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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE-Refugio county seat
newspaper. Small down payment.
balance easy. VIII lease for six
months for $3.50 cash in advance.
to apply on purchase price. Write
or see Z. G. Buck, Woodsboro. Tex
as. H-149
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BULLETIN

tFirst figures. lowest temperature
last night: second, highest yester-
day: third. wind velocity az 8 a.
m: fourth, precipitation in last "a
hours)
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LOST-Bird dog puppy tpointer)
female. white with lemon ears.
about 3 months old. Last seer On
Tth and st. Charles SITS. Reward.
w. A. Ross. phone 1893, Browns
Vile. Hl32
LOST. STRAYED. or stolen from
around Brownsville: One batter
ed billy. not cancelled. tame and
dociie. Seen at Houston. Galveston.
Port Arthur. Austin. Rockport. and
Corpus Christi. Information liber-
ally rewarded. P. o. Box l3. Ia
Feria. Texas. H-I45
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TOday'S Radio Features

KWwG PROGRAM FOR MONDAY EVENING
0o-6:l5-Announcements; musical program.
6:l5-6:3O-Program of the Union Mutual Life Co. OF Iowa.
6:3O-6:35-El Cortez Club announcements.
6:35-6:55-Dinner concert.
655 Time signals. courtesy Dairy Products Company.
6:56-7:00-Poice reports.
9OO-9:l5-Mrs. Fl. B. Galbraith. dramatic soprano.
9:l5-9:30-Popular request program.
9:so-l0:00-American Legion contest; announcements OF contest winners
1000 -10:l5-Dave DeKorte, tenor.
l0.15 -10:3O-Request program. t
lO:3O-I IL O0-Matemoros Cafe Orchestra: under the direction OF Senior
Chayol; direct from Matamoros, Old Mexico.
KWWG PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY
10. i0:10-Program Of the Union Mutual Life Co, Of Iowa.
1910 lO:l5-Announcements; the days program
l0:l5-1i:00-Crgan recital by Paul Kennard from the Capitol theatre.
ll:OO-l1:l5-"For the Housewife"
ll:l5-i1:30-Request program.
ll:30-1l:45-The Edison shop presents Gus the worlds worst pianist
1l:45-Tfme signals; courtesy Aldndge-KimmelC co.
1l:46-1i:56-Request program.
misunderstanding and river forecasts.
1859 Time Signals: Courtesy Star Pharmacy Of McAnen.
2:0O-2:30-Spanish and Mexican program.
2:30-3:00-"Od Timers Club"
3~:00-3:03-Weather and river forecasts.
3:O3-3:30-Hits from current talking pictures; news from Pubhx
Theatres.
3:30-4.00-Variety program
4:00-4:l5-Brownsyile Herald news flashes.
4:15-5.O0-Popular request program.
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ALESNIEN-AGENTs

66 MILES ON / GALLON?
Amazing moisture gas saver. All
autos. One free. Bill, Wheaton.
IL. Hiss
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Christian Church to
Open Revival Nov. z

The first revival meeting 10 be
held in the new Central Christian
church Is TO begin Nov. 2. con-
tinuing for three weeks. The Rev.
Fl. j. Howard. pastor. will fill the
pulpit throughout the meeting.
The local choir will furnish music.
What can / do 10 help the re-
vival' will be the topic at the
prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing and Mrs. Howard will lead
the congregation IN singing re-
yival hymns.
Choir rehearsal is sc. for 7:5o
m. Thursday.
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SALESAIEN-AGENTS
Statesmen Wanted

THREE MEN TO REPRESENT "a
$40 MILLION DOLLAR LIFE IN
SURANCE COMPANY IN VALLEY.
HARD WORK AND LONG HOURS
ARE REQUIRED. BUT PERSONAL
TRAINING AID SUPERVISOR
HELP GIVEN. SUCCESSFUL FL
NANCE PLAN TO HELP YOU
GET STARTED. CONTRACT d.
RECT WITH HOME OFFICE. ONE
HALF MILLION DOLLARS NOW
LOANED ON VALLEY CITY
PROPERTY. MARRIED MEN BE
TWEEN AGES % AND As PRE-
FL-.-EL. SUCCESSFUL MEN
MAKE $4,000 PER MONTH PLUS
SERVICE COMMISSIONS. REPLY
HELD CONFIDENTIAL.
LRANCH MANAGER JEFFERSON
STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE
co. ia AUDITORIUM CIRCLE.
SAN ANTONIO. Hist
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-20

American motor buses are being
used on new routes in Turkey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-20

FOR SALE-22-acre citrus tract.
under cultivation. Boca Chica road
Resaca land. new 6-room frame
house. Phone 90iF5. Hl23
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Bellboy hats are vogue in Paris.
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Java's sugar crop this year
weighed nearly $4,000 0 tons.
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HELP WANTED

SINGER wishes position as enter
tainer. Willing to 60 anywhere.
Inquire Box H-l50 Care Herald.
H-150
LADY desires position, motherless
home. aged couple, or with good
family. References furnished. Mrs.
Gertrude Hughes, Brownsville, Tex.
or call GIG. H-l52
WANTED-Three neat appearing
men to start work immeciately-two
who can leave city. Good pay with
promotion. Apply III person Mon
day and Tuesday. 10 a. NJ. to 6 p.
m. 2l6 Wittenback Bldg, Harlin-
gen. Texas. H-l54
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NOTICE FOR I ID

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LOST AND FOUND

CITY Secretary
i0-i6 to 81 inc.-l2t-53l 7.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

l0-I3-2o-27-3t-3ss7
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
TAFFY JOKER,
EMBREY IS
ARRESTED
HERE
Bomb Prank Victim, at Pistol
POlnt, Nabs Youth With New
Car, $1O6, Ring, and .3s Gun

paul calvin Embrey. 20. ac-
cused BY police Of participation
In the spectacular $4,000 hoid-up
and robbery Of q bank runner
last week. was arrested by De
tective Dennis J. Murphy Of the
Thirteenth precinct today.
Murphy. driving his automobile
on Tennessee Avenue near e
Street northeast. sighted Efnbrey
seated In d parked automobile.
The detective jumped out Of his
car. ran over to the parked ye-
hicle and arrested Embrey at the
point Of 4 pistol
Had Gun
Enbrey was brought to police
headquarters. Al search of his
person revealed i loaded aS-ca
Der automatic ana So rollist 81
ammunition The prisoner lisa
hid sos III cRsls. siiaftorad rirar
valued at 800 alls te
n wllich ne was captured. which
he said he b0llgt1t for 800
En1brey told Detective MtruI1y
that be left the city Friday. nfter
the robbery Of Gilbert e. HYATT.
l8-yearOld runner Of the ME.
Vernon Savings Bank. He bought
the car on the outskirts Of phila-
delphia and has been spending
his time there and at Atlantic
City The youthful prisoner
smiled and admitted that he sent
3 box of saltwater taffy to the
Detective from Atlantic City on
Sunday.
Alleged AccOmplice
Police say that Embrey, with
Carl Davis. 20, and Morris Beck,
rs, held up the bank runner last
Friday at Fifteenth and M Streets
Northwest, forced him into an
automobile and, after robbing him
Of $1,000. drove the runner to
Rock Greek Park and left him.
Detective Murphy also obtained
the information which led to the
arrests Of Beck and Davis d short
time after the robbery.
Police officials were preparing
q circular containing Emhrey's
picture and finger-prints, to be.
sent throughout the country to-
day, when Emhrey's capture was
effected.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Mrs GlA||PBELL
Nd An

luiee a1sn bell Evans. al,
sfirEE wife m Herbert 65 Camp
bell, real estate dealer charged
with the murder Of Mary Baker.
IVES sentenced to spend the re-
maiadHr of the summer. IN Jail
Goday. She was given q fine.
OF $40 for drunkenness and 30
days III jail on charge Of
vagrancy.
The former wife or the real
estate dealer was arrested last
night when she was found in an
intoxicated condition at the
corner of Fifth and Neal North
west.
The former Mrs. Campbell was
divorced from Herbert q. Camp
bell in 1918. She is the mother
of one child by the real estate
dealer, Carlton Campbell, II
years old.
The woman had just comple
q 60-day jail term when she was
again arrested and booked at
First precinct. IL was learned
that she had only been out of
custody five hours when she was
rearreSted.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
PATRICK SCARS
70 ILL SON
Times STAFF Photo

Gen. Mason M. Patrick, former
chief Of the Army Air Service.
and at present. chairman Of the
District Public Utilities Commits
sion. left hurriedly early this
morning in an Army plane for
Detroit, where his son. Bream g.
Patrick. is reported to be Sc
riously i'll.
According to word received in
the generals office at the Dis
trict Building, his only son, . sec.
ond lieutenant in the Sixth Field
Artillery, stationed at Fort TIoyle,
Md, was stricken with acute an.
pendlcitis last evening while IN
the home Of friends ii Detroit.
He was rushed to q hospital
where an operation was i1nRne-
diately performed and his con-
dition was pronounced serious by
attending physicians, who said
that the appendix had burst be-
fore medical aid had been sum-
lnoned.
General Patrick was flown 10
the Michigan city in an Army
OIL plane pilntsd hy Second
Lieutenant w. A. h. Robertson,
attached 70 BoIling Field.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Hopes ID Play Golf Late
Today on West Coast

CURTISS FIELD, N. r, Aug.
s lI.NS.1 In an attempt to
establish new records for speed
flights across the United States
and return, Capt. Frank NJ.
Hawks hoped of here at S q. m.
eastern standard tiine1 for Los
Angeles.
Hawks expects To make the
TRIP from east to west In Is
hours. The record Is is hours
and 45 minutes, held BY Lieut..
Col. Roscoe Turner.
The aviator's wife was IN a
group Of 100 who watched the
takeoff
at the last minute Hawks an.
no1nced b change in plans. He
viii not attempt the return flight
from Los Angeles to New York
until he has rested In Los An!
geles for several days.
He said he planned to play a
game of golf In Los Angeles late
this afternoon ct the Hollywood
Country Club. He said he would
play with G. M. Hawks, his
father, and n. N. Herndon and
E. &, Holmes, both Los Angeles
oil company officials.
Hawks said on his return trip
he would assault the west-to-the
east record Of IA hours and Z
minutes, held by Col. Charles Al
Lindbergh.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
BANDITS
HOLD UP Pair

Two highWaymen early today
held Up and robbed Mrs. Bertha
Blay and her husband, John
Blay, Of Pittsburgh, at the point
OF pistols on a. road near Muir
kirk, Md,
The robbers escaped in q large
sedan bearing District tags. The
hold-tlp victims obtained the III
cense numbers on the car and
teIepEoned local authorities. IN
vestigation revals that the bandit
car was equipped with dead"
tags.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blay were driv.
ing along the road, according to-
reports, when the other machine
drew up alongside their car and
an order to halt was given. Fol-
lowing the robbery, the victims
went to- q gasoline filling station
and telephoned local police. They
were instructed by Sergt. Oscar
Mansfield, night chief of desec-
tiyes, to make report OF the
robbery to Maryland authorities.
Police at Laurel and Hyatts-
vile stated today that they were
gwen no report Of the robbery,
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
S|N III DEFEATS
BALL DRY

Leaders Of the wet forces IN
Virginia are hailing with glee the
results Of yesterdays Primary in
the Eighth District in which
Frank i. Ball, the only candidate
favored by the Anti-Saloon League
was deciSively defeated by Judge
Howard w. Smith Of this city
and failed to beat Thomas r..
Keith an avowed wet by more
than 1000 votes.
The defeat of the extreme dl'ys
in Alexandria was ANTICIPATED ais
Tyson Janney, with the active
support OF the Anti.Saloon League
was defeated for the legislature
last year by j. Fred Birrell Of
Alexandria with little difficulty.
Smith Takes Farms
When the returns came in
from the country districts, show
ing that the farmers were solidly
behind Judge. Smith. 1t was ap-
parent that, no matter what the
vote in Arlington, Judge Smith
was elected. ls5-
Smiths majority in the city was
1900 over the combined votes Of
his opponents and his plurality
over Ball Of 1884 exceeded the
lContiRued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
$40 MEN EIGHT
TNNBER Blaze

FRosTBURG, Nd, Aug. s.
One Of the worst forest fires in
the history Of Allegheny county
is raging on Dams Mountain with
the a.emote possibility Of its be-
ing conquered many days hence
unless rain iatervei1es.
Nearly 900 men had been
pressed into service by forest
Warde1s and have valiantly re-
tanned their posts fighting the
flames for. the past six days. A
call for 500 more men came
today as the flames, famed BY
western winds, devoured trees and
underbrlish on the east side OF
the mountain, creeping steadily
toward the little village Of Cresap-
town.
The pathway made BY the fires
today covers an area Of is miles
long and six miles wide and
steadily increasing. Men from
Homecoming, Midland, Cresap-
town. FrOstburg and Rawlings
Station have been drafted into
the service. I.
Dams Mountain Is q ridge Of
the Alleganies and extends from
keyseF. w. Va. where the fire
started seven days $50, 10 the
National Road. nine miles nom
CcsnfisssS oa Psrs 2, csL -
The Washington times., 1930-08-06

would suffer the most from heat,
and study OF the United States
drought shows that the section
predicted is one tof the driest at
present.
Browne has maps and data
dating back to the seventeenth
century.
In comparison to this summer
he points to the summer Of 1874.
during which there was q severe
drought In the United States. he
explained:
Explain Causes
There are three eIemeE IN
conjunction 20 bring ON This
drought. the lunar cyeld the
sun spot cycle ana the perigean
cycle. Or the moons nearest an
preach 90 The earth.
~The sun spsls are lsslenlng
(csaaiuu.S sa Peg 2. csL -
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
KELLY IS ONLY
CAMPBELL
WITNESS
Detective Of D. c. Force viii
Appear Against Man Held
For Mary Bakers Death

At a conference held in the
office Of Assistant District Attor-
ney william II. Collins. it was.
decided that Lieut.. Edward Kelly.
Of the homicide squad, win be
the only witness to testify for
the Government at the hearing
before United States Commits
sicner ]. Barton Phillips, in Alex.
aIndria today.
AT this hearing the Govern.
Tnent asks that Herbert M. Camp,
bell, who has been charged under
a Federal warrant with the nlur-
der Of Mary Al. Baker, be returned
10 the District OF Columbia.
Those at the conference this
morning were Mr.. Collins. Lieu
tenant Kelly. his assistants, De
tectiYes TalEey and FIaherty. AS
gtant District Attorney Gallon,
Jones of Richmond Va, who
Till Eeof esent the GoEerfannelat at
hearing and Commonwealth
ttOIla Cloth. of ArIinss
ton CON
nefegase Eals
6gliGy liaf smith.
who IS Ieseftine CaHnpl5eii.
said today that hs feels certain
that Campbell viii be freed at
the close Of the hearing before.
Commissioner Phillips.
He would not say what evidence
he plans to produce at the hear
ing, nor would he say whether
Campbell win take the stand to.
testify Tor himself
The Government, 1t was said,
does not plan to take up the,
question of venue at the hearing
this afternoon.
It simply plans, it was said. to.
produce evidence through Lieu
tenant Kelly, to show that q
Federal warrant has been issued
charging Campbell with the death
Of Mary Baker. and to show that
ballistic tests by Or. Wilmer Sou
der, members Of the local police
department, and Major Calvin
Goddard, of Chicago, say that
the bullets found in the girls
body came from Campbe1's pistol
and that the pistol was not out
Of his possession on April IL, the
day Of the murder.
In event Campbell is freed, he
and Smith plan to leave for q
vacation In Canada.
Surprise Witness
Attorney Collins said it would
only be necessary for the Govern.
E1ent to prove that Campbell was
In the District on April IL, and
that he was q fugitive.
Al surprise witness, believed to
be d special investigator for the
Government may be called by the
Government.
Collins is anxious to withhold
as much Of the Governments
testimony as possible until Camp
bell can be put on trial.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
I 'Pulssy Book Author
Dies III California

PALO ALTO, Calf, Aug. s
tI,N.S.) Mrs Isabella MacDon-
aid Alden, internationally famous
for her ttPansy' books and
author Of more than 40 volumes,
was dead here today at the age
Of So.
Mrs. Alden never recovered
completely from a fall four years
ago in which she broke her
hip. Her books had been trans
lated into many foreign Ian
guages.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Drought Prediction Now
Fulfilled By Sun Rays

The present protracted dry
spell is the worst drought that
has been recorded since the set
tlement Of the United States,
Herbert Janvrin Browne. noted
washington oceanographer and
metecrologist, said today. He de-
.clared:
There win be no let up
until Labor Day.
Months ago Browne predicted
that the nation this summer
would suffer q severe drought and
it is a point Of riducle with the
official weathermen, now forced
to agree with Browne. that his
predictions were right. Sal
Prophecy Fulfilled
In his predictions Browne esti-
mated that the area south q
the Ohio and Missouri rivers
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
IS { AVERAGING.
I80 MIL Is
An HOUR
Mystery Plane RefueIIed at
Louis; Flier Hopes to
Dine Tonight in California

- & K ( s
IlANEBERT.ST. LOUIS FIELD,
Aug. s tIN.s.) Captain Frank
Hawks pointed the nose Of his
trayel-air mystery plane westward
st e:29 Il. IA. and continued his
transcontinental flight in which
he ii seeking to set . new record.
Captain IEawlxs brought his ship
ID earth from Columbus 1T Oil,
waiting l8 minutes for his plane
to besserviced.
the hop from Columbus re-
auired 3 hours and I minutes,
nlsliag the entire time for the
si which he began this morn.
g rom CliFtiss Field, New York
hours and 10 minute
CAPTAIN HAWKS estinla ted his
aver speed at $50 miles an
Hour. He said lae hoped To main
Is
pected would era d u him kD SlAa 3
Ter tie existing tran
eott pG q hours slAs llTas
During his brief stay, Cart ~
Hawks penned 3 brief note 81
announcement to Dale Red
jackson and Forrest O'Bri1le,
former holders Of the world en-
sdtlraiace flight record, who are
cut cunning for d new world
mark iii their ship Greater st.
Louis.
Captain Hawks did not disclose
Waaere he intended to stop next
on his westward flight.
The Washington times., 1930-08-06
Garages, Stables,
Paint Shop Burned

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Aug. 8.
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed three garages and stables
Of the Hagerstown Milk Company
and the paint shop Of Robert B.
French in the south end Of Hagers-
town early today.
Four automobiles and four
mike delivery wagons were de
stroyed, the loss being about
$l5, 900.
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Loss.
HITS BILLION
MARK
Hoover Survey VIII Result In
Immediate Relief for Zones
Suffering Crop Damages

While President Hoover and
Cabinet members were consider
ing emergency relief measures
for drought-stricken areas of the
nation, fresh reports Of enormous
damage estimated at possibly q
billion dollars 0r more were an
snouflced BY the United States
weather Bureau.
The situation Is regarded Dis so
fraught witia serious consequences
that President Hoover may fOFegO
his proposed "trip to Yellow stone
National Park. Plans Tor the
trip, however, thus far remain
unchanged,
The agricultural meteoroI0gy
section of the weather Bureau
reported that during the week
ending yesterday the drought not
only was intensified in Eastern
and Central sections: but uctliS M.
extended It's scope.
NJ nEea ~ Near
Forecast sterh held 6sst ylin lIolSe
sfor fliel
cf0t tlls ld9L " SliII
dersllOwers III various etiGfis
win afford temporary relief and
1T least check the heat ssave.
Definite plans viii be mapped
out by Mr.. Hoover and llis aides
after the Agriculture Bureau an.
nounces It's monthly crop esti.
mates next Monday.
The reports are being carefully
guarded because cf their expected
effect Oh the grain markets.
The East faced an additional
menace il possible devastating
forest fires.
The Federal Bureau 81 For
estry and private conservation
agencies issued appeals to camp
ters and tourists to avoid starting
fires.
The Bureau Of Fisheries re.
ported it has saved the lives Of
ID, OO0, 900 fish IN the Mississippi
Valley by transferring them from
drying pools to larger streams.
Operations are being pushed
and the lives Of 135 ,OOO, 900 more
fish may be saved In the next
few weeks.
sDry Weather Rains" ."
"Dry weather Rains" was the
term applied by the Chicago
weather bureau to the numerous
local showers Of yesterday. The
clouds were heavy and dark, /
lightning and thunder was pienti.
full. but the resulting moisture
was relatively small.
At only three points was the
precipitation greater than one
inch.
These were Fort Worth, Tex,
with 1.80 inches; Charles city,
Iowa, with 10 inches, and Du.
buque. Iowa. with 1.56 inches.
In Chicago there was IL Of an
inch, in Fort Wayne, .O4; in
Omaha, rs; In Sioux City, IL;
in st, Louis, .O8;; in Madison, wis,
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STRICKEN, BURIED

LEONARDTOWN, Nd, Aug. \.
William Gcldsboroush, 50. former
resident of st. Mary's county,
was buried IN Baltimore. he
died of apoplexy.