Galveston yesterday won
'1ne handicap championship Of the
Texas trapshooting association. The
1881 shoot was awarded Galveston
and the following Galveston marks
men were elected new state Of
ficers: ]. II. Fosga-d, president; II.
q. Garbode. vice president; and
!. Herbszlens treasurer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursdays Results

Boston 10: Chicago 8.
Brooklyn Cincinnati, rain.
Philadelphia pittsburgh; rain.
New York-St. Louis: rain.
Fridays Schedule
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Chicago at st. Louis.
Only games scheduled
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EDITORS NOTE.-The fol-
lowing contribution In dissylablc
sextameter s(allegro) has been
received from II. de Eustaquio,
poet laureate OF Liberia. deal
ing with the evils 10 be con-
fronted IN the new night base
balD.
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- THE
TEXAS LEAGUE

wichita Falls 4, Houston 2.
Fort Worth 2, Waco o.
Dallas. 4, San Antonio 1.
Beaumont 4, Shreveport ;.
Fridays Schedule
wichita Falls ct Houston
Dallas at San Antonio.
Fort Worth at Waco.
Shreveport at Beaumont
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
THURSDAYS Results

Thursdays Results
washington A.; Cleveland 2.
Philadelphia Chicago, called at
end Of fourth: rain.
St. Louis-New York; rain.
Detroit Boston; ~ain.
Fridays Schedule
washington al Philadelphia, 2
games.
New York at Boston.
No other games scheduled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-19

habits of eating, faulty hygiene. etc.,
which produce q chronic toxidity in
the child and prepare the soil for the
inflammatory process in the spinal
cord. AS the child is day after day
fed upon improper combinations and
acid-forming foods. his body is liter
ally poisoned with toxic substances,
and when the paralysis develops, 1t is
only q more serious form of the dis
ease than If the poison had located
In the tonsils, bronchial tubes, or in
some other portion of the body.
At the first indications of the dis
ease. an orange juice fast should be
used. Sometimes q remarkable change
for the better Is noticed from this
one measure alone. The patient
should also be encouraged to drink
plenty Of water and should be given
n or two enemas daily. Cold packs
over the spine and abdomen are also
helpful, not ice packs, Just towels
wrung out Of cold water and covered
with some dry flannel.
The first applications to the limbs
should be OF heat, massage and pas
sive movement. This produces a bet
ter circulation Of the muscles and
helps to stimulate the draining action
Of the veins and lymphatics. The
limbs should be protected against cold
at all times.
CONTINUED tomorrow
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Editorial Comment
If You Found a Worker Asleep
(Forbes Magaxine)

What would you do if you found a workm-a asleep
alongside the machine he was supposed to be operating?
That question was put to Meyer Bloomfield. an industrial
counsellor, when addressing q large group Of forennen.
Without q moments ~hesitation, he replied: I'd first Of
all find out just why he had fallen asleep. Perhaps I
might discover that the management needed waking up
more than he did. I should want to investigate all the
conditions surrounding the mans worE. I would 800
cially analyze the ventilation Of the workshop, because
it is entirely probable that most Of the blame would be
found to lie there"
How many foremer. however. would dream Of thus
thinking the matter through? The ordinary foreman
perfectly naturally-would instantly conclude that the
workman had committed m inexcusable offense and had
discharged himself. BY his deeper reasoning. however,
the industrial engineer woc,d perhaps prove able to re-
move or modify the causes leading up to such a breach
Of efficiency and thus perform q service Of real and last
ing value to the organization. whereas the foreman, by
simply disnissing the offender, would cure nothing.
That incident recalls another involving a workman who
fell asleep at his machine. In this case an executive was
showing a prospective buyer Of automatic machinery over
his plant when they stumbled upon the sleeper. For
only an instant the executive was nonplussed. Quick
thinking enabled him to explain: "See. this machinery
works SO perfectly that the man in charge knows it is
absolutely safe for him to 60 to sleep. It requires no
attention whatsoever"
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Indy Still Is a Magnet

The name of Lindbergh has lost none of its glamour
as far IS school children are concerned.
The other day Indy went from his California noun
tain camp. where he has been flying his glider, to a
small town to visit the weather station. A school child.
late for school. saw him 60 In and hurried to tell his
classmates about 1t.
Within Is minutes every child in school was clustered
about the door of the weather station. They refused to
leave, and the teacher finally had to 60 in and get Indy
to come out and talk to the youngsters before she could
get them back to the schoolhouse.
There aren't more than three or four mortals in Amer
lea who could do that to a schoolroom full Of kids.
Lindy's hold on the Imagination of the youngsters evil
IDENTIFY is quite as strong as It ever was.
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Continued tomorrow
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(Small CHM

Question: r. s. writes: II am six
teen years old and would like to know
what I can do to develop my lower
jaw, it being smaller than the upper
jaw. I have been wearing bands on
some Of my teeth for four years to
push the lower jaw forward and the
upper back. ] have had some results,
but lower jaw Is still small and chin
also. Gould you suggest something to
develop it,"
Answer: I would advise you to
continue with your dentist. a he can
probably continue to help you in the
development of your lower jaw
through the bands and other treat
ment which can be given to encour-
age spreading the growth of the jaw
bone. A great deal Of improvement
should be possible at your age.
whites of Eggs)
Question: N. r. writes: II am on
your diet for diabetes and live q long
distance from a meat market. Would
the whites of eggs be a suitable sub
stitute for the protein5 mentioned.
and If so, how many?"
Answer: The whites Of eggs are
not q perfect substitute for meat pro-
teins but may be used part of the
time II the meat Is not always avail
able. You could then use the whites
Of three or four eggs to take the place
Of meat.
(Aluminum)
Question: G. M. asks: will you
please explain the action of small bits
Of aluminium in the stomach? The
cup on my thermos bottle became
threaded and I noticed small bits OF
aluminium floating in the cup. The
threads are worn, and this seems to
indicate that I have been getting this
aluminium many times without NOTICE
ing it."
Answer: There is practically no
danger which you need fear from
taking small bits Of aluminium into
the stomach, unless the pieces are in
the form of slivers and sharp enough
to cut the stomach or intestines. I
have never heard Of anyone being hurt
from the bits Of aluminium which
must come from the threads on alum
mum bottles.
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This country uses 5000, O00, 900
pounds Of soap a year. That isn't
even counting the soft variety you
hear.
Former President Coolidge does not
play golf because it takes too much
time to change clothes" Once upon
q time, however, we saw q man play
a round in long pants.
i i
Hockey players are said to be In
jured more than players Of any other
game. They're always skating on
thin ice.
A dentists office is a place where
you begin reading the first INSTALL
ment Of q serial and then discover
that the magazine is dated February,
1926.
\ y
Excavators in Siam have dug up 40
volumes Of forgotten laws. But you
can 60 to washington and dig up that
many.
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PARALYSIS
At least half Of all the crippled
children would be well today II 1t
we're not for infantile paralysis. OF
all the diseases which menace chill
dren, this is probably the most dread
ed by parents. as the child may be
manned or crippled for life. With
this disease, as with many others,
prevention Is much easier than cure.
The trouble most often occurs with
young children, although occasionally
with adults, and Is due to an inflaIn-
nation of the spinal cord. It usually
comes on quite suddenly, with fever
and the tendency to muscular paral-
ysis, often ending in contraction and
permanent deformity.
There are a few cases where no
symptom of paralysis develops, and
in some cases q temporary paralysis
does occur during the height Of the
inflammation, but in many cases
there is a complete return to normal
and a recovery Of the $ OF the
muscles. Even where paralysis does
definitely occur and seems to be q
permanent condition, there have been
many remarkable cures and q com.
plete recovery through persistent and
gradual retraining Of the muscles
through the right kind Of massage
and exercise.
It seems as though eve when GER
tain nerve centers In the spinal cord
have been destroyed, it Is possible for
other nerve centers to be trained to
take over the functions Of the de-
stroyed centers. This cannot be
quickly done, however, and requires
much patience and perseverance,, but
will prove effective even In many ap-
parently hopeless cases.
Probably no other disease has yield
ed so conspicuously to the newer
methods of healing as that Of infan-
tile paralysis. The use Of q good
fasting regime, combined with mas
sage, hydrotherapy, either chiroprac-
tic or osteopathic treatments, very
persistent, passive exercise, later fol-
lowed by active exercises on the part
of the patient, and sometimes gal
vanic and sinusoidal electrical treat
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Let It Be Thorough

Congress having voted President Hoover 5000 for an
Investigation of conditions in Haiti. 1t is to be hoped that
the investigation will be speedy, thorough and absolutely
impartial.
1t is quite apparent that something is wrong in con-
nection with our occupation of the island republic. There
have been too many protests to permit anyone to be-
lieve that everyone is satisfied except some irresponsible
~as.tators
Just what needs to be done. however. is not at all clear.
La Us hope that President Hoover's commissio will fur
nish him with knowledge that will enable him to form
a new policy that will be more equitable and workable.
We have done enough eimlcss muddlinz.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-19
Our Novels Not Time Typical

From the looks of the publishers catalogs. every liter
ate American over 20 years OF age who owns q type
writer is spending all of his spare time writing novels.
New books are pouring out in a flood that seems to
get deeper as time goes on. No living mortal can re-
member the names of all the new books brought out in
the past year-or the names Of the new authors. Wheth-
er or not any big percentage OF these new DOCKS Is Oelns
sold, at least they are being printed.
The surprising thing is that so many OF them are
good. We have left the sugar-sweet romances Tar BE-
hind, and heavy literature is breaking about US In waves.
Let no man say again that the American public never
stops to think. Apparently that is all it Is doing.
Yet there is a peculier thing about these books. If you
survey the field. you may presently find yourself won
dering if American novelists arc not somewhat oilno.
What arc the current beSt-sellers?
Well. there is a book tracing the wanderings Of q
Florentine coronet down through the ages. There is q
book about love and cocktails among New York news
paper folk. There is the life story Of a prize fighter.
There is the story Of a poetic young artist who goes to
New York from the raw middle west in search Of beau
ty. There are two or three stories about hectic goings-
on among the landed gentry Of England. There arc
sundry detective stories and a flock OF war novels.
Many of these books are very we'll done. Yet not one
OF them plumbs the depths Of current American life.
Not one Of them has taken advantage Of the amazing,
absorbing fables that the nation constantly produces. A
daily newspaper comes closer to giving . picture Of the
American scene" that the reviewers talk about SO much
than do any Of her novels.
American life, as it is today. offers one Of the most
Interesting and exciting fields any creative writer could
ask for.
A hundred novels could be written about Chicago. The
automobile field around Detroit could inspire as many
more. Pennsylvania's steel and coal district ought to
draw. the attention of novelists by the dozen. And what
character in any novel is half as glamorous. as interest,"
compelling, as such Americans as-for instance-Harry
F. Sinclair, AL Capone. E. 1. Doheny, Henry Ford, Clar-
ence Darrow or William Hale Thompson?
But we don't get these things in our novels. We get
studies Of marriage. studies Of Long Island society. stud
les of the new woman" studies of night clubs, and the
like. A gold-mine is awaiting exploitation. and our
novelists are ignoring 1t.
The growth Of literary activity in America Is encour-
aging. But American literature will not come Of age
until writer's generally look about them and turn their
attention to the great. fundamental currents OF American
ufe..
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Today Is the
Anniversary of
QHIQ,S STATEHOOD

On Feb. 10. 1903, Ohio was admitted
to the Union.
In the wal Of 1872 the new state
was twice menaced by the combined
forces Of the British and Indians, but
In both cases defeated the invaders.
The first victory vas gained by Perry
in q memorable battle on Lake Erie,
and the second by General William
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-19
Is Germany Going Dry?

It Is interesting to notice that q committee Of the Ger
man reichstag has approved q bill limiting the saloons
In Germany to one for each 400 inhabitants. This. to
be sure, does not exactly look like q drastic prohibition
measure: yet 1t is q step in q new direction for Germany.
and 1t enjoys the opposition Of anti prohibitionists in
Germany. who see in 1t the first step toward prohibi-
ton.
Probably it is a little bit early, however, to say that
Germany is on its way toward dryness. The annual
German liquor bill is still below pre-war figures, but it
is steadily rising. and expenditures for liquor each year
are greater than reparations payments. II Germany is
actually moving toward prohibition it has a long way
yet to 60.
The only way . city man can be monarch Of all he
surveys is by closing his eyes.
The fellow who goes through life afraid Of making q
fool out Of himself is one.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-19

d.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to rim. care Of
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.
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Chicago in Test Tube

Chicago's corrupt politics plight has about 1t an ele-
ment Of a laboratory test in the plan undertaken to res
cue the city. From its experience In municipal bank
suptcy on such a vast scale the whole nation should be
able to learn something. New York, for instance. might
study the Chicago experience as chemical reactions are
studied in the test tube. Who knows but what other big
cities of the country may not drift into the same slough
by the corrupt politics route?
Chicago is broke and has been hro!:e for quite a while.
Now a committee of prominent citizens, holding tax an
ticipation warrants as security, has pledged q fund big
enough to carry the empty city treasury along: but it
has tackled q kicker on to this pledge that may spell con-
n,sion for the politicians.
This kicker is q simple stipulation that the money be
properly spent. Not a penny Is to be disbursed without
the full knowledge and approval Of the committee. which
Is composed Of business men and not Of politicians.
There is Just a faint bit Of light In that procedure. In
the long run it may turn out to be = beacon Of consider
able importance.
Chicago. ha-ssc.d by politicians who have led the city
through financial extravaganza. inconvenience and graft
into q hopeless wilderness Of debt and penury. has the
germ Of q big idea in this citizens comr'++"-. If present
trends continue this idea may prove the salvation. not
only of Chicago. but Of many other cities.
It is q commonplace arnr~- students Of municipal Gov
eminent that the average American city could be oper-
ated with the utmost efficiency for far less money than
Is usually the case. The necessary departments such Is
police and fire forces. hospitals. schools. lights. water
Supply Luz SLICSt CSUS0 w y OCteeV tSA0SA
they ordinarily are. for less money than is ordinarily
spent on them.
Politics stands In the way. Padded payrolh, favogtt-
ism, incompetence and downright crookedness keep the
tax bills rising: and. Is . by-product. they impair the
kind Of service that these municipal agencies render.
Suppose. now. that q big city like Chicago suddenly
puts Ill Of its expenditures In, the hands Of . non-paxti-
can committee Of business men.
How long would . departmental payroll be kept 1t
twice It's 'rishtful size for the sake Of ward-heeliug rum
ness and their friends? How long would expensive con-
tracts with the friends Of political bis-wigs b tolexat-
edf How long would IN official last who had nothing to
cecommend him but the fast that he had always played
bau with the boys ct election timer
The answers are obvious. A stunt Of this kind could
nee . city, overnight. from the dead weight Of politics
that afflictS nearly every municipality IN Anaerica.
i of course, the remsdy Is drastic. It runs counter to
~ chesiahsd tdeas d sslf -governmsnt. Government b
- bustpess could be quite - disturbing Is government
r. cheap politicians.
III thst y the snd toward which prevent trends are
1ot1n8 u. Chicago has. tu1t abot reached It, other
11k&San1esmg tAsrmmg toth 49, c1ttaeo tot. can
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ments, has been responsible for cur.
ing many cases Of infanttle paralysis
which would formerly have been
given up as hopeless.
It is my belief that a clSd wor'd
never contract this disease II 1t We
not previously weakened by wrong
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Henry Harrison on the River Thames

In the Civil War Ohio gave the
Union q large number of officers,
among them being Grant, Sherman,
Mcdowell, Rosecrans and Garfield.
Recognized throughout its history
as a fruitful soil for political activi-
ties. Ohio gave the nation seven pres
idents: U. S. Grant, Rutherford B.
Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin.
Harrison, William Mckinley, William
II. Taft, and Warren G.. Harding.
Georgia produced 1894, $780, 900 pounds
of peanuts in 1929.
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0A0SAAsJ 49, ANOA VVO0Sy O0OIk0
clasped and unclapsed her hands.
Wating-had she ever In this
world done anything else except sit
here waiting? Every other mem.
Org seemed erased from her mind.
The surgeon arrived and Judith
met him at the door. She put
aside his wraps and took him up
the stairs to the sick room. Miss
Owens. in trim white linen uniform
and cap. opened the door and ad
mitted Dr.. Van Ausdale. Judith re-
turned downstairs.
There's nothing yet" she told
told the boy and girl In answer to
the question they did not need to
ask.
why cant I 60 up-just to look
at him?" Arthur Junior asked.
Judith said she did not know.
Everyone had been excluded except
the doctors and nurses.
'She doesn't want US to see him."
Tony told the boy. There was no
doubling the hostility in the girls
voice. "She put the doctor up to
say we couldn't 60! ! know she
did,"
Judith was silent. What did It
matter. now. what anyone said4
when Doctor Sheppard comes
down next time I'll ask him my.
helf!" the boy announced. He sat
quite q while and then suddenly his
voice burst out passionately:
you're to blame for this! It's
YOUR fault! Why did you let him
get sick? My mother wouldn't
have done 1t. He never got sick
when she was here!"
II don't know" Judith said. Her
voice seemed far away. II don't
know. Maybe It is-my fault"
CLoWLY the long night wore ,ou.
DR.. Van Ausdale came down.
stairs but would report nothing
DR.. SHEPPARD. he said. would give
them the news - soon a. there was
something definite. The patient
was making q good fight.
After the surgeon disappeared
the house was quiet for what
seemed IN endless period. By mid.
night Tony had fallen asleep on the
davenport. Judith noticed this and
rose mechanically. She left the
room and returned with . blanket
which she spread carefully about
the girl. Junior had moved to one
Of the chairs. He watched suspi.
ciously.
Hadn't you better try to take 4
little nap. too?" Judith asked.
The boy shook his head.
It was two o'clock when they
heard the doctors step on the
stairs.
"Doctor-ls
In unison they appealed to the
man.
Doctor Sheppard looked worn
and weary. He put one hand to
bis temple to brush . lock Of hair
back before he spoke.
"HeiS rssting-naturally,s he
said. TITS = good sign. Unlsss
there's . relapse ! think we've
passed the turning point.
"You think. he's going to get
well7' It was Judith who Was brave
enough to voice the words.