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The Washington times., 1930-02-28
HOme-Nursing Class
Formed at Leesburg

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. 28.-Miss
Helen Pittman, county nurse, has
organized a class in home nurs.
ing at Round Hill, Va, with Miss
Maria Copeland as president, and
Miss Anna Schneider, as secre,
tary.
Meetings will be held each
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock in
the directors room of the Round
Hill National Bank.
The Washington times., 1930-02-28
Photo by International

Photo by international
HENRY TRUDEAU
WHO WAS arrested on charge
of first degree murder in con-
nectiOn with the Staying Of his
pretty blonde wife, Cecilia,
whose body was found battered
and strangled beside a country
road near Webster, Mass. Tru-
deau was taken into custody
after police learned he had
made an appointment with his
wife on the day of the murder.
The Washington times., 1930-02-28
Child SERIOUSLY BURNED

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Feb. %.
Pulling a pan of boiling grease
off the cookstove, Edward Graves,
18-months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence L. Graves, of Mechanics
vile, was seriously burned about
the head and shoulders. He may
not recover.
The Washington times., 1930-02-28
GRAIN COMPANY SOLD

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. 28.-The
Leesburg Grain and Feed Com
pany has recently sold its Ash
burn plant to E. T. Harding of
Ashburn, Va, who will take pos
session on March /, 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
river CONTROL
TOLD ROTARY
Owen Washington Points
To Small Danger
Of Overflows

The Rio Grande. its flood stages,
ami how the waters r controlled
was tie subject before the Browns
vile Rotary club today neon when
owen washington discussed how
the Valley today is handling the
situation.
MIR. washington pointed out that
government reports on rises Of the
river have only been available since
1876. and comparisons before that
tine are mace on a different basis
from tina of today. The speaker
assured HI readers that with the
levee system at Brownsville. and
flooc control waterways in the up
pc, Valley, there is today little or
no danger Of any great damage from
overflows.
de pointed out how the Amer
leans an MexicanS are planning
ID co-operat- controlling the wa
tiers, stating that Mexico Is now
stil in the process OF constructing
her floodways.
Enlme- Dodd was chairman OF
the day, yocal solos being enjoyed
from Johr Harrison. who was in
troduced as tie greatest bass singer
OF the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Bobbitt Conspiracy
Charged by Mayor

SAN ANTONIO, June 25-tP-
Mayor G. NJ Chambers today charg-
e. that Attorney General r. l..
3oLbitC mad entered into cons
piracy with the Citizens League in
retLrn for It's votes and challenged
Governor Oar Moody TO send an
investigator to Bobbitt's home
county TO investigate conditions
thgre
Mayor Chambers was prompted
by 4 statement by Bobbitt yester-
day that a representative Of the
3ol.tica. ring here had offered TO
support him If he would refrain
from filing custer proceedings
against two Bexar county officials.
1T has beer an old Spanish
custom in Webb county for years
to violate election laws and even
while Bobbitt was district attorney
ciere the Mayor said, adding "if
thu Governor of this state or any
newspaper would send a fair in
vsstigator TO Webb county il would
be an easy matter to ascertain
whether the facts I have stated are
re OF not.
II further charge that Bobbltt
entered into a conspiracy with the
Citizens League Of San Antonio
arC Is expecting in return IT'S votes
for attorney general" Mayor Cham
hers said
The Mayor characterized as false
n untrue Robbitt's charge that
the ring here had endeavored 70
make a trade with him over the
custer suits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Discusses
Routine Business

The board or directors or the
chamber Of commerce here held a
meeting Tuesday night at the
chamber offices.
Nine members OF the board we're
present. and routine business mat
tiers were discussed according to
members Wednesday.
The chamber budget was discuss
ed. Albert Fernandez. chairman OF
the finance committee reading a re-
port.
The Drum and Bugle corps Of the
American Legion requested aid In
decreasing a deficit when the corps
went TO the national convention
several years ago and a committee
was a d to investigate.
The banquet given BY the cham
Der OF commerce to the Wisconsin
delegation was authorized by the
members Tuesday night.
At q recent meeting Of the
Brownsville city commissioners it
vas agreed to continue the cham
$1,000 q month expense ac-
count and this was reported upon
at the meeting last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
BEES PARK ON
ANCIENT TRUCK
Driver Douses Water Or
Queen and Hive And
Beats Retreat

A backwoods queen bee who had
evidently heard Of her rival VINO
brought a swarm from Mexico CITY
to brownsville by airline. took
quite a fancy TO a ramshackled de-
livery truck In the downtown section
wednesday.
As the ancient hack sneezed and
coughed its limping way down the
road, the queen bee followed. think
Ing perhaps. what a gay gypsy life
she could lead, seeing the Valley
with her home mounted on the rear
OF a truck. 1t might be a little hard
on the workers coming back and
finding the travelling home gone,
but IL was her will and she was the
queen.
But the driver objected. Bees
were nice and darned hard workers
worthy creatures - but this was
a bit unusual. AS a woman's place
Is in the home, a bees home is in
the hive not on the rear Of de-
livery trucks, the driver reasoned.
Besides they might misunderstood
when he went to take a package
from the truck.
So he got a nice garbage box and
took 1t around 70 the queen, put
ting up q sales talk which would
have done credit TO anyone trying
TO sell a home. He pointed out its
advantages. but the queen bee had
her mind made UP. That back axle
was her home.
The driver then got a bucket Of
water and sloshed the bees - queen
and all - off into the garbage box
and beat a hasty retreat before
their wings dried.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

NEW YORK, June 26-lP-Bear
operators failed to obtain any per-
manent advantage in the morning
dealings IN the stock market today,
although for a time, they did get
the upper hand and succeeded in
erasing initial advances Of / to 3
points in United States Steel, AM
erlcan Can, American Telephone
ana Westinghouse Electric.
The lower levels uncovered a guam
tity OF scale buying orders which
soon pushed the list higher than
before. American Tobacco rose l8
points in response TO the splitup
and higher dividend announced af-
ter the close OF the market yester-
day. Eastman Kodak improved 8
points; Auburn Auto 8 and Worth
ington Pump, j. /. Case and Allied
Chemical T..
Call money renewed unchanged
at 2 per cent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
n. o

NEW ORLEANS, June 26-IP-
The cotto.. market opened firm
o. lF to much better than due
Liverpool cables. First trades showed
gains of ? to 8 points. improvement
COZ t.nue, after the start on new
croT months. October traded up to
1895 and December to 1910 or ID
10 10 joints above yesterdays close.
July however improved only one
point. trading at 1906 and then
promptly lost again. dropping back
to the previous days close owing
to the issue 0f additional notices
beth here and in New York.
TIE marke AZ the end of the
( ~Sf hour was steady and 3 to a
points under the highest. Reports
81 heavy wirds IN Texas and III
por ions of the central valley help
ed the early advance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Some advices said French crop con-
ditionS are generally unfavorable
and that offerings from growers in
France have become scarce.
Opening 3-3 : ! 3-6c higher. Chi
Cago wheat quotations afterward
Lost part of the gain. Corn develop
Ell weakness. starting 1-8c off TO l-2c
mp. and subsequently undergoing a
material drop. Oats were easy, Pro-
visions advanced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY. June 26-P-
U. S Dep. Agric)-Hogs: 5000;
sloA mostl steady; top $685.; pack
irg sows 100000; stock pigs IT'S
ass
Critic. $500. calves: 400; killing
classes steady 10 strong: good 1900
y steers 1856 bulk steers S.75-9.75;
good to choice heifers ESQ: slaugh-
ter classes. steers, good and choice
955-l5T lbs 9.25-l2o0; common and
medium $50 lbs. up 7.25-9.75: fed
warnings good and choice 750-950
lbs. s.50-Ii rs; heifers. good and
choice $50 lbs down 850-l0.75:
cow good and choice 6.25-825:
vea4ers (milk-fed) medium to
choice $50. 1i.co; stocker and feed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
BUTTER = EGGS

CHICAGO. June 26-tPl-Butter
steady; creamery extras 32 IL: STAN
dards 80 ID; extra firsts 80 10 : 81
1-2; tirsts % 1-2 : % 10; seconds
26 1-2 : a l-2.
Eggs easier: extra firsts %: fresh
graded firsts 2l l-2; storage packed
firsts p 1-2, storage packed extras
@.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
MARKETS

CIR steers, good and choice 8.75-ll.00.
Sheep: 1000; lambs generally
weak to IS lower; sheep steady; top
native lambs ll.60; lambs, good and
choice (52 lbs down l0.50-1l.65:
neCium 9OO-10.50; ewes. medium
% choice Cl50 lbs. DOWN 2.00-3.50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Scion DYING

PITTSBURGH. June 26-tPl-
Congressma Stephen G.. Porter
chairman OF the house foreign
relations committee was reported
ssh king rapidly al the Allegheny
General hospital here today. He has
been confined at the hospital since
June IL suffering from Cirrhosis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
y. Y. COTTON

NEW YORK. June 26-fF-Cotton
opened steadily at an advance or II
to IA points on the relatively firm
Liverpool cables at prospects for
continued hot weather in the south.
The advance met enough realizing
TO cause some irregularity but Of
ferings were light nd a comparative
IN moderte demand was sufficient
to send prices UP TO 1882 for July
and 1898 for the new October con-
tract. or about ID TO 20 points net
higher on the general list.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
ICELAND

Continued from page y
to 100 feet. this gray fissure forms
q large natural proScenlum.
Here was the appointed place for
divine service which was the first
thing on the program Of the three
festive days. From a pulpit hung
high on the SIDE OF the cliff like an
eagles nest, Bishop Jon HeglaS0n
conducted a half hour service in
voking the guidance OF the white
Christ Of the South" who 900 years
ago ousted Thor and Odin from the
hearts OF the IcelanderS.
Held For 9 Centuries
After divine service. the Iceland
ers formed themselves into a long
procession and crossed a sparkling
dashing river that cascades itself
through AlmannagJa rift, into whose
deepest recesses the III never pene-
trates, Flooding along the winding
road over the same route taken BY
the first legislators 81 the ancient
Icelandic republic 70 the great rock
Of laws IN the center Of the historic
plain. There they grouped them
selves in the manner OF the ancient
vikings under the banners Of their
respective localities.
The Icelandic parliament, or Al
thing, is now held in ReykJavik. But
formerly. for the long span OF nearly
nine centuries. il vas held at Thing
vellir D the Plain OF Assembly.
The Althing is reckOned to have
been established in $50. A universal
code Of law for the Icelandic repub-
lie was then accepted. At the time
the northern peoples did not write
down their laws. but memOrized
them and had them rehearsed In
public at their Things" or assem-
blies. The exact wording OF the
first code Of laws Of the Icelandic
republic is not known, for It was
not until lit that Icelandic laws
began TO be recorded in writing.
Sinai of Iceland
The scenery Of the Thingvellir.
the Plain OF Assembly. where the
meetings Of the Althing were held
right up to 1888, Is OF peculiar beau
ty. The place is alive with mem
cries of great events ~ the past.
chronicled in the far famed sagas,
throughout the country. Nowhere
which are still household reading
else does the nation feel 50 closely
In touch with hr time Of ancient
glory. History has enshrouded the
place IN a romantic halo, and the
glory of the Thingvellir is further
enhanced by the inspired songs in
which several OF the greatest poets
OF Iceland have celebrated this
"Sinai 81 Iceland"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
City Briefs

Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
relieves sore eyes. Doesn't burn or
hurt. Adv. CD
Friers- Sanitary fed and fatten-
ed. Phone l26.
Special extraordinary sale going
on now at the Covacevich Supply
Company across from the Chamber
Of Commerce. Adv )
Valley Business College reports:
Mrs. Nell Coffee doing temporary
stenographic work for the Missouri
Pacific. Mrs. "A. M. HaSSell an
amanuesis for the Frontier Lumber
Company. Richard Armstrong with
the Humble Oil Company at san
Benito. New STUDENTS may enroll
any day. Employers Of office help
should give US first call. Adv. Is
WesIacO VISITOR. F. Wood. Yves
laco. was a business visitor IN
Brownsville Wednesday.
Edinburg Couple Here. - Judge
and Mrs. a. w. Cameron OF Edin-
burg. were registered at n local
hotel Wednesday night. Judge Cam
ron has been county judge for
several years.
Harlingen Man.-Lon c. Hill
Harrington. former resident OF
Brownsville. was in the city We'd
nesday and Thursday.
Kingsville Railroad Man, MI.
watkins. accompanied by his wife,
arrived in Brownsville from Kings
vile, their home. Wednesday. plan
ming TO remain In Brownsville a few
DAYS. Mr.. Watkins Is one or the
oldest conductors. In point Of serv-
ice. on the NJ. p. Line.
From Harlingen-F. Il. Lirhtfoot.
Harrington. vas in Brownsville We'd
neSday on business.
On Nisit.-Mr. and Mrs. w. z.
Kennedy are leaving Friday morn
ing for CorplI Christi. San Antonio,
Carlsbad Cavern and other poitns
in New Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Drive for Cotton
Coop Ends Tonight
lSnecial to INC Herald.D

N9DCNIlL 10 IANN AANANNENT
HARLINGEN, June ga large
attendance Of farmers Is expected
here tonight at meeting which will
conclude the membership drive for
the Texas Farmers cooperative asso-
citation.
Among the speakers are Carl
Wood, chairman OF the chamber OF
commerce cotton committee. and $.
A. Debman, representing the state
association.
The meeting will be held in the
auditorium after the weekly band
concert.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, June 26-tR-Fresh
upturns IN wheat values here took
place early today, influenced by a
rise in the Liverpool maretk and by
crop damage reports from France.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Funeral services viii be held ms
Afternoon at $50 from Immaculate
church for the observation-disclosures
son Of MI. and Mrs. Jocinto Con-
tales.
Internent will be In city cemetery
with Morris mortuaTy in charge
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
Sore Gums Now Durable

You won't be ashamed 70 smile after
you Use LETO'S PYORRHEA RIM
EDY. This preparation Is used ana
recommended by leading dentists anu
cannot fail TO benefit you. Druggists
return money if 10 fails. Clsnerca
Drug Stores. hdF-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26
CONTAGIOUS

"Oh, come on, May-give me a
kisr."
NO. I've got scruples."
Never mind-1've had them
twice. "-Tit-Bit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Many southern cities have re-
vised their building codes % cope
with the termIte, an ant which
devourS wood beams.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
relieves sore eyes. Doesn't burn or
hurt. Adv. CD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

From Harlingen-F. Il. Lightf0ot.
Harrington. was in Brownsville We'd
neSday on business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Fricrs- - Sanitary fed and fatten-
ed. Phone l26.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

On Visit.-Mr. and Mrs. w. +.
Kennedy are leaving Friday morn
ing for Corpla Christi. San Antonio.
Carlsbad Cavern and other poitns
in New Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

CONTINUED from page y
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Special extraordinary sale going
on now at the Covacevich Supply
Company across from the Chamber
Of Commerce. Adv >
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-26

Harlingen Man-Lon c. Hill
Harrington. former resident OF
Brownsville. was in the city We'd
nesday and Thursday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
Takes Own Medicine,
"Cured": Has Sellou

Paris.-There are smart folks and
then there are also those smart
enough to make monkeys out of the
smart ones. Emile Desloges is one of
the latter.
The other day Emile was out SELL
ing cough and throat pills in the
street. In hoarse and untidy voice
Emile exhorted his unwilling listeners
to take a fling at the capsules and be
cured.
"Cecile Sorel uses my pills every
day." he barked. "Aristide BRAND
fuels up on them every time he gets
ready to cast a spell over the League
of Nations" and so on.
Whereunon thrifty housewife
leaned out of the window and bel
lowed: ut wouldn't hurt any to try
one or two for your own throat"
Madame" said Emile very solemn
ly, "that is not half bad idea" And
burst forth in silvery tenor, cured
man. Customers came running. Emile
sold out his stock and went away
grooming in the rain.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
Lucky Day

Three candles! And each one rem
resents a year Of joyous living
This is Carolyn Babush, of 800
Downer Ave-, Milwaukee, Wiscon-
sin. Her mother says:
"My mother used California Fie
Syrup, and when Carolyn became
constipated we got some. 1t re-
lieved her constipation, sweetened
her breath, made her we'll and
happy. have since used it for all
her upsets and colds. 1t has kept
her strong and energetic"
For fifty years, mothers have used
California Fig Syrup to overcome a
child's bilious, headachy, feverish or
fretful spells. Doctors recommend
Its soothing aid to keep bowels clear
in colds or children's ailments; or
whenever bad breath, coated tongue
or listlessness warn of constipa-
ton. 1t assists in building up weak
children.
The genuine always bears the
name California. All drugstores.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
Young Seals Must Be
Taught to Swim. Claim

Seattle, Wash.-Young seals have
to be taught to swim; they don't take
to the water like ducks or fish.
DR.. George Haley, professor Of BIZ
ology at st. lgnatius college, San
Francisco, brought that information
with him when he returned here aft
er tour of the Pribiloff islands,
where a federal survey showed 9OO,-
600 seals this summer.
"A young seal thrown in the water
will drown" Doctor Haley said. "They
must be taught to swim, taking it by
degrees at their mothers Sides"
The seal population on the islands
has been steadily increasing since the
United States, Canada, Great Britain
and Japan reached an agreement
toward the protection of seals forag-
ing off the islands, he reported. The
rookeries will eventually reach their
maximum population Of 100000, he
believes.
Doctor Haley returned here on the
federal boat Penguin, which carried
81, 100000 worth of seal skins con-
signed to st. Louis fur company.
The United States receives a per-
centage of the profits and gives 10
per cent to Great Britain and 5 per
cent to Japan as part of the protective
agreement
Since the three nations agreed to
protect the seals against wanton hunt
ers, the population of the islands has
increased at the rate of about Z per
cent annually, Doctor Haley reported.
Seals spend their winters off the
coast Of Washington and Oregon, re-
turning to the Pribiloff islands during
the summer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
American "Buries' Self
to Study Ancient Race

Tokyo.-Dr. j. F. Rock, noted Amer
fcan botanist md explorer. has sailed
from Yokohama en- route to Liking
one of the most inaccessible districts
Of China, where he intends to take up
a residence of 10 years to study the
life, literature, customs, ceremonies
and habits of the Nashi, Tibetan.
Burmese race.
For the past 10 years he has lived
at Liking, spending only four months
of that time within the limits Of civil.
lization. He returns now to make an.
other 10 years study.
At various times he has contributed
data for the Smithsonian institution,
Harvard university. and the National
Geographic society. He has just pre-.
sented the congressional library in
Washington with 543 original books
written by the Liking people in their
native tongue.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-10-10
QUEER NAMES FOR
WINDS AND RAINS
Nomenclature Varies in Diff
ferent Countries.

WashingtOn.-In foreign countries II
may be Duran, pooraga, pampero
but here in the United States it's just
plain blizzard. Each country has
It's own name for it's distinctive winds
but fewer than dozen are recognized
by meteorologists, says a report of the
National Geographic society.
Algeria breads the coming of the
chillis, Nicaragua looks out for daily
chubascos in the summer time, Spain
scorches under the heat of an African
leveche, and Persia has resigned itself
to the shamal. In America these winds
are common but are hiding under
what the foreigner would call "as-
sumed Names"
Winds, for Instance.
A visit to Australia would find many
curious names for the winds. The
cool breeze blowing in from the ocean
would be a "Fremantle DOCTOR" q
rushing hurricane is willy willy"
and an American hot weather thunder
storm has the nickname of "Cock-
eyed Bob"
In the Far East there is the mon
soon, possession that has been
known to halt the enthusiasm of the
most ardent salt gatherer in India.
With the coming of monsoon down
pours, the salt pans are now muddy
POOLS Bombay political gatherings
have been stopped and Englishmen
have taken to the hills for refuge. A
monsoon originates in India, divides
into two streams, one striking the in
land and the other going up the
Gauges valley where it spreads it's tor
rents and prevents the peninsula from
becoming another Sahara desert.
Greatest Rainfall.
On the wing of this wind is car
ried the worlds greatest rainfall. On
Cherrapunji, at the head of the Hima-
laya foothills, the monsoon drops more
water than does any other wind in
the world. In summer Cherrapunji
lives in a nature made shower bath,
with 424 inches Of rain falling year
enouSA W Hll dH opeH Iank % leeL
high.
The home of the blizzard is Adele
land in Antarctica. Here yearly
average of so miles per hour is MAIN
tanned and explorers record that an
Adele blizzard kept speed Of 1O7
miles an hour for eight hours with
gusts running as high as 200 miles
per hour. Houses buried under the
snow were necessary to obtain these
figures, the explorers having only
their instruments projecting above the
surface.