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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-03

OF Man River played well-well
with levees up and down the Rio
during the last few days. causing
hundr/s OF workers TO get their
feet wet and their clothes muddy,
working on levees on the Mexican
rfra
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
COUNCIL SUES
FOR TAXES
Times staff Photo

FALLS CHURCH. Va, Feb. II.
w. T. Wescott, chairman of the
financial committee. announced at
the last meeting Of the Falls
Church town council that legal
steps are being taken to enforce
the collection Of delinquent taxes.
Several suits are being filed in
the county circuit court. Costs
of these suits will be added to the
tax bill. ....
The committee on town water
supply was authorized to draft
a bill for introduction in the
present session Of Congress per-
hitting Arlington county to ex-
tend its water supply system into
Fairfax county.
A delegation appeared to petit
ton for action on the water sup
ply problem, stating that while
they had advanced money for the
proposed extension some time ago
no construction work had been
started.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
All CLUB GIRLS
PLAN CAMP

FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 14.-Final
plans for the annual Fairfax
County All Girls Club camp at
Camp Kehlert, Md. were made at
the meeting Of the county wom-
ans advisory council held at the
home of Mrs. E. D. VoSbury, Of
Mortified. It was also arranged
to hold a camp for farm women
interested in home demonstration
work.
The girls camp will be held June
9 to II. The use of the school
buses for transporting the girls
will be requested of the school and
the council will agree to pay
drivers wages and gasoline. The
adults camp will be held the week
beginning June Is. The cost will
be $1.25 a day, and it is planned
to give the campers a real rest and
vacation in addition to providing
interesting instruction in home
making.
Miss Maude Wallace, chief State
agent in charge of home demon
stration work in Virginia, attended
the meeting and praised the work
being done by the farm women of
Fairfax county under the leader
ship of the local agent, Miss Aara
Thomas.
The council elected Mrs. j. U.
Kincheloe, Of Fairfax, president;
Mrs. Charles Babcock, of Vienna,
vice president; Mrs. j. B. Davis, of
Burke, treasurer, and Mrs. D. j.
CARRIER, of Accotink, secretary.
Mrs. Edith Rogers, Of Floris: Mrs.
Harmon Rogers, Of Accotink; Mrs.
Mark Turner, Of ForeStville; Mrs.
George r. Bready, Of Herndon,
and Mrs. Martin r. Webb, of An
Mandate, were appointed commit
tee to raise the money for trans
portation to camp and other Incl
dental expenses.
The council voted to present a
purse to the student at the State
agricultural college who is being
assisted through college by the
Home Makers Association.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
POST ON CRIME
BOARD ASKED
BY FRIENDS

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 14.-Dr.
William Mosely Brown, defeated
coalition candidate in the No
vember gpbernatorial worker for
become Q research worker for
President Hoover's law enforce
ment commission, according TO
advices from Washington.
Asked about the appointment
here, DR.. Brown said he had not
been advised Of it.
Henry w. Anderson. a member
Of the commission, was out Of
Richmond and could not be
reached.
In Washington it was said DR..
Browns appointment win be a
temporary one, but that Repub-
HcanS are still trying to find "a
permanent place for him.
One suggestion was that he
might be placed In the Bureau
Of Education.
DR.. Brown is still living at Leg
ington and has no immediate
plans for the future. He was
professor Of psychology at Wash
ington and Lee University, Lex
ington, reSigning when he was
nominated by the anti-Smith and
Republican coalition forces.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
DIR. Patterson to Talk
On His Trip to Europe

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Feb. II.
DR.. H. J. Patterson, who conducts
the agricultural experiment sta
ton at the University of Mary
land. will deliver a lecture on MY
Trip to Europe" in the 'uniVer-
Sity auditorium Feb. 81. The lee
ture will start at 1880 and is ex-
pected to be about an hour long.
DR.. Patterson is one Of the
members of the United States
Commission to study European
experiment stations. Music will
be rendered by the Little Sym
phony Orchestra and the Grange
Quartet. The evening is being
sponsored by the Student Grange.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
DOG TAX SALES
SHOW DROP

! FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. Ire
ceiptS from the annual sale Of dog
tags show a marked falling off
from previous years. according to
the report Just issued by the coun-
ty treasurer's office. Although
February / was the last day for
issuance of these tags without
penalty for delinquency, receipts
up to that date were only $4,000,
compared with a tax collected last
year Of $5.527.
The cost of administering this
tax last year was $1l3 for tags
and books; $190.5O for killing
stray dogs $1,145.95 for bounties
paid for hawks and owls: $161.57
for rabies examinations, and
$791.35 paid out for claims for
stock and poultry killed or in
jured by dogs.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
MD. j. LIBRARY
UNDER WAY

COLLEGE PARK, Nd, Feb. IA.
University Of -Earyland library
building has been completed and
the structure has begun to rear
itself in campus vista.
The new building will be
modern and complete in every
detail and will cost over 5000, 900.
The appropriation was made by
the 1927 Legislature and became
available in 1928. The architects
of the building are Smith and
May. Of Baltimore. The Price
Construction Company, also Of
Baltimore, are the contractors.
The general style and period
design of the building will be
similar to the other university
buildings.
The appropriation of 5000, 900
provided by the legislature, how
ever, does not inclu1e the cost
Of equipment Jut covers the con-
5truction cost alone. When the
building is completed in the fall
a large number of new books
will be added to the $4,000 that
the library already possesses. The
collection, which is very diver
sified and includes works of
fiction as well as the standard
reference books. is housed in a
small structure adjacent to
Morrill, Hall.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
ADVENT NURSES
|. AID HEALTH IN :.
|. F.. SCHOOLS

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Feb. IA.
A remarkable improvement in the
general health Of the more than
800 children attending elementary
schools of the General Confer.
ence Of seventh-Day Adventists
during the past three years has
been reported by Miss Esther
Louise Bergman. field super
visor Of health work among the
school children.
The schools embraced In this
conference are at Takoma Park,
Vienna, Va, Arlington, Va,
Capitol Heights, Md, Capitol
Memorial School, Fifth and r
Streets, Washington, and schools
for colored children at Union
Academy, Eighth Street near H
Northeast, Washington, and
Spencerville, Md.
Gain Of 80 Per Cent
During the three-year period in
which regular examinations and
corrective work have been car
ried on, Miss Bergman said, the
health Of the children has Inn
proved 50 per cent. When the
work was started, she pointed
out, only % per cent Of the chill.
dren could be claSsed as normal.
Now IS per cent are accounted
normal.
The majority Of the Subnormal
children, Miss Bergman said, are
found in the first grade, which
proves the need for pre-School
physical examinations and cor
receive work. After the firSG
grade, the normal curve is at
high level.
A novel feature Of the work is
that it is carried on by nurses in
the senior class of the Wash
ington Sanitarium Trainin g
School. Two seniors accompany
Miss Bergman to the various
schools for two-week periods.
Results Are Prompt
The children are examined for
defects Of the eyes, ears, nose,
throat, teeth. feet, skin, posture
and faulty eating habits. When
the nurses are unable to correct
defect, a physician from the
w a S h ing ton Sanitarium is
called in.
The nurses, according to Miss
Bergman, are enthusiastic over
the work because the results are
so soon apparent. They are re-
luctant to leave the school work
when their two-weeks period
practically ends, she said.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
MD. j, BUILDING
COST $4,000

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Feb. IL.
The Maryland State legislature of
1929 votest an appropriation of
one million dollars for the pur.
pose of constructing buildings for
the use of the University of
Maryland. OF this sum, $645, 900
will be spent in College Park.
A list Of buildings whose need
is felt at the institution has been
prepared and their construction
cost estimated. They are as fol
lows, together with the cost of
building and the cost Of land:
Horticultural building, $50, 900;
central power plant, 5000, 900;
Gormitor for women, $125, 600:
engineering building addition,
100000: land, $4,000.
The buildings will go up as
soon as plans for them can be
completed,
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
OWN, COALITION CANDIDATE in VA SLATED FOR U. S. JOB
F|REMEN' s BAND
PLANS SHOW IN
HYATTSV|LLE

EVANSVILLE, Md, Feb. IA
The second regular meeting Of
the Volunteer Firemen's Band. of
EVANSVILLE, was held last night
with an enthusiastic crowd in at
tendance. ..a.
A clause in the constitution
which neceSsitated the passing Of
o weeks time before o proposed
member could be voted In, was
waived and the following mem
bers indicted by unanimous vote:
J. z. Moffat, Ernest Lenznal. ].
r. Norton. Daniel Sparks and
william Robinson.
Frank PortiIlo, Of the Washing
ton Odd Fellows, spoke TO the
meeting about the revue and
stunt show the fraternal order
frequently presents with great
success. He suggested that II the
band would furnish the hall, the
Odd Fellows would furnish the
show, and together the two or
CARNATIONS might give an eve
ning'S entertainment to the finan-
cial benefit Of both.
Acting President Edwin B. Bolte
appointed o committee to look
into the proposition and to make
o complete report at the next
regular meeting. The committee
is composed Of c. o. Proctor, C..
z. Trott and Beall Farnen.
c. Z. Trott presented the band
with q set Of stationery with the
name Of the organization in
Scribed on it.
After the executive session had
been adjourned, Acting Chairman
Bolte, musical director, assigned
the various instruments.
They are grouped as follows:
Clarinet, Gilbert Reed, Frank
Elmo, James 8. Smith, r. Moffat,
l.. Anderson, Dan Waterman.
Lester Richardson and F. Robin
son: comets. N. Arson and w.
cole: trombone, T. Smith, George
Wilcoxsen. Ernest Laszlen and w.
Hodges: trumpet, Edward Bellere,
Ernest Davis and Beall Farnen;
euphOnium, c. Proctor; tuba, Nor
man j. Sarton; French horn, P.
H. Brock: saxophone, c. E. Trott
and A. w. G. Fowler; drums, N.
Morton and D. GettingS.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Fairfax Service Officers
Promoted to Salisbury

FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. AN. j.
Mcconnell, manager for three
years of the northern division of
the Virginia Public Service Com
pany has been transferred and
promoted to be executive vice
president and general manager
Of the Eastern Shore Public Ser
vice Company with headquarters
at Salisbury, Md.
The promotion is the result of
his fine work in building up the
electric light service in this Sec
ton until it is acknowledged as
one Of the best managed sections
Of the Virginia Service Company.
He will be succeeded here by J.
A. Ward, Of the Ohio Electric
Power Company, Of Sidney, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Rites at Alexandria
For Father McKeefry

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. A.
Funeral services for the Rev,
Father William H. McKeefry. rec
tor of st. Mary's Catholic Church,
were held at the church today.
The Rt. Rev. Andrew Bren'
nan, bishop Of Richmond do
cese, presided. The Rev. Bernard
McKenna, of LeeSburg, was master
of ceremonies.
The active pallbearers, repre-
senting the societies of the
church, were Herbert Cady. Julian
Downey, Thomas e. Dyson, M
r. O'Sullivan, F. T. Quinn, James
Callan, George Manager and
Peter Schoeni.
Interment was in the family
plot in a Richmond cemetery.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Leesburg Parish Gets
$500 in FIR. Hare's Will

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. IA
LeeSburg Parish, consisting of st.
Johns Church and the missions
Of Purcellville and Herndon, has
received through the instru-
mentality Of their pastor, the
Rev. Bernard j. McKenna, a
donation Of $500.
This gift was made by the late
Father Martin j. Hare, pastor of
st. Peters Church, Richmond, TO
whatever parish Father McKenna
should be appointed. Father
Hare died last week. He was a
friend of the missions, using his
personal fortune as well as col.
Letting large sums from his con
gregation Of st. Peters Church,
Richmond, for the aid of, newly
established and needy parishes.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
District Fire Heads
Guests at Banquet

BETHESDA, Md, Feb. IA
Members of the Montgomery
county fire board will be enter
tanned at a dinner by the Beth
esda fire department at the
Women'S Club here Tuesday,
February Is.
Invited guests other than the
members of the board will in.
clude Chief Watson and Captain
Lehman, of the District Of Co
lumbia fire department; Ira Lee
Laws, DR.. Benjamin c. Perry,
president of the county board Of
commissioners, and others inter
eSted in the work Of fire fight
ing. Dudley Browne, chief Of
the local department, will act as
POSTMASTER.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
MasOns of HerndOn
Hold Annual Dinner

HERNDON. Va. Feb. 14.-The
first annual banquet held by
Herndon Lodge A. F. & A. NJ.
since the destruction Of the lodge
hall some ten years ago was
held in the high school audi
forum. Representative M. A.
Romjue Of Missouri was the chief
speaker. The guests of honor
were Past Master z. E. Gillette,
e. A. Hanes, G. B. Robey, G. 4.
Emeigh. Arthur Robb, j. <. Will
lis, Harry KeySer and L. A. Jones.
The program included a banjo
solo by GraySon Hanes and vocal
selections by j. r. Emeign, Mrs
Floyd Thompson, William Cock
rill, Mrs. F. Robinson, Mrs. H. A.
HaneS and George B. Robev.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
CROWS
IN CLARENDON

CLARENDON, Va, Feb. IA
The need for larger quarters for
the Arlington district public
library will be the principal bust
ness to come before the special
meeting Of the executive commit
tee to be held in the library room
Monday night, according to Miss
N. J. Chase, librarian.
The library opened six years
ago in a small room in the Clar-
endon Citizens Hall with a total
Of 200 volumes donated by the
citizens Of the community. On
the opening day it is said there
were but Is books distributed.
The library has grown until to-
day there are more than 5000
volumes stored on shelves, leaving
little room for the children to
come for books on Tuesdays and
Fridays, the days on which the
library Is opened. The records
show that there are distributed
on these two days more than $50
books each day.
Since the library opened it was
forced to close its doors for an
entire year due to lack of funds,
it is said.
The library today is supported
from contributions from the sew
eral organizations in the COM
munity but a further appeal will
be made at the meeting Monday
night.
More room must be provided,
Miss Chase said. to place books
now in the hl1ildin1
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
TakOma Community
Center Holds Dance

TAKOMA PARK, Nd, Feb. IA.
A dance for the benefit of the
Takoma Community Center will
be held tonight in the auditorium
Of the Takoma Park, D. c.,
school. Music will be furnished
by local musicians.
On March the childrens
rhythmic dancing class, under
Miss Evelyn Davis, viii give a
demonstration in the auditorium.
This class is one of the features
Of the community center which is
being developed here by com.
mittee Of which Mrs. Roy C.
Hardin is chairman,
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
CURBONFOREST
FIRES URGED

GAITHERSBURG, Md, Feb. IA.
Preparatory to inaugurating a
special drive in Montgomery
county against forest fires, State
Deputy Forest Warden Walter
Quick. jr,, addressed the quarterly
meeting Of the County Volunteer
Fireman s Association here last
night on forest fires and their
prevention.
Quick stressed the importance
Of educating the public in the
ways Of prevention.
The election of officers resulted
in the reelection of Frank
SeverinS, of GaitherSburg, as
president, and S. P. Thomas, Of
Sandy Spring. as secretary treas
urer,
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
BEERS Will SPEAK
CHERRYDALE. va, Feb. IL

CHERRYDALE, Va, Feb. IA
Representative Edward M. Beers,
Of Pennsylvania, is announced
as the principal s. ker at the
monthly meeting Of the East
Potomac Federation Of the Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union to be
held in the Cherrydale Baptist
church Tuesday night, February
IS, at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
PARADES IN ALEXANDRIA

CLARENDON. Va, Feb. IA
According to an announcement
made today by G. Frank Allwine,
chief Of the Jefferson District
Fire Department, his department
has accepted an invitation to take
part in the parade in Alexandria
Saturday, February 20. AIlwine
says that the new American La.
France will be entered in the
parade.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
MUSICALE TONIGHT

A "Serrata Musicale" at which
only compositions by Italian
composers will be played, viii be
held tonight in Mcmahon Hall,
Catholic University, by Il Circolo
Italiano, a university organiza-
ton.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
COLD

AS soon as you realize you've taken cod-take some
tablets of Bayer Aspirin. Almost before your head
can stuffup, you feel your cold is conquered Those
aches and pains you felt coming on will soon subsde
Relief is almost instantaneous Even if your cold
has gained Roadway, and your temples throb and vour
very bones ache, these tablets will bring prompt relief
It better of course to take Bayer Aspirin at the verv
spare you much discomfort. Get the genuine. with
proven directions for colds and headaches: neurslca
ner tits, sore throat and many important nsea.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
Memory Expert Is
Guest Of Kiwanis

Jay Keller OF the American ms
titute of Visual Education, N. Y,
entertained members Of the Kiwanis
club with a demonstration OF
powers OF retention az Thursdays
luncheon. calling each member of
the club by name after having been
informed once ms 70 the identity or
members.
He spoke or the great amount or
mind power going TO waste among
American citizens and named out
standing examples OF men Of pre-
eminent success. attributed 70 their
use Of brain power.
Other guests Of the club were l..
Mitchell Of the Union Metal Manu-
featuring company Of Dallas; A. G..
Pritchett Of TT. Worth, and L. X.
Schmidt OF the General Electric
Supply company OF Houston. Nit
chell " In Brownsville In connec-
ton with the proposed Kiwanis plan
for Y Brownsville white way" and
IN 10 make a urvey on the lighting
system for a period OF five years.
Five new members received their
Kiwanis emblems. w. Il. Dodson pre-
senting them. Otto Manske report
ed on the highlights Of the talk
made by o. Sam Cummings at the
recent Valley-wide Kiwanis meeting
in Harrington.
The club is 70 hold a smoker Mon
day night at tho Elks club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20

ito attend the carnival.
Banners decorated the automo-
biles, giving information and sta
tistics about Raymondville and the
onion growing district.
The cavalcade left Raymondville.
county seat Of Willacy county. at
TAO a. m. and the itinerary includ-
ed Lyford, Sebastian. Combes. Har-
lingen, San Benito. and Brownsville.
Leaving Brownsville at 1890. the
party continued back up the Valley.
passing through La Feria and lunch
ing at Mercedes. From there it
drove to Weslaco. Donna, Alamo.
San Juan. Pharr, McAllen. Mission
and Edinburg.
The return trip in the afternoon,
starting at 3 p. m. went through
Elsa, Edcouch, and Hargill, arriving
at Raymondville at ITO.
The festival. beginning Friday,
March q, will include a rodeo, a
carnival, baseball games. street
dances. tennis tournaments. and
other forms OF entertainment.
The browning OF Queen Noino is
scheduled for 2 .. n. Friday.
This Is the second annual onion
festival that Raymondville has
sponsored.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
Brownsville Quota
Creeps Toward Goal

Brownsville has raised $i0,850.50
of its quota Of SI2. 800 in the Boy
Scout campaign Ed Mockbee. 10
cal scout executive, said Thursday.
The campaign 10 raise $4,000 in
the Valley will terminate Friday,
he continued. approximately S40,-
900 has been obtained to date.
If the balance of Brownsville's
$4,000 is not raised by tomorrow.
the city will be delinquent. but will
continue the campaign until the
total amount is raised.
The money will be spent TO pay
outstanding debts on the Valley
scouts summer camp and to make
improvements on it. in addition to
paying scout leaders salaries for the
next three years. The sum will
take care of the Boy Scout move
ment in the lower Valley for three
years, it is said.
Efforts will be made to increase
the number OF scout troops and per-
sonnet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
LOGAN ASKING
MORE MONEY
RanRerville Road Half
Financed, San Benito
Man Declares
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO. March 20.-n the
Harrington precinct accepts the order
presented at the commissioners
court earlier this week, as a counter
proposal 10 the Harlingen project,
the Rangerville road still will be
only half financed.
The terms Of the resolution, as eX-
planned here by Judge A. v. Logan.
commissioner OF the San Benito
precinct. are that he will simply
turn over the contract already en-
tered into with Dodds e. Wedegart-
ner for about 5000 worth Of paw
Ing on the road. IL Harrington desires
to put w money at n 70 pay for
the work.
Then the San Benito precinct will
pay the Harrington precinct back out
Of the proceeds OF the sale OF the
sixth million in bonds. and not out
Of the fifth million.
This is the same proposition /
have made from the beginning"
Judge Logan said. IF they want 10
do this paving now. and pay for II.
I will pay them back to the extent
I agreed to spend in the beginning
Where the funds for paving Of the
remainder OF the road will be OBJ
tanned. for which about SIS 900 more
is needed. still remains the moot
question in the road.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-20
YOUTH JAILED
AS WRITER OF
THREAT NOTES
Matamoros Prisoner
Questioned About
Hoover Letter

said to have been deportcd from
the United States on a charge Of
illegal entry. Nicolas Alcorta. who 1t
was recently alleged wrote letters
threatening President Hoover and
President Rubio. was being held in
Matamoros today pending further
instructions from Mexico City.
Apparently a member Of q high
class Mexican family. Alcorta. a
debonair youth OF %, arrived In
Brownsville this morning from St.
Louis. Nc.
1t is alleged that Alcorta wrote "a
series OF threatening letters to Pres
ident Herbert Hoover and 10 the
then President-elect of Mexico Inge
Micro Pascual Ortiz Rubio. The let
tiers bearing a poStmark Of st.
Louis. Mo. are said to have been
traced by the American postal
authorities, resulting in the arrest Of
Alcorta.
He was crossed into Mexico from
Brownsville at nine thirty this
morning and was Immediately de-
tanned by the Mexican authorities.
when he was asked for a passport
by one OF the immigration men
and could not provide the required
credential
He was taken before Manuel C..
Guerra. Matamoros immigration
chief who questioned him. Guerra,
Immediately wired to authorities in
Mexico City for instructions.
Alcorta is being held EEK comun-
ico". When immigration Chief
Guerra was asked by a Herald re-
porter for a chance to interview
Alcorta. he was refused.
Il will let you interview him as
soon as I receive orders from my
superior In Mexico City. Right now
he Is being held by the Federal
Government and not BY the local
immigration authorities. Guerra
stated.