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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
MAZATLAN ROAD
WORK TO BEGIN
Transcontinenta Highway Construction Will
Start in 10 Days, Says Almazan;
Increased Prosperity Seen

work on the Matanoroe-Mazatan transcontnental highway will be-
gin within the next ten days. Gen. !. "A. Alnazan, OF the Department OF
Communications, Mexico city, disclosed in a meeting held at Reynosa 4
p m. Tuesday The general Is in Brownsville and Matamoros today.
More than lOo laborers are expected to arrive in Matamoros immediate
ly' and q like number will begin work in ReynoSa. simultaneously work
will start at ToTeon and Monterrey. building toward Matamoroe.
Dirt work and construction on bridges VIII Be completed within eight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
Wallace ConHidering

AUSTIN. Feb. 26-H1-Rep. John
+. Wallace OF Teagfde had under
consideration today Governor
Moody's preferred appointment to
be state comptroller Of public &C
counts to succeed 81 II. Terrell. re-
signed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
MISSIONS BURNED

HANKOW, Feb. 26-OP)-Bandits
were reported today to have raided
and burned Catholic missions at
Tsenchinghu and Lachingkow.
neighboring towns 100 miles up the
Han river from here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
GOOD HUMOR CARNIVAL

Write in the name Of one Of the queens, or say for hospital and the
amount will be prorated to the queen candidates.
Twenty votes for s0O Mail to A. Wayne Wood, First National
bank building.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
TIDE TABLE

High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow. under normal meteprolo-
gical conditions:
High ...-.... l:47 q. m; 40 -. m.
Low ........ 9:15 O. m 9.4B p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
REBELS TAKE
DOMINICAN
STRONGHOLD
Agreement Prospects
Reported Favorable
At Washington

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican
Republi~, Feb. 26.@R-InsurgentS
entered the city this morning and
took possession Of public buildings
and the fortress without loss OF
lives or bloodshed.
It was rumored that President
vasquez and ce-President Alton
SEGA were refugees at the American
legation.
The insurgent movement had its
inception last Sunday when the
National Guardia in the northern
part Of the republic revolted and
occupied the towns of Monte Girls
ii, Conception De La Vega, Santiago
and Mort.
Wife Takes Refuge
It was necessary Monday for Sc
nora De Vasquez, wife OF the presi-
dent, to seek refuge at the Ameri-
can legation, while her husband
fled to the fortress which guards
the capital city where the officers
were said to be still friendly 70
him.
The insurgent disaffection grew
out Of President VaSquez' announc-
ed intention Of seeking reelection
May Is. He was elected in 1924
for a four year term, but in 1927
had the term extended two years.
Proposals for a provisional gov
eminent which would assure a
free" election, May IS, were sub
mitted to him, but 1t was under
stood he turned them down.
SETTLEMENT SEEN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-RH
John NJ. Cabot, 2~8-year-old secre-
tary Of the American legation In
Santo Domingo today reported
good prospects" OF an agreement
between the Dominican government
and the rebelliouS forces opposing
it.
Charles 3. Curtis. American min
lister, cabled that Cabot. who was
sent on a mission of mediation, re-
turned to the capital city yester-
day evening bearing proposals made
by the leaders Of the revolution.
Curtis said both the government
and the opposition had shown every
disposition to respect American
lives and property.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
SNOW IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 26-Pp- The
temperature today slid back to the
thermometric thirties where 1t be-
longed.
There was some snow. some sleet,
some rain. There were mercury
drops Of as much as 80 degrees.
Yet nowhere in the midwest was
10 cold.
Fruit growers most Of all ap-
preciate the departure Of warm
weather. which threatened 70 bring
forth buds on trees and vines, with
the danger Of subsequent freezes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26

There will be no material change
in the river. during the next few days.
Flood Present 2A-Hr. 1a-Hr,
stage. Stage CHING. Rain
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-26
L DATA

| Sunset today .-...-.......- bon
Sunrise Tomorrow ............ 6.55
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
The Once Over
THE FEEBLE FOX FILMS FIGHT
b II. L PHILLIPS
Copyright, 1880, by The Associated Newspaperso

The battle Of William Fox to retain control Of his
moving picture che-ild is over and to movie fans,
educated by Mr.. Fox to expect big thrills. 1t was a flop.
It was a fight in which nobody got Dashed with a
chair or umbrella-stand.
In violation Of cardinal rule Of movie battles. not a
man was hurled through a glass door at any period
Of the fight. Not a table was overturned or a win
dow-casing smashed. There wasn't even a good old
fashioned chase through congested streets with Mr..
Fox ultimately GLIDING the pack by climbing up a
fire-escape and fleeing over the ~roof-tops!
sss
Mr.. Fox, no matter how 1t may have appeared to
the business world, put up a feeble battle judging by
all movie standards. Was he thrown off any cliff?
No. Did anybody switch off the lights and jump on
his neck in a dance hall? NO. Did he at any time
dash from a meeting. leap aboard a broncho and
fly over hill and dale. taking ~pot-shots at the pur-
suing Halsey, Stuarts. Harley Clarke, Winfield Shee-
hans and Bancamerica-Blairs boys? He did not. OF
course there may have been some excuse for Mr..
Fox's departure from all the rules Of standardized
movie fights. The bankers may have eaten his horse.
1890
Roughly. the scenario should have called for a
scene in which Mr.. Fox, pursued by the bankers,
Jumped out Of a second-story window, climbed into
a plane and FLEW across country with Winfield
Sheehan. Tam there should have been a touching
SCtue III NlAIn W. OhCCAAuA WIN ~ hAN oA0~AA
and abandoned Mr.. Fox.
Fox should have crashed. recovered consciousness
just as Halsey and Stuart overlook him, and then fled
by motor-car and speed-boat, to be finally cornered
in the Frenzied Dance Hall. From there on:
/. MI. Fox-"Come on. damn your
2. Mr.. Sheehan-"You'd better surrender quietly
Willie. and avoid unnecessary bloodsheed."
3. MI. F~ox-"NeverI'
T. Mr. Fox backs to the stairway. The Banca-
merica Co, Halsey-Stuart. Dillon Read and Lehman
Brothers crowd him. Mr.. Sheehan suddenly throws
a chair at the chandelier, putting out all the lights
5. Darkness. Screams.
6. Light is restored and Mr.. Fox Is shown stand
ing on the railing of a balcony. Mr.. Sheehan throws
a vase at him. Halsey. Stuart & Company throw a
chair. Dillon Read hurl a bottle. Mr. Fox takes q
headlong dive to a chandelier and swings across the
room over their heads and out through a window.
7. Mr.. Fox leaps astride another horse, whips out
a pistol and wipes out his pursuers.
8. Game the Dawn" Mr.. Fox safely reunited
with his che-ild. And without even his hair mussed'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
Walter Williams of Missouri

Walter williams or Missouri has thousands Of
friends and admirers in Texas. He is the acting
president of the University Of Missouri, and will be
until Dec. l. Then he becomes the real president o.
the University Of Missouri and will make history for
that venerable institution so dear to the hearts of
the men and women who have gone forth from its
walls of learning.
Walter Williams is So. He was 10 when he be-
came a devil in a country printing office in Boone
vile on the Missouri river. He became a full
fledged printer. then a full reporter, and
before he was q he was owner of a powerful weekly
and had made his influence felt in the politics Of
his native state. He was president Of the state press
association before he was 26. and editor Of the COL
umbia Herald before he was 80.
He was called to the University Of Missouri TO
found a department Of journalism. He complied. He
founded a department of journalism, the first estab-
lished in the United States, and he has made It sec
ond to none in the republic. For years and years he
has been its head. He has visited every nation on
the face of the map. He is one Of the most unique
characters and forceful speakers in the newspaper
world.
Many of the boys and girls he has trained are
prominent in the newspaper life Of the country. he
has visited Texas many times. He is the first presi-
dent Of an American university who Is without a de-
gree. Walter Williams is self made. He is to all
intents and purposes self educated. His university
was a country printing office. His degree c%onferrer
that university known as the School Of Experience
He has been in the picture largely for many years
In the coming December his face will be given full
space in the center Of the educational picture OF the
United States.
There is no land like this. There is a place at
the top Of the ladder of eminence for the American
boy or girl determined to make the high grade.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
Two Souls With a Single Thought

Alabama is the yellow hammer state. Sen. j.
Thomas Helm has been a yellow hammer IN the pic
ture for years and years. Now two faces have been
pushed into the picture. Hugo Black is an Alabama
senator. j. <. Pierce is the editor and publisher Of
the Huntsville Times.
Editor Pierce was called to Washington by the SEN
ate lobby committee. Pierce appeared before the
committee. Black cross questioned him. Editor
Pierce called Senator Black a contemplate liar. Sen.
Black bristled like a porcupine. His retort was war
like I'll see you outside about that. Everybody
knows you are by nature a coward"
Editor Pierce "rizr to the occasion. He threw down
the challenge, wen go outside right now" Sen.
Thomas j. Walsh OF Montana was presiding. He split
his gavel pounding his desk in an effort to restore
peace. IN closing the dialogue, Editor Pierce roared
al the top Of his voice. This man Black said l was
known as a coward. I call him a contemplate cur
in turn Sen. Walsh continued to use the gayel.
Finally the dove Of peace flew in the window Of the
COMMITTEE room and the face Of Mars the war god
disappeared from the picture.
In the good old days of Alabama the beligerentS
would have hurried TO the field of honor with pistols
In their hands. In this glorious civilization which
grew out Of the world war, the two yellow hammers
faced the camera men and their pictures and brief
biographical sketches will be paraded in the daily
prints OF the civilized world. Thus is wounded honor
satisfied.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
QuEEN

QUEEN
The primeval lure OF boundless
forest and a turbulent river rush
ing through shaded mountain rav
ines permeates the picturesque
background Of Frank Borzage's
epochal screen romance, The Rir-
err" Fox Film feature now showing
at the Queen Theatre. Featured IN
this dramatic love story are Mary
Duncan and Charles Farrell, sup
ported by a brilliant cast including
Margaret Mann, Ivan Linow and
Alfredo Sabato.
The River" is the story Of Allan
John Fender (CharleS FarrelD. a
young backwoodsman, who stays
through the winter in "a deserted
construction camp to protect Rosa
lee Miss Duncan, the girl who
has known" many men.
Rosalee is staying the winter
months in this deserted spot waiting
for Marsdon, who Is serving time
for murder. but Allen finds his
first love in this strange girl. but
he dareS not confess ID.
Finding herself drawn towards
Allen. who loves her in a way no
man has before. Rosalee experiences
a struggle which is recorded in q
series OF powerful incidents. IN the
end she decides that her heart be-
longs to the boy Allen. instead of
the murderer, Marsdon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

in which she accomplishes her
courageous purpose forms the climax
OF the picture. 1t Is tense and
breath-taking-but IT. liz one which
leaves an audience fl a happy glow
Of good spirits.
Frederic March Is cast Opposite
Miss Chatterton. He plays the paM
or the young lawyer who falls H
love with her and tries to help her
retrive her young son. played by
PHILIPPE de Lacy. There IS an abund-
ance OF splendid character-portray-
al In the picture.
Timothy Shea wrote the original
novel upon which the screen story
is based. Zoe Atkins. renowned Amer
lean woman poet and playwright,
wrote the adaptation from the
novel.
The picture was directed by Doro-
thy Arzner. Paramount's only wo-
man director.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

Grim shadows, q ghost seance,
and wraithlike criminal figures in
a swirling London fog are woven
together into a maze OF excitement
in The Unholy Night" taken from
Ben Hecht's latest thriller. The
Doomed Regiment" and filmed by
Metro O ldwyn-Mayer which will
open today at the Texas theatre.
The new story Is a mystery in
which a group OF army officers are
menaced in London. and each falls
under suspicion in q weird plot.
Lionel Barrymore directed the play
with q notable cast that includes
Roland Young, famous stage star,
Ernest Terrence. Dorothy Sebastian,
Claude Fleming. Natalie Moorhead.
Richard Tucker. Richard Travers.
John Loder. John Roche. John Mil
ian. Lionel Barrymore Phillip
Strange, Gerald Barry and others
OF note.
The drama Is laid entirely In
London. and ghostlv illusions add
to the thrilling details OF the mystic
rious play.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
RIvoLI-sAN BENTTo

Greta Carlo Il perhaps the only
motion picture star to walk into her
first talking scene without having
had a voice test or having practiced
before a microphone.
In making her talking picture
debut In Anna Christie" which
will come TO the Rivoli Theatre.
San Benito. tomorrow, the Metro
Goldwyn-M Mayer star did so without
ever having a microphone be-
fore actual production began.
Charles Bickford plays opposite
Miss Carlo in the talking screen
adaptation OF the famous Eugene
O'Neill play and the supporting
cast includes George Marion and
Marie Dressler. Clarence Brown
directed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
ARCADIA -~HARLINGEN

The widespread custom OF giving
vent TO operate spasms in ones
bathtub Is such a universal paStime
that a song has been written about
II.
One OF the most uproarious num-
bers in Show OF Shows. opening
q two day engagement at the Har-
lingen Arcadia Theatre Wednes-
day, presents a huge bathroom in
which Winnie Lightner. musical
comedy and screen star. sings. sup
ported by Bull Montana and a male
chorus OF fifty. Ned Washington.
Michael Cleary. and Herb Magidson
OF Warner Bros. song-writinE staff
are composers OF "Singin' in the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

and It seems Just like the good old
days before the Wall Street crash.
Arriving from Chicago, where she
spent the winter, Tex Immediately
burst into a stream Of gags from
gunland.
Asked about her audiences there.
she came back with "Of course, !
dealt only with the big shots.
"Out west they used to say that
bad men shot first and asked ques-
tons afterward. Now they merely
shoot and let the district attorney
ask the questions. The hat girl
came to me one night and asked II
I didn't think we could make a
fortune In the gun checking conces-
sion. What they need out there Is
a paddock law for hip pockets"
"A medical service club for young
women secretarial and kindred jobs
reports that Of the 1900 girls who
Joined during the last year, most of
them suffered from ailments
brought about by trying TO live In
one Of the one-room-and-gas-jet
spots with which New York Is clut-
tered.
Trying TO keep going on the
salary Of an office worker. the girl
must prepare her more-or-less
meals on a one-burner plate. The
result is d~ietetically disastrous. The
girl Is badly fed and develops
anemia.
Mental ailments arising from
loneliness brings hundreds Of the
girl members TO this clinic annually.
They grow depressed and despond-
ent.
Physicians connected with the
Mace say that there Is q definite
Manhattan malady which. for want
OF a technical term. they have
called "cne roomttS"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
AlISGS5H!5AagAzAIIl
SALMA sioux scAReERRy 2
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you out Of 1t I'll see that he gets Q
promotion on the detective force,
too. Dad can fix 1t up without half
trying. He's got a big drag"
Elanda looked at him with adj
miration.
1T must be wonderful TO Be able
TO do things Ike that. To have ell
that power"
Dad Is a big man" he agreed
proudly. "One Of the biggest men
in the United States"
And you're going to settle down
and make good and be just Like him.
aren't your"
She did not expect him to laugh.
But he did. As though she had
sprung q delicious joke on him.
Why should ! settle down and
put my nose TO the grind stone and
slave my life away? We've got more
money 10y than well ever be able
TO spend"
mo" he expanded his chest, you
and little Gregg are going TO play.
We aren't going to let anything
bother us. We're going to spend
our summers where 1t Is cool and
our winters where II II hot-one
long jolly honeymoon"
She interrupted him, unhappily:
But marriages aren't like that.
GREG. They tie you down and y
have to take things seriously. You
can't 90 through life like that"
He sought her eyes.
ooh. 1 know what You're thinkinv
about. "A family. We don't want 70
be bothered with a family. At least
not until we're a lot older. Kids
Just drive me to drink. I want TO
travel and play-and show YOU OFF
at all the show places Of the world
you'll be the prettiest girl there.
"A slow crimson stained her face
She sat silently. He slowed the
car and tilted her chin:
What are you blushinr abouts
because I mentioned a family. WHY
you old-fashioned little thing. vouIs
head.
You're too pretty to snoil yo,Ir
looks having children. Some dav
maybe we'll ADOPT one. You wouldn't
want to be bothered with a young
ster. would you?"
She found II very hard 20 answer
him.
Every girl thinks she IS going 20
raise a family when she marries."
She haStenAd to change the sub
'ect: But let's not talk about that
now. I'm going to bed and try TO
ret some sleep as soon as I get
horne"
Il won't come IN then he said.
III let YOU rest TODAY and see you
tomorrow II anything comes up
I'll call YOU"
He bent over hastily and kissed
her as they stopped IN front Of the
apartment.
"Goodby for now, Priscilla"
She opened the door and burst
out crying. Dixie's arms were around
her in a moment.
why. Elanda, darling. what has
h~appened?"
Bang stood by her wretchedly.
Dixie half carried her to the couch.
When she could control herself she
told them the story. Everything but
her engagement to Greg. Somehow
she couldn't tell that-yet. She
would wait.
Dixie put Elanda TO bed and she
slept hours-exhausted. It was after
ten that night when Dixie, with an
early morning edition Of a tabloid
in her hand ran into her room.
Bang was out. otherwise she prob
ably would not have lost her head
quite so completely.
There was a picture OF Elanda
and one Of Carmel on the front
page. And a screaming headline:
Bogus Lord Robs Provost Home"
Below was a smaller head:
Was Engaged to Radio Beauty.
Carmel's last vicious move had
been to call up an editor she knew
and give him the story.
ITO ar HONvTTNTTEnl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
Flying Club Elects
Officers Wednesday

The Brownsville Flying club will
meet Wednesday nights instead OF
FRIDAYS. as before. II announced
Monday.
The Wednesday night meeting
will be held in the offices Of the
chamber Of commerce at 8 p. m.
and temporary officers will be
elected.
"A temporary organization will
also be formed. It was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
hM' NitW'YSORK1|

NEW YORK, April l5.-Millions
have been made by real estaters
who learned how to convert a two
by-four open space on Broadway
into a rentable property the size Of
an average doorway.
Most Of these have been convert
ed into coopS for ticket scalperS
and spectators. who are forever
looking for handy camping grounds
in the vicinity Of some hit theatrical
attraction.
A place hardly broader ttna a
football players shoulders adjacent
to a very popular vaudeville house
brings more than $4,000 a year. BY
thus having any sort of shelving
room off the sidewalks. the specs
dodge the law against ballyhooing
their tickets in the streets. Thus
~barricaded against the traffic regu-
lation. the spec" can hawk to his
hearts content and charge what he
pleases.
For years. one or two shrewd
realty dealers specialized in such
loCatlOnS ana maSSed great fortunes.
For one reason or another. IL has
occurred to few people 10 consider
the possibility that there might be
more Vallees in the family than the
fabulous Rudy.
Thus. when Ma and Pa Vallee
arrived In town the other day 10
visit their widely famed offspring
I was surprised TO meet a very tall
ented young sister. Ruth. She PLAYS
the piano. 1t seems. and with suf-
ficient quality to make a name for
herself n OF these days-uuite in
dependent Of her relationship.
Nov that Texas GTlnan IS hack
In the glowing 6ulch." the wise
cracks once more low like water,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
BRIDGE

Mothers taking lessons
From an expert. so they claim;
Sisters taking lessons, too,
To polish up her game.
Their playing Is no better,
A little worse. I'd say
But, oh my lord the arguing
Gets better every day.
w. J. Funk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

The Iowa penItertIary nc Fort
Madison has the largest number OF
prisoners In its history. according
10 Warden Holloxell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
TIME HEALS ALL

TINE ALL
MARRIAGES-Smith. Miss Bertha. % years old,
2ll Hancock Street, and Herbert Hoover. 80, 1872 Pa
cific. Item discovered by A. d. Duberstein in the
New York Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

want Radio Made To Aid World eace-"-headline
Who doesn't?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

Kaye Don. driver OF the Silver Bullet. who was 20
try for a new worlds speed record at Daytona Beach
In March. Is still postponing the attempt. Whatever
he does from now on will have to go on the Daytona
Beach bill for next years advertising.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

DRY Law Tighter Under Hoover. Mitchell Says
headline. We'll, the consumers certainly are.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15

A Michigan woman who got a life term Tor selling
a pint Of whiskey has been freed by the high court
The life sentence was just another wrong label
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-15
MOVIE SIDELIGHTS

Bathtub" with which the comely
Bull SerenaueS Winnie.
Others among the score upon
scores OF stars Of footlights ana
films VINO contribute 70 the man.
moth The Show OF Shows are John
Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Monte
Blue, Beatrice Lille. Georges Car
pentier, Ted Lewis, Frank Fay, Irene
Bordoni, Myrna 10y. Grant Withers,
Noah Berry and Betty CompSon.
Over five hundred are in the n
lsembleS
CAPITOL
The powerful dramatic ability OF
Ruth C~hatterton, displayed SO sue
cessfully in Charming Sinners.
The Laughing Lady" and Madame
Xr will be again brought forward
for the d~electation Of her numerous
admirers when the Capitol Theatre
shows her newest film, Sarah and
Son. for two days starting tomor-
row Il.
Sarah and Som Is the story OF
an impoverished actress who Is
forced to give up her baby boy that
she might work and live. On becom-
ing famous she tries 70 retrive the
lad but encounters intrigue upon
the part or the wealthy couple who
have adopted her child. The manner