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BRIDAL SHOWER
FOR MISS

Miss Mary Thacker whose mar
riage 10 John Elliff will take place
soon. "a complimented with a bril-
dial shower of especial interest ar
ranged Friday afternoon BY Mes
danes w. o. Brown, Will Elliff and
l.. H. Thacker at the latter's home.
Lavish use of lovely spring flow
ers gave pleasing expression to the
bridal theme which was noted in all
appointments for the affair. Tall
floor baskets filled with Easter lilies
and gorgeous boquets Of gladioli with
.FGelicately tinted sweet peas and pink
roses formed the floral background.
Vocal music by Emily Mcmillan
and readings by Miss Lillian Harl
were given. Miss Harl played the
piano when little Jane Wier OF Don
ma and Louis Herbert Thacker, Jr.
costumed as cupids entered carry
ing a basket shaped 70 represent a
huge pink rose. The basket, which
was presented TO the honoree, held a
large number OF lovely gifts.
Delicious refreshments we're served
in the late afternoon. Mrs. J. E
Wi : Of Donna was the only out-of-
town guest.
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Retail Merchants
In McAllen Klec.

McALLEN. April 30-New off
GERS were elected and wv. T. Cart
man was named a director Of tim
McAllen Retail Merchants asSocia
ton az a meeting Monday night.
The officers are IL. H. W0TacE
president: IA. r.. Vannoy. vice-pre
sident: and Mrs. Mary Combs, sec.
retary-treaSurer. Gartman take
the place left vacant BY the deata
or Paul -. Miller, former president
Mrs. Mary Combs was named ~
delegate 70 the convention or ~
Texas Retail Merchants nS=1-ia.
ton at New Braunfels May 1921.
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AT
BRIDGE

Friday evening. Mrs. 4. 3 Bur-
ton was hostess 20 a number OF
her friends who gathered il hon
or OF Mrs. c. w. Bull and daugh-
ter Clyde OF Houston. The evening
was spent playing bridge.
Guests were Mrs G. w Bull. Miss
Clyde Bull. z. l.. Tanksley, Messrs.
mad Mesdames Bond z. Carroll,
Edgar T. Bull. Z. II. Jameson. r.
y. Sanders. n a White. Charles
Kennedy, and O. j. Scott.
The women'S high score prize was
won by Mrs. K. II. Jameson and the
mems high score prize went 20
Charles Kennedy. The honor guests
were each presented with a gift.
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MEMBERS
AT CLUB AFFAIR

Mrs. Frank Barber was hostess 70
twenty members Of the Lateral 4
club at her home on the San Benito-
Rio Hondo highway. The house was
deliberately decorated With spring
flowers.
Winners In a series OF interesting
contests were Mesdames a.. O. De-
mers. r. o. Hornburg and William
Vondera. At the close Of the pleas
ant afternoon delicious refreshments
were served.
Mrs. A. X. Graves will be hos
tess at the next meeting TO be held
in two weeks.
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STATE MEET
ON THURSDAY
Vanguard of 5000 Students
Arrive in Austin
Wednesday

AUSTIN. April 30-tF-The var
guard OF the 1000 public school
students scheduled 70 participate ia
the 10Th annual tournament OF the
Texas Interscholastic league ar
rived IN Austin today with hun
dreds more expected tomorrow fo-
the opening events. The tourna-
ment preliminaries will be held to-
morrow and Friday with the finals
Saturday.
The pick Of the public school en-
rollment or the state has been en-
tered IN the tournament which
climaxes the county. district and
regional meets of the -Interscholas-
tic league. The league is the largest
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WOMEN
r

AT her home Mrs. Louie motifs
entertained the Friday Luncheon
club with an interesting affair.
Mrs. Wallace Harwood Of Browns
lille was the successful player dur
w the afternoons games and re-
.eived the high score award at the
lose of the playing.
The present we're Mesdame'
.ariisle Williams. Catherine Gay.
Iaarice Brulav. and Wallace Har-
5cd of Brownsville, MacCaul ano
N Morris OF Harlingen and Ralph
Agar.
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HONOREES
AT TEA

AT a delightful tea given from five
10 six O'Clock Thursday by Mrs. Guy
Cornett Misses Mary Francis March
banks and Barbara Dodds, high
SCH girl graduates. were honor
ees. A p~rofusion Of spring flowers
adead to the pleasing environment.
Piano music played by Miss Jo-
sephine M~archbankS and a vocal solo
bv Miss Barbara Barrier were n
loved. Sandwiches. cakes and other
dainties were served at the tea ta-
BILE.
The guests were Misses Mary Eliza
beth Phillips. Mary Bowie, Laura
Bell Yates, Dorothy Glyn Ward,
Insenhine Marchhanks Barbara Bar
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CLUB MEMBERS
ENTERTAINED

Friday, Mrs. Claud Holloway was
hostess to the Little Bridge club al
her home IN the Holloway Add
ton and the afternoon was spent
in playing bride.
The club high score prize was
won by Mrs. jameson. and Mrs.
Smith received the guest prize.
Refreshments were served at the
close o. the games.
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San Benito
vINSANTS
At BRIDGE II

Tuesd-y evening Of last week DR..
and Mrs. w. j. vinsant entertained
with Is tables Of bridge at their
home honoring DR.. and Mrs. T. S.
Smith who moved here recently to
make their home. The home was
q bower OF flowers. spring blossoms
Of many colors and varieties being
lavishly displayed about the rooms.
Mrs. l.. E. Stanley was the sue
cessful player among the women
guests during the evening. Souvenir
for second high was presented to
Mrs Virgil Clayton Of Honey Grove.
Louis Witte received the high TO
ply for men and Davis Wade was
81 n the award for next high score.
A cut prize was won by Mrs. @. l..
Lewellyn. The guests Of honor were
remembered with gifts. A grab bas-
ket for slams added interest to the
games OF the evening.
Throughout the evening punch was
ser--d and following the games an
ice course was enjoyed.
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mems high score prize, a round deck
OF cards. and Audrey Fox received
the mems high score prize, a
thermos bottle, J. X. Smith receiv-
ed the mems low score prize, c
book Of bridge rules and Mary Fox
received the women's low, a bridge
set.
Refreshments we're served.
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Weslaco
BRIDGE DINNER AT
WATERS HOME

WATERS HOME
Nr. and Mrs. r. Newell Waters
were hosts at an enjoyable Mexican
sridge-dinner given at their home
On the highway Friday evening.
Purple and white larkspur com
bined with Zinnias. made attractive
floral decoration for the occasion.
Favors we're presented Mrs. Frank
Waters, high score for women and
n. v. Stewart, scoring high for men.
Places were marked for MeSsrs
and Mesdames Porter Davis, N. "
Stewart. r. @. Waters. Harry Sole
Their, Frank Waters. ChaS. Sheriff.
W. Il. Miller and the hosts.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Blake Williams and son,
Blakqe jr., returned Saturday from
a months vasation spent in Louis
lana with Mrs. Blakes parents.
G. L. Skaggs left Sunday night for
Houston where he went on business,
r. 3. Edwards and j. N. Black OF
CroWeIl, were in the Valley last
week.
Mrs. w. c. Baker arrived home
Monday from Crowell where she
spent six weeks visiting with friends
MI. and Mrs. s. Z. Colglazier OF
Pharr. were guests Monday OF Mrs
Oar Ratliff.
Mrs. T. A. Mauck and daughter.
Mrs. DR.. Scott of Pharr visited with
the family Of Ralph Dunkelberg at
Brownsville Thursday.
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organization OF itS kind I'm IA
world, having an membership a
$500 schools and units I'm practi
cally every county OF the state.
Nearly every subject II the PUB
TIC school curriculum. both academi
and athletic, will be covered In ~
state tournament.
The track and field meet was eH
pected TO attract the greatest an
tention with entries from nor
than half the schools IN the state
More than 1900 entries were a..
ticipated in this event.
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CLUB MEMBERS
COAIPLINTENTED

Mrs. Z. w. MatheS luncheon bridge
arranged at tha Stonewall Jackson
hotel Thursday was z pleasing COM
pliment 70 members Of the Thursday
bridge club. Pink oleanders gave
floral charm to the affair.
Mrs. @. L. Lewellyn was the sue
cessful player during the games fol-
lowing the prettily appointed lun-
cheon and was presented with an
appropriate award. The guest prize
went TO Mrs. Herbert BueSing.
Guests were Mesdames j. l..
Bates, Jack Elliott and Herbert
Buesing.
Mrs. Edgar WEIGH will be hostess
az the next meeting Of the club.
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SPRING SETTING FOR
CHR MEETING

Mrs. Joe <. Smith entertained
the Thursday bridge club at her
home in Palm Grove this week.
Spring blossoms formed a gay set
ting.
High score favor was presented TO
Mrs. John Belts. An appetizing
salad course was served at the tea
hour. Mrs. w. J.. Vinsant will be
hostess at the next meeting.
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TIE. S DAY


AT a regular meeting Of the Wo-
mans Culture club held at the home
Of Mrs. James E. Shafer Texas
Day" was the subject OF a partic-
ularly interesting program. Pre-
ceding the study, James Z. Shafer
sang two vocal selections The Old
Road" and "One Fleeing Hour
Mrs. +. w. Colnnery played the piano
accompaniment.
In responding TO roll ca members
gave anecdotes OF Texas governors.
IL :. Frank Roberts paper on Texas
rangers was deeply interesting and
informative. Ms. Floyd S. Worth
discussed Texas Libraries and Mrs.
w. p. Hinkly spoke on the future
development OF Texas.
A paper. achievements OF Out
standing Governors of Texas" pre-
pared by Mrs. f. C. Ludden, was
read by Miss Helen Lee Brooks.
Frances Grimsell pleased the mem
bers with a piano solo at the con-
clusion Of the program.
During the brief business session
Mrs. E. l. Bucklin was received as
a new member taking the place OF
Mrs. Guy Cornett who resigned.
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CLUB ENTERTAINS
GIRLS FRIDAY

At the home Of Mrs. Alex Kerr
tn, Athenian club held an interest
ing meeting Wednesday. Matters
OF business were attended 70 during
q short session.
Mrs. John Harris gave a brief
report OF the Fifth District meeting
which she recently attended at Del
Rio. Mrs. Karl Reed had charge
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rier. Pauline Walters. Annie Laurie
Fontenot, Lois Cook. Helen Taylor,
Virginia Goolsby and the guests Of
honor.
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STOP THAT ITCHING

Apply Blue Star Ointment TO rclscvv
Skin Irritations. Itching Skin or the Itch
az Eezenie conditions. letter. Ringworm.
Itching Toes. Poison Oak and a. an An
tiseDtic Dressing for Old Sores. etc
Ask your Druggist for
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"Sweetie," Frank Ross, Jack Luden,
Freeman Wood ard George irving.
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LUNCHEON-BRIDGE
HOSTESS

Thursday afternoon Mrs. w. B.
Einkly was hostess TO the Luncheon
Bridge club entertaining members
and guests with luncheon at the
Aztec cafe before they assembled at
l--r home for the games OF the af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Agar held high score
and received an attractive club tro-
ply. Mrs. Louie Morris will be hos
tess az the next meeting Of the
club.
Guests other than club members
were Mesdames M. j. Freeman. r. l..
Carter, Knox Smith and Miss Doro-
thy Porter who came in for the
luncheon.
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Raymondville
THURSDAY NIGHT

CLUB HOSTS
Mr.. and Mrs. Bond Carroll en-
tertained the members Of the
Thursday Night club az their home
on West Kimball Ave, Thursday
with bridge.
Mrs. Robinson received TIE To-
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BLUE STAR OINTMENT
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Valley Society
Telephone z
Telephone z

Of the literary program which fea-
tured a lesson on Drama. A study
and discussion OF the play. "Disrae-
Il" was given.
Athenian club members voted 10
join members Of the other women's
clubs in the city ir entertaining the
san Benito school girls next FRIDAY
when the San Benito service clubs
VIII hold their annual Boys Day
picnic at Olmito.
Evening star., 1930-06-02
DISTRICT BOARD
OF PAROLES ASKED
Senator Capper to Introduce Bill
for Appointment of Three
Local Residents.

A parole board for District prisoners
would be established under a bill pre-
pared for introduction this afternoon
by Chairman Capper of the Senate Dis
trict committee. The bill was recon-
mended by special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The new agency would be known as
a board Of indeterminate sentence and
parole, composed of three local resi-
dents, to be named by the District
Commissioners. The board would OBJ
tain reports on the physical, mental
and moral records of prisoners and
recommend proper treatment. A sys-
tenn of determining the proper time for
the release of prisoners and their re-
Mobilization would be worked out by
the board. A prisoner would have to
serve six months. or the minimum SEN
tence, before being eligible for parole.
The bill would authorize the Board of
Public Welfare to appoint parole Off
GERS for the various institutions, and
one Of these officers would be clerk to
the parole board.
Evening star., 1930-06-02
CAPT. TRAIN APPOINTED
PRESIDENTS NAVAL AIDE
Commanded Ship on Hoover
Trip From South
America.
1900 Annapolis Graduate
and Son of Rear Ad-
miraI Train.

President Hoover has appointed as
his naval aide Capt. Charles Russell
Train, who commanded the U. S. S.
Utah, which brought him back to the
United States following his South
American tour as President-elect. Capt.
Train will succeed Capt. Allan Buchan-
an, who goes to the Navy War College,
at Newport, r. T. as its chief of staff
Capt. Train is scheduled to report
for duty at the White House by June
10 and Capt. Buchanan will take up
his new duty at the Naval War College
prior to the assembling of the new
class there by July /.
Capt. Train, who was born in An
Evening star., 1930-06-02
Six Others, Including Woman,
Wounded in Attacks Dur
ing Week End.
POLICE START SEARCH
FOR MACHINE GUNNERS
Unidentified Victim of "Ride" Is
Found Propped Against
Bank Building.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 2.-Six dead and six
wounded in gang attacks over the week
end started the police of all the Chi
cago area into thorough search for ma
chine gunners for fear of reprisals.
The police believed the gunnery pre-
saged a new beer war, and they were
taking every precaution to prevent the
usual swift vengeance in gangdom.
Three gangsters we're killed early Sun
day morning as they sat at table in
a road house at Fox Lake, resort
north of Chicago. In the same attack
George Druggan, brother of the no
torious Terry Druggan, and Mrs. Vivian
Ponic McGinnis, wife of an attorney,
were wounded. The shots came through
windows, and the slayers escaped.
About the same time burst of ma
chine gun fire on North Clark street,
near the scene of the st. Valentines s
day massacre, wounded three men, one
of them mortally.
dead and two wounded in an attack on
the Southwest Side. One of the wound
ed was a boy, who got in the way of
a stray shot. The dead man was Philip
Gnolfo, reputed professional killer, who
was slain in his car as 1t dashed over
the curbing into the side of window.
The last Staying was that of an un-
identified ride. victim, whose body was
found early today propped against a
bank building.
A puzzling angle of the Fox Lake
massacre was the fact that all three
gangsters slain and one of the wounded
were members or leaders of separate
gangs.
The husband of the wounded woman
declared she was sitting at another ia
bic with Druggan, whom she had known
since childhood.
Evening star., 1930-06-02

The Senate today overrode PreSi-
dent Hoover's veto Of the measure
liberalizing Spanish War veterans
pensions.
A motion by Senator Connally, Demo-
crat, Texas, to override the Presidents
veto of the Spanish-American War
pension bill was scheduled, for q vote
in the Senate this afternoon, with a
close vote in prospect.
Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re-
publican leader, after a check of the
membership, indicated that possibility
existed that the Senate would approve
the motion. It will be-the first vote
on veto by President Hoover.
The veterans organization sent to
each Senator letter taking issue, point
by point, with the Presidents veto mes
sage and expressing resentment at the
demand that there shall now be a
requirement of proof Of poverty, If not
Of pauperism, before veteran Of the
Spsnish-American War may receive a
pension"
The letter set out that previous Civil
War pension legislation made no refer
ence to vicious habits" as a bar to
drawing compensation; said the lower
ing from 80 to 10 days of the minimum
service period had been added to avoid
discrimination resulting from many acts
doing this for the benefit Of individual
veterans; and concluded the require
ment of poverty would itself be new
basis for veterans pension"
IF it is to be applied at all it will,
of course, be applied to all veterans" :"
the letter said, and If that new and
unprecedented policy is to be adopted
it means that hereafter there Is to be
no compensation to any soldier for
physical disabilities unless and until he
proves to the satisfaction of the Pension
Bureau that he qualities as a pauper.
Let no one be deceived by the state
ment that a new bill is to be prepared
and introduced that will meet the ap-
proval of the President. The veto
message definitely and imperatively de-
mands that any such bill must contain
pauper clause. Spanish War veterans
resent any suggestion that their patriotic
services be besmirched by any require
ment Of proof of pauperism."
A revised bill to meet the Presidents
objection Is being prepared in the
House.
Evening star., 1930-06-02
BRIG. GEN. LORD
DIES OF ILLNESS
Former Budget Director Had
Been Confined to Bed
for Month.

Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, U. S. A.,
retired, second director of the United
States budget and often referred to as
"the greatest paymaster in the world"
died at $3.50 o'clock this morning in
his apartment at the Woodley, Mint
wood place and Columbia road.
Gen. Lord had been confined to his
bed for more than a month, suffering
from a nervous breakdown and COM
plications ensuing from an attack of
influenza about year ago. He was
in his seventy-first year.
Gen. Lords wife, Mrs Annie Stuart
Lord, and his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Van
Rensselaer,, were at the bedside when
the end came. A son, Mai. Kenneth
Lord, recently returned to his post at
Fort Leavenworth following a visit to
his fathers home 1t is understood the
son will return here at once.
Full Honors to Be Paid.
While funeral arrangements have
not been completed, it is known that
interment will be in Arlington Gene
terry, with full military honors.
Gen. Lord had been in poor health
since his retirement, July a year ago,
as director of the budget. He spent
part of the past Winter at st. Peters,
burg, Fla, in an effort to regain his
strength.
At the request of President Hoover,
Gen. Lord retained Office as head of
the Nations budget system until the
end of the last fiscal year. He was
succeeded as director by j. c. Roop.
During the less than 90 months in
which the United States participated
in the World War Gen. Lord, as di-
rector of finance for the War Depart
ment, theoretically paid out more than
$24, 900, 100000. And when his mill
tary career was at an end later he
became director of the budget, where
the chief function was to keep down
Government expenditures.
Memory Was Notable.
Gen. Lord was named to the budget
dictatorship July /, 1922, succeeding
another man famous in the World War,
Brig. Gen., and later Vice President,
Charles G. Dawes, the budgets first
director. Hardly had Gen. Lord taken
up the budget duties until Govern
ment officials learned of "the man with
the remarkable memory" who could
literally quote figures by the yard. The
general public had its opportunity to
observe the generals powers of MEM
ory several years later, when the radio
was employed to broadcast a meeting
of Government executives. Hundreds
of thousands of persons heard him
quote figures, but did not know that
he spoke without a. manuscript and
that careful check of his quoted figures
had revealed that they were correct
down to the cents.
No man was more proud than Gen.
Lord when, during successive years, re-
duction was shown in the amount OF
Government expeditures. He spent long
hours in his office in the Treasury, cal
culating, counting, considering where a
few dollars or few thousands or mil
lion might be trimmed from the esti-
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Evening star., 1930-06-02
EUROPE WATCHES
FRANCE AND ITALY
Duel Threatens Between Tar
dieu and MuSsoIini Amid
War Hints.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, June ALI Europe is watch
ing with interest and some anxiety a
political situation which promises to
develop into a duel between two
European Statesmen, Benito Mussolini,
premier of Italy, and Andre Tardieu,
premier, whom France regards gener-
ally as worthy successor of men like
Clemenceau and Poincare.
Mussolini has attracted attention
again because of his recent series of
political speeches in Northern Italy,
wherein he warned the world that
Italys independence and Italy's future
cannot be neglected and that, If occa-
sion necessitated, the world would find
that the italian people would form
themselves into solid mass to defend
Italian rights.
In another speech he declared that
there is nothing more insulting to the
pride of the Italian people than to sup
pose that Italy's recent naval program
is a thing which will not be brought to
its consumni9tion. And he continued
with the phrase that has rung around
Europe, words are beautiful, but gat-
ling guns, war ships, airplanes and
cannon are even more beautiful"
Believed Aimed at France.
Frenchmen generally believe that
Mussolini's addresses were directed
against their country, first, because OF
the French refusal at London to grant
naval parity to Italy and also because
of the failure of negotiations concern
ing Tripoli and Tunis to materialize in
a manner pleasing to Mussolini.
But French leaders have Intentionally
sought to minimize the effects OF Mus
soliniS speeches. Foreign Minister
BRAND has ignored Mussolini's utter
ances, replying only in the form of
announcing his great peace move for
the creation of a federal union of
Europe
Tardieu indirectly answered Musso-
lini by ordering the evacuation of the
last zone of the Rhineland. And then
on May 18, in speech at Lyons to
former soldiers, he called upon Frances
veterans to devote themselves hence
forth in the, cause of peace.
1.-THE dead have given their all" he
said. LET the living give their all.
Let us struggle against the powers OF
decadence, of disorder, of routine and
of inertia, for there Is great battle
to be won along the road of a worthy,
proud and fraternal peace. Comrades,
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