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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
WOMAN BECOMES CITY EDITOR
OF NEW YORK NEWSPAPER

write good heads, you must have q
| sense OF rhythm that mas an affinity
TO poetry-wnlch ! do not write.
she adoed, smlIIng.
-Four months on the copy desk
then Mrs. Vitray was assigned TO
write special stories on q torch
killers" trial. So torceiul and Or
lglnal were her stories that n was
put on special assignments from
| tnen on and managed, among other
| exciting things, TO scoop the city
BY getting the first interview with
| the artichoke king, Giro Terranova.
she was writing by-line stories
whan elevated TO her present po-
SlLlon.
Her whole background Is inter
esting. Born in Trenton, N. j.,
| daughter Of a prominent physician,
she attended Bucknell University.
did space writing OF a hometown
paper, then regular reporting, then
got a Job on a Philadelphia paper,
then an editorial position in a New
York publishing house. From there
to Paris, where she had spent part
OF her childhood; and speaking and
writing French fluently she free
lanced for a few years there.
Met Husband In Paris
1t was In Paris that she met her
| husband, a noted French actor,
and ii was In Paris that her little
boy. Alain, was born six years ago.
Alain is now in a private school
In this city. Mrs. Vftray has an
uptown apartment, likes TO keep
| house but hates to cook. She is
not addicted to any strenuous form
of recreation. such as tennis, golf,
swimming, riding. In fact, she
spends her leisure time wr1tingl
To the question of whether or
not she feels many women are fit
ted to fill the editors chair. wheth-
er women in general have that
sixth sense Of what stories TO play
up on page one, what stories and
pictures should be splayed down,
and 50 on, she shrugged her should
erS.
How can you know when so few
have tried?" she said. Then as she
rose to say goodbye. for she had
still another edition TO get out. her
sense Of humor came into play.
Suppose you come back and see
me a little later. Ill probably have
a lot Of opinions In a short time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Camp Girls
Er-ov 1880 Outing

The girls al Y. w. c. A Camp
this week have been enjoying them
selves very much.
Onen House night had the usual
number OF guests. and a very in
teresting and successful program
was mt on BIZ the and the
councillors. There have been thirty
EIGHT Girls in ANN this week. Vir-
ainla Sethman az Brownsville has
been Camp leader. and Barbara
vrSna h been the editor Of the
Camp paper.
Owing ~ he small number OF
girls enrolled for the fifth week.
the district board decided TO cancel
the last week and put these Girls
to1A-he- with girls Of the fourth
week Of camp CTune 30 - July It'll ,
Tie Younger girls OF this fourth
week Of camn will have a program
separate from the Girls Reserves
as far as it is possible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

Alfred p. Sloan, Jr.. President Of
General Motors. has issued the
following statement:
NEGOTIATIONS have been complet-
ed whereby General Motors Cor
Doration has sold to the Kelsey
HAYES Wheel Corporation the plant
and manufacturing facilities OF the
.Iaxon Steel Products Company
formerly engaged In the manufac-
ture OF wooden wheels and rims.
Incident 10 these negotiations
General Motors has acquired the
necessary patent rights covering the
manufacture Of wire wheels and
the production Of such equipment
will be set up in one OF the other
divisions Of the CORPORATION. where
Ii Is believed II can be carried on 70
the hest economic ADVANTAGE.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Funeral Services
For Mission Man

MISSION. June %. Funeral
services will be held from the
Church Of Christ next Sunday after
noon for q. w. Jones. who died on
Friday morning at the home OF his
son-in-law. j. B. Coppic, after an
illness or two weeks.
Mr.. Jones wife died about a year
ago. and his daughter. Mrs. Coppic
and her husband and their little
laughter are his only near survivors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Pecos County Leads
In Oil Production

AUSTIN, June "a 49, Figures.
compiled By George II. 6 ppard.
state c ltroller. from gross receipts
tax reports filed In his office COW
ering crude oil production FOR the
quarter ing March 81 show m
total production OF 70.231 barrels
in SO counties. Pecos county led
with a production on l2.4l2. 643 bar
rels. Winkler was sc ,ond with 1890
l49 barrels and Bray third 4.4S0.713
barrels. Sheppard &c ted there
were approximately 1900 operators
filling crude oil gro receipts tar
reports In his office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Lon Morris College
Elects New Officers

JACKSONVILLE. June 28.-tF1-
The Rev. Z. M. Stanton has been
reelected president OF Lon Morris
college and thus begins his ninth
year Of service.
d. Z. Hawk, Jr., dean Of the col
lege, likewise was reelected and
the entire faculty win return. with
the exception Of two members. Arch
r.. Pearson was named coach and
director Of physical education. He
attended the College Of the Ozarks-
Additionally, the board OF trus-
tees announced plans for an expan-
sion program which will involve
raising $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Mission Engaged In
Big Weeds Battle
fSpeciaI To THE Ferald.I

T-ENWN|A " - -
MISSION. June 28.-The city OF
Mission has made a contract with
the out-of-town lot owners whereby
the city cuts weeds and cleans va
cant lots at actual costs for the
labor.
A crew Of nearly twenty men IS
working under the personal super
vision OF Mayor Ross Marcus. and
local lots are being cleaned as never
before. and will be kept c,ean dur
ing the term OF the contract.
Mayor Marcus is saving the lot
owners practically fifty per cent on
the cost Of the lot keepup and every
one Is cooperating.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Brigadier General?

FORT SAM HOUSTON. June %.
-Pl-Orders have been issued from
Headquarters. Eighth Corps Area.
directing Colonel Oscar Z. Roberts.
i43rd Infantry. Texas National
Guard, 70 report TO a board OF Of
ficers 70 determine his qualifica-
lions for federal recognition as Brig
adler General Of the Line. Texas
National Guard.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Fire War in Texas
Cuts Loss in Helf

AUSTIN, June 2S.-tP,- Losses
from fire in Texas during May
were reduced to one-half OF what
they were in April, according to a
report released today by J. w.
DeWeese, state fire insurance COM
missioner. e fire loss for May
was 7,7O4. the lowest 1t has
been in any. month this year.
The fire insurance commissioner
attributed the decrease TO the relent-
less war that has been waged in
nearly every city and town against
careless fires and encendiary blales
in vacant dwellings and buildings.
De Weese said that city officials
and citizens have gradually awaken
ed TO their danger and have come
TO realize what a tremendous waste
has been taking place for the past
several years and there has been
concerted action and cooperation in
the past few months to reduce fire
losses.
DeWeese commended the stand
that has been taken by persons
responsible for the reduction and
issued an appeal 10 them to keep
Up tie GOOD work.
He urged better cooperation be-
tween business men and property
owners and the local fire marshais
I~ncehdiary fires caused a loss OF
S44.258 during the 0nths. Fires
from electricity we're second with
$4,000. vacant houses fires third
with s35 565 and fires from defective
stoves. furnaces. boilers and pipes,
fourth. with S32,5-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
DIVORCE

WASHINGTON June 28.- Be
cause his wife kept their seve
year-old son = while he took
tap dancing lessons. and because
he fell aisle In school r. larry
as a result, Charles Christian
Schmidt cent filed suit for d.
vo-ce AGAINST his wife. Lydia Mae.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
r CROSSES SEA

ILWACO. Wash June %
bottle cast into the sea three years
ago by a Russian coast guard cut
ter's crew land here recently. A
note inside. written In English. Jap
anese End Russian. was de ed tune
%. 1927. 1t Is estimated that the
bottle travelled more { m 10000
miles IN various CT hts to crC !
the Pacific from Siberia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
FIGURES TALK

He was looking for a rich wife,
and thought he had found what he
required.
I love you he said. more than
/ can tell In words"
Try figures she replied coldly.
-TL-BitS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
FORD OPERATES
HUGE CONVEYOR
New Equipment Carries
ESQ Red Hot Ingots
At One Time

me Ford Motor company, out
eta-dinp developer Of the conveyor
system TO- tn moving Of materials
With the maximum Of efficiency
minimum Of effort, has recently
mated in operation a giant con-
ve,o sufficient IN size to accom-
MEDIATE two hundred and fifty red
not ignots at ole time. To keep u
adequately supplied, special electric
craze eu lpmenr mas een designed
whci lifts four ingOts L a S4As4e
operation and places them ~ tAe
c5,.veyor. 50 far as Ford Engineers
xntW poth the conyeyor n the
ouadruDle lifting machinery are
rniule III steel plant practice.
IRE sDecia. Ford type Of tluted
s,eel inEot Il formed az the Rouge
PLAN. Dearborn Michigan, BY cast
sng the mOlter metal into cyllnGeI-
i've moulds. These moulds nave
crr,,tgatea interiors which taper
s,iyntly toward the bottom
metaI II vi into the mOulds a.
they stand upright on car ah9
then allowed tc remain undlstuIDeu
untIl the molten steel has cnangeG
from tn fluid state into soila
lr gots.
soaking Pits"
Following al operation which
la'.sens them III the mOulds, the
lnpots are ready TO be transferred
fr5m the mOulus TO the soahllls
nlIs whert they viii be brought
IN To a temperature sufficient "
allow them 10 be SNAPPED into oil
lets in the rolling mill.
Frior TO tbs installation ri Us
ne,c conveyOr and multiple Litlhs
machinery the practice was 70 !eO
the ingots stand in 2 mol-lS
uniil needed. Then a battery Of
cranes. working above them, re-
moved ole ing0t AT a time. hl
mo roe often resulted in CONFUSION
Of operation. loss OF time ana neat,
ai.d morcCye held up the mould
trair Fo-5 engineers always Watch-
ing for opportunities % reduce
costs 50 that the results can Pc
PASSED on to the motoring public
hszar studying this condition.
Irev decided that the cOnyeyor
system that had MADE possible the
mss production Of automoDLes
could also be utilized IN the nand-
ling Of ingots
Huge ConveyOr
So they designed. and then erect
ed. parallel III the mould train
track al endless conyeyor, five
hundred feet long and sixteen feet
nigh Located al either end OF the
nassive stec. frame which gives
body TO the entire structure, are
huge spr0cke wheels. Extending
across the tor OF the structure a
track connects with the driving
geai near the tops Of the two
wheels. while q similar track con-
meet. III the same manner near the
bottom or these wheels. Thus the
~corveyo- chain travels 4 somewhat
elllDtical course This chain, or
stce bel Is composed Of segments
sometime after the principle Of a
metal Hrist-Watch band. Every seq
merit Of which there a total Of two
hundred ano f~iftv-eight. supports
two pot-like receptacles each pot
Of s~ufficien siz, and deDth 70 hold
an 'ngo. in an upright position.
Tc provid for the quick and
economical supplying Of the con-
levol. Ford e~ngineers designed a
quartet Of g-asping tongs. These
lror hands are SUSPENDED from
the bottom az a ten-t0n electric
crane OF the overhead type.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Air Mali Schedules

The schedule FOR the mail
Brownsville and Dallas IS announced
ov ~ ~uostnffice department as fol-
lows
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

Joseph r. Powell. 81. has lived
on the same farm and IN the same
house in Walker county, Texas, for
IS years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
POSTAL RATES

d United States air mail postage
rate r. 5 cents fer the first ounce an1
10 cents for each additional ounce o.
fraction thereof letters mailed ln
the United States for the points 10
Mexico take thta rate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

that is handed TO you and choose
that part Of II which is to be dis
PLAYED in a headline that will at
tract the reader. And. moreover. to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

II love the copy desk" she told
me. ITS the closest thing TO a
gambling game I know. It requires
the gambling spirit to take a story
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
QUEEN RACE is
WARMING UP
Finley Queen is Now in
the Lead Girls to Go
to Spokane

The F'iney candidate for fair
queen took a big lead this week,
her total UP to noon today being
80, 275 votes, with her nearest
competitor, Jane Wooden, candi-
date from the golden wheat fields
of the far famed Horse Heaven,
whose count is 25,600.
Richards candidate, Stella MUIR
ray, also made fair showing this
week, her score being 1925. Ber-
nadine Durdle, town candidate, has
$4,000 markers in her column,
while Isabel Williams is tailender
with but 1900.
At a conference this week it
was decided to send the two girls
whose vote was the largest on the
night of the Both, as the valleys
representative at the Spokane In
terstate fair, regardless of wheth-
er or not they happened to be the
final winners. The Review ask
ing the candidates to have their
pictures taken and forwarded so
that they may be run as soon as
the race is decided.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
SCHOOL CENSUS
is BIGGEST YET
Teachers Selected and Re.
pair Work Ready for
September 2

The local school census is the
largest this year of any ever tax
en-, according to Superintendent
w. C. Hodge, who has returned to
make final arrangements for the
opening of the fall term, Seprem-
Der 2. Last year the total of the
census was GIT, while this year az
more are listed on the rolls, bring
ing the total to 1925.
To care for this additional en-
rolment the annex is being repair
ed and put into shape. New insu-
lated walls and a new ventilating
system, with its accompanying
painting, ETC., are being done and
the room will house the fifth grade,
according to present plans.
Crews are also at work patch
up the roof and floors of the high
school building and covering the
worst of the painting and kalso-
mining. The Washington school Is
also undergoing repairs OF various
sorts, and the buildings will be
ready for the opening sessions.
Mr.. Hodge reports but few
changes in the teaching corps for
the year, but three changes being
listed. Miss Glenna Kinkaid will
have the fifth grade, taking the
place of Mrs. Neander, who was
forced to stop teaching on account
of i'll health. Rosa Savidge will have
the commercial classes, taking the
place of Miss Gooch, who resigned.
Cora Goodrich will he the new mu-
sic teacher, taking Miss Rosalind
Brainard's place, she having de-
cided during the summer to add
another syllable to her title.
The school plant will be operat-
ed this year with 80 employees,
there being % teachers, secre-
tary, two janitors and eight bus
drivers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
TO VOTE UPON
BOND ISSUE
Highlands Contract Now
Ready for Owners
Ratification

The Highlands irrigation pro-
ject is now still another step near
err to completion. The board has
the contract with the government
signed, sealed and delivered, with
terms advantageous to the district
even tho changed from the original
draft.
This week the board is publish
ing elsewhere in this issue call
for an election ratifying the prop
osition. The election is TO be held
on the 18th of next month and all
landowners in the district are en-
titled to vote.
The propositions to be voted up
on include granting TO the district
the right to enter into a contract
with the government for the con-
struction of the project, the iss-
uance- of a series of refunding
bonds at one percent interest to re-
tire the outstanding issue which
carries six per cent interest, and
authority to cancel the outstanding
issue.
Polling places viii be at the
Highlands club house and the /.
o. o. F. hall in Kiona and the polls
will be open from nine to four.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
BILLY M'GAHEY
BADLY INJURED
Car Hits Phone Pole at
High Speed and is
Demolished

If young Billy McGahey can con-
tinue to show Improvement for the
next twelve hours, he will have a
fair chance for recovery, DR. L. g.
Spaulding said this afternoon. His
injuries consist of a punctured kid
ney, several broken ribs and other
bruises which make his condition
serious. Up to late this afternoon
he was still irrational, tho his
condition showed improvement
turnout the day.
Just how the accident happened
is still a mystery for he has not
been able to tell of it. Evidently he
was driving at high rate of speed
and the irregularity of the road
caused the car to run off and
hit line of fence posts and then
crash into a telephone pole. Billy
was found thirty feet from the
wreckage and had evidently
jumped from the car as he saw
the impending crash.
A tramp crossing the railroad
bridge at the time said he could
see the crash and that there were
no other cars in sight, and when
the doctors car hit it turned COM
pletely over twice. The car is a
total wreck and fortunately young
McGahey managed to get out, for
if he had remained it would have
meant sure death for the top was
crushed clear down from the inn
pact.
DR.. Spaulding and M. M. Moul-
ton had been to Portland and young
McGahey was bringing the car to
the station to get them. When he
didn't arrive phone message dis
closed that he had started. After
waiting call was put in again,
and DR.. Duncan and Mrs. Spauld-
ing went TO the station, found the
car on its side in the road, found
the young man lying in a field
some thirty feet away, totally un-
conscious. He was rushed to the
hospital at Pasco, where he is still
in serious condition.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
Bantam Golf Offers
Week of Fun

Beginning Saturday evening,
August %, and each night there
after until the first Of September.
The Bantam Golf course is offer
ing to its patrons prizes, refresh
ments and tournaments. A prize
will be given the man or woman
turning in the lowest score on Sat
urday and Sunday nights. Monday
there will be children's, tourna-
ment, with a qualifying round in
the afternoon. Refreshments will
be given to each. Tuesday and We'd
nesday there will be a ladies.
tournament, with qualifying round
in the afternoon. Refreshments
will be given to each. Tuesday
and Wednesday there win be q
ladies tournament and the mems
Thursday and Friday. A champ
ion match between the women's
champ and the mems champ win
be held Saturday evening. All are
invited to enter.
Another feature to be started is
the Hole in One Cub" All play
ers making a hole-in-one, when
fact is attested by other players.
the player automatically becomes
a member Of the Hole-in-One club
and is entitled 70 two free rounds
Of golf.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
Parade to Feature
Fair Opening

Plans for the fair are nearly
completed, according to the reports
made by the chairman of the
committees at the meeting Monday
evening. August 80 will be the
last fair dance and the local queen
viii be selected winner. The lucky
winner and her attendent go to
the Spokane fair.
All superintendent are asked to
meet at the fair grounds Sunday,
August "a, at 2:30 pm. SO boothes
may be allotted them. There will
be baseball game each afternoon,
and big parade led by the re-
Gently organized Kennewick band
on Friday afternoon, the first day
of the fair.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
MUST WAIT FOR
NATURAL GAS
Piping to be Delayed for
New Wells
Extension Given

Kennewick residents will not be
enabled to use the natural gas
from the local fields to warm
their homes this year. r. B. New
bern, president of the pipe line
company, who was here the first
of the week, appeared before the
city council Tuesday and was Civ
en- a years extension of his fran
chise. Pasco officials also granted
similar extension.
However, outside the temporary
delay, the situation in regard to
the natural gas business is decid-
eddy brighter than heretofore. Last
Friday the Northwestern company
brought in their nineth well. Pro-
duction in it has steadily been in
creasing until at the present some
thing over a million cubic feet pei
day is flowing.
Mr.. Newborn, in his talk to the
council explained that at the pres
emit stage of development, his
company had enough production
for the valley towns, including
Kennewick and Pasco, but not
enough to justify extending the
lines to Yakima and Walla Walla.
His problem, then, was to delay
operations on the piping until at
least one more well was in produc-
ton, when he would be justified
in using large enough line 70
Kennewick and Pasco so that ii
could be extended to Walla Walla,
S. A. McCune, an oil and gas
man of many years experience,
who has been associated with Mr..
Newbern in other enterprises and
was out here visiting, told the
council that the field was remark
able in several ways. He said that
he had every confidence in Mr..
Newbern's proposition and that in
his opinion the local field offered
one of the biggest possibilities
for development that he knew of.
He urged that Mr.. Newbern's re-
quest be granted in the interests
of better ultimate service for the
community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
a New Books Received
This Week

- q =
. sour new books were received
= tae library this week and placed
In e the pay shelf. These are the
1'est fiction by the most popu-
- writer's. The books received
, ~ Inc Thunder Cod" by Kyne;
:. .ne Seagull," by Norris; aCorson
@e J. CT by Milford; "King
: Aearsarge," by Friel, and were
sOnased by the Arts and Crafts
Mpafsment of the Woman's club.
~. asse energetic women keep the
=. icy snelf supplied with the best
- popular fiction and books of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-08-21
w. c. T. U. ELECTS

The w. C. T. u. met with Mrs.
Carrie Lampson on the Highlands
and held their monthly business
meeting and annual election of
officers Tuesday, August 10th.
Officers elected for the coming
year were. president, Mrs. H. II.
Cummings; vice president, Mrs. w.
A. Linn; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. William Mills; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. ]. w. Tippie; treasur-
er, Mrs. Herman Campbell.
After the business session a de-
lightful lunch was served and Mr..
Lampson brought out a freezer OF
ice cream as a treat for the ladies.
A most enjoyable time was had
by all present.