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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
CLUB SPONSORS
DANCE

The Latin American Club were
sponsors for a dance on Sunday.
the purpose Of which was to raise
money TO form nucleus of an edu-
cational loan fund to be used
locally.
A splendid attendance at this
delightful affair gave proof OF the
interest in both the club and its
undertaking. The committee IN
charge Of arrangements plan a
series Of similar dances.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
MOTHERS now
Learn Value
OF MACNESIA

Because 1t Is so
helpful in keeping
babies and children
healthy and happy.
every mother should
know about Phillips
Milk Of Magnesia.
This harmless, al
most tasteless prep
Grafton is most eff
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
Baptist Women Have
Mission Study

Members Of the Baptist woman's
missionary society met Monday
afternoon at the church for a mis-
sion study program. The lesson was
directed by Mrs. 0. L. Smith.
A fair attendance was present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29

To instruct Its younger empIoye
In the details OF shipping NY vel
geography. a Chicago department
store has installed a minlatur
railroad representing a large are
on itg roof.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
INFORMAL SUMMER
SOCIAL

The Woman's Club rooms were
opened Thursday afternoon for enc
OF the informal summer meetings
with Mesdames Eldoia Monroe and
Q. Soils as hoStesses.
The members enjoyed a dlight-
ful social hour during which time
plans for the coming club year
were discussed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
Auxiliary and Guests
Enjoy Social Meeting

Breaking the monotony Of the usual summer routine Of meetings.
members OF the Presbyterian womans auxiliary held a delightful So
cial gathering Monday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. z. j. Wells in
Fl JArdin. Assistant hostesses for the occasion we're Mrs. Charles Bige-
low, Mrs. L. .. Moss, and Mrs w. II. Huffman. A large number OF
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
CHANGED SLOGAN

CHANGED SLOGAN
so you've taken on old Nor
timer for better or worse, Nary"
NO, Berthe: I've married him
for more or less-that's what a
girl does nowadays."-Tit-Bit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
MOTE !
Il SlDEIlGHlS \

0AAAAOL
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran
Will be co-starred in Metro-G Gold
wyn-Mayeris ~all-talking comedy.
Caught Short" which will open
tomorrow at the Capitol theater
with a supporting cast including
Anita Page. Charles Morton, Her
bert Prior. T. Roy Barnes, Edward
Dillon, Alice Moe, Gwen Lee. Lee
Kohlmar and Greta Granstedt.
The picture was inspired by Ed
die aCntor's book, Caught Short"
Willard Mack being responsible for
dialogue and continuity anG Charles
+. Reisner for the direction.
The comedy team will be seen as
washington Square New York
City, boarding house-keepers who
achieve a rapid rise from poverty
to wealth as a result Of dabbling in
the stock market. only TO lose all
when the Wall Street crash occurs.
A romance between Miss Page and
Morton has an important share In
the plot.
The situations Of this comedy are
said to be uproariously funny, par
ticularly in the early sequences Of
the picture in which Miss Dressler
and Miss Moran are seen in their
boarding house activities and again
later when with the sudden acquisi-
ton of wealth they attempt to play
the grand ladies"
According to Riesner. while on
the whole, "Caugh Short" Is built
on comic happenings. the picture
is not devoid Of pathetic moments
in which Miss Dressler is said to
repeat her brilliant performance Of
Anna Christie" and Miss Moran
also shows what she can do in a
straight character role. The com
edy gives the pair an opportunity
for enacting another OF their we'll
known drunken scenes. the occa-
sion being consolation for their
losses in the stock market.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
QUEEN


II is the undeniable fact that
Winnie Lightner. the famous COM
edienne Of vaudeville and musical
comedy Is chock full Of the most
engaging variety Of personality,
and II Is equally sure that in she
Couldn't Say No." the Warner
Bros. and Vitaphone production
which is now playing at the Queen
Theatre, she gets IL Owe to the au-
dience in a most remarkable fash
ion. This is the Queens Talking
Picture Debut.
Has Dramatic Role
Miss Lightner is delightful, and
in her characterization Of a cabaret
entertainer who lavishes her affec-
ton on a man only TO see him
turn to someone else, she plays
them well. Which Is surprising
when one considers that in the
past she has been considered a COM
edienne first, last and always.
The entire story is told against a
background OF night clubs and the
aires, and in these garish surround
ings there Is unfolded a dramatic
tale which Is unusually effective IN
its emotional appeal. The atmos-
phere Is wonderfully maintained,
and there Is a sincerity on the part
Of the players which serves to raise
this production to a high point
among the film releases Of the
year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
BULLETIN

First figures. lowest temperature
last night; second. highest yester-
day; third, wind velocity at 8 a. m:
fourth. precipitation in last "a
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
Los Fresnos
GUEST DAY IS
ANNUAL AFFAIR

kAAsA NCAL ~ ain
The members OF the Home Dem
~onstration club held their annual
guest day Thursday at the home
Of Mrs. s. Z. Barr. Twenty two
members were present. The meet
ing was called 70 order by the
president. and q short business
session was held at which time the
members voted to enter q booth at
the Valley Md Winter Fair to be
held In Harrington.
Mrs. II. H. Whipple was In
charge OF the program.
Refreshments were served BIZ
the members Of the club. Guests
were Mesdames A. z. Oliver
Haltom. Middleton OF San Benito.
Miss Aene Goats. Mrs. j. Patter-
son. Mrs. A. A. Laughlin, and Mrs.
Hockson-
The next meeting will be at the
home Of Mrs. Barr with Mrs. G.
Kyle es hostess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-29
BRIDGE CLUB
HOSTS

Mr.. and Mrs. O. L. ChatteIIe
were hosts on Tuesday e-ening to
the members OF the Los Amigos
Bridge club. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Gobar and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Potts. Guest prizes
went to Mr.. and Mrs. Gobar ana
club prize to Mrs. S. E. and @. 2
Waller. The hostess served a salad
course sc the close of the games.
MRS BARR
ENTERTAINS
The members Of the Sr,as+;-.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18

not infrequently this period occurs in December It did last year and again this year. After such an oc- casion, of course, there are few particularly heavy mails.
 The Norco Friday night brought considerable quantity of first class mail The Yukon Saturday brought 537 sacks. These heavy incoming mails had to be hand led about the same time as the heavy outgoing mails. The Prin- cess Norah Monday night took out ten pouches and 232 sacks, and the Queen yesterday carried south four pouches and 150 sacks.
 Heavy Christmas mails are ex- pected on the Admiral Farragut, due Saturday night or Sunday, and on the Alameda next Tuesday,"
 Stamp sales indicate a Christi mas business of about the same volume as last year. Money orders show an increase"
 The entire force at the post
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Dec. 18.-Closing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 6A, Pacific Gas and Electric 45, Pennsylvania Railroad 56%, American Can 1115s General Electric 45A, Anaconda Copper 26, Westinghouse Electric and Mechanical 94%, Bethlehem Steel 5314, Fox Films 28A, General Motors 34, Granby Consolidated 141s, International Harvester 50A Kennecott Copper 213s, Montgom- ery-Ward 1872, National Acme 69s Packard Motors 91s, Simmons Beds Is, Standard Brands 1615, Stand ara Oil of California 457s, Stand ard Oil of New Jersey 461h, United Aircraft 221s, U. s. Steel 139A Curtiss- Wright 29s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
Folding Bed
 Kills Man, Holds Wife Prisoner

PEORIA, H., Dec. 18.-Thom- as K. Metzel, aged 78, was killed when he started to arise to get a drink of water, and a folding bed fell on him and fractured his skull. His wife was pinned in the bed for 15 hours before she could free herself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
Canadian 1929 Gold
 Output Sets Record

OTTAWA, Dec. 18.-Canada min ed more gold in 1929 than in any other year and was third among the nations in production, the De- minion Bureau of Statistics reveal ed at $39 ,851 ,663. Only South Afri- ca and the United States surpassed the figure.
 Ontario led in production. fol- lowed by British Columbia.
 Mrs. Lillian White is at St. Ann's Hospital. She is only slightly in disposed and expects to return home in a few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18

tC N4iASAl lO AlaNi OCCll CI lpcJ week.
 Suggests New Road
 A communication was received from Lockie MacKinnon suggest ing the Chamber seek a new road to open up agricultural land in upper Eagle River Valley, adjacent to the spur leading from Glacier Highway to Eagle River Landing. The matter is being investigated.
 A contribution of $10 was made by the Chamber to the Radio Fund for St. Ann Hospital.
 Thirty-two requests for infor- nation were received and answered by Secretary Walmsley during the past week, he reported.
 Ketchikan hopes to obtain the 1892 convention of the Western Division of the United States Chamber of Commerce, it was said in communication received by the local Chamber today. It's invi- tation was extended to the con- vention recently at Portland, and final decision will oe made at the 1881 meeting of the Western Divl- sion.
 Central Chamber Discussion
 The annual meeting of the Ter ritorial Chamber of Commerce or ganized two years ago, but which has been unable to function eX- tensively owing to failure of ma jority of member bodies to con- plete their ratification, will be held here during the 1881 session of the Alaska Legislature, M. s. Whit tier, Territorial Secretary reported
 Any recommendation the local Chamber has to offer for complet- ing the organization, or recreating the central body, should be con- sidered before that time, he added
 John w. Jones, new manager of Juneau-Y Young Hardware Company, was a guest of the Chamber today briefly acknowledging his introduc- tion. Our interests are the inter- ests of the whole town. What is to the advantage of the community is also to our benefit, and we will de- vote as much time as is possible to promoting the welfare of the town" ," he declared
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
2.500.000 Feet Lumber Sold to
 Furniture Firm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dee. 18.- What is said to be the largest order for lumber ever placed by any furniture company in the United States is announced by the Show CTS Brothers Company of this city when it bought 2,500,00O feet of southern gum. John Sutphin, purchasing agent for the company, confirmed the purchase and said it was Showers Brothers faith in business coming back shortly which prompted them to make the buy at this time
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18

office worked until midnight Sat- urday night, all of Sunday and most of Monday night in dispatch ing and distributing mail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18

There are 43 department stores in Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
UNIV. OFFICIAL
 ENDS HIS LIFE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 18.- Warren B. Bovard, Vice-President of the Southern California Uni- versity is reported by the police and coroner to have taken his life by shooting at his home.
 A portion of a note Bovard left said:
 T am going to meet Doheny's son."
 Investigators assumed Bovard referred to Edward I. Doheny, jr, building magnate, who was shot and killed by his secretary, who then committed suicide, more than a year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
MAIL AS HEAVY
 THIS CHRISTMAS AS II WAS LAST.
Long Interval B e tw e e n Boat Service Usually
 Occurs Tn December

Intervals between steamship mails this year are no longer than they were last year, but like the length of married life when compared with the length of single life, they just seem longer, declared Mrs. J. c. Spickett, postmaster.
 Usually" she explained, the change of boat scheduled from summer to winter service. cause an interval of a week or ten days when mail transportation lapses 1ither one way or the other, and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
CAvEL CLUB OF EX-PRESIDENTS
 IS APPOINTED
Dr. Council Announces List of Standing Commit
 tees for Chamber
Continued from Page One)

to which it had been referred lest week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
Daily CrOss-,p0rd uzzle

Solution of Yesterdays Puzzle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
GOVERNMENT OF MACDONALD HAS
 TIGHT SQUEEZE.
Survives by Six Votes Which Places 1t in
 Critical Position

LONDON, Dec. 18-By six votes the smallest ever recorded, Premier MacDonald's Ministry survived q division in the House Of Commons but left it almost in as critical position as if defeated
 The vote came cn an amendment inserted by the House of Lords in an expiring laws continuance, a bill proposing prolongation of the Dye Stuffs Act for another year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
FOREIGN LEGION !
 PATROLS SP AIN

MADRID, Spain, Dec 18-Spain'5 n'5 Foreign Legion patrolled northern cities today where strikes continued1 It is not known how long martial law will continue although the Government insists danger is over in Spain.
 Business continues bad but the authorities are confident the worst is over.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-12-18
Boulder Dam Contrdct Set at S1O9, 9,0O0,000

. WASH I N c T ON, D. C., . Dec. 18-Bounder Dam will . be 727 feet high, it has been c disclosed here. The contract c will be approximately S109,- . 0G0,0O0, the largest single Q contract ever awarded by the o Government.
 9 The Owyhee Dam, now 6 building in Oregon, is 405 e feet high.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS


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P A
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Dr. S p Brooks Waco Texas Willis Abbot Boston e. Nicholson
H. B. Sewers Wesve General Scott Mcbride D.
C.
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P.
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ans Fifteenth District Fillmore cond Long Beach Cal Sixteenth District
Atlanta Rev. James K Shields Newark NJ j.
M Chafant, Philadelphia
DR. Mcbride Washington, White, Columbus.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01

w shin ton representing prohibition
states and prohibition congressional dis
tricts. SiXty-eight per cent Of the popu-
lation of the nation lived in territory
from which the liquor traffic had already
been banished by law. The United States
Senate by vote of 65 to 20, and the Ma
tional House of Representatives, by
vote of 292 to 1913, submitted the prohibi-
ton amendment to the several states"
AS to the ratification of the amend
ment, DR.. Cherrington says:
THE original Constitution, when it went
to the several states for ratification or
rejection, was ratified by an aggregate
majority of about two to one Taking the
record of all the state Legislatures COM
posed of an aggregate of 6,349 Represen-
tatives and Senators, the Eighteenth
Amendment was ratified by majority of
more than four to one.
Each Of the nineteen amendments was
submitted to the states in exactly the
same way
''The Bill of Rights, constituting the
first ten amendments, was ratified by the
bare three-fourths majority required. If
a single state of those which voted for
ratification had failed to ratify, the first
ten amendments would not be in the
Constitution today.
1.-THE Eleventh Amendment received the
bare three-fourths needed; the Twelfth
Amendment was ratified by thirteen out
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01

That point will not here be argued. We
shall here deal only with the gross ana
material concepts.
THE total realized income of the ma
ton, as found by the Presidents Commit
tee, stood at not quite siXty-siX billion
dollars for 1919. 1t dropped to low
point of siXty-three billion dollars in
1921. Since then it has been mounting
and for 1928 is put at eighty-nine billion
dollars.
Every figure of wealth that we know
has steadily climbed. The index value of
sales in department stores has gone from
81 in 1921, to 108 in 1929, and in mail-or-
der houses from 81 to 1877. In 1919, we
had only two thousand mechanical re-
frigerators, and in 1928 we had nearly
million and a quarter During the same
period, washing machines ran from less
than million year to around SIX MIL
lion Neither mechanical refrigerators
nor washing machines can be considered
as appointments of the wealthy. Every
one is familiar with the tremendous in
crease in automobiles in motion-picture
houses and in the comforts and necessi-
ties of life, as we'll as IN the pleasures of
life generally.
But there is also a very solid invest
ment side In 1919, there were around
eighteen million IndlVl0ualS savings dC-
counts to total of thirteen billion dol
lars Last year there were more than
fifty-three million accounts, holding in
them twenty-eight and a half billion dol
lars.
I'm the building and-loan associations,
representing for the most part ownership
of homes of moderate price, there were in
1919 somewhat over four million members,
but in 1927 there were more than eleven
million members. The wealthy do not
bother with savings funds or building So
cieties.
1.-The life insurance policy holders in
creased from more than thirteen million
in 1919, to more than twenty-seven mil
lion in 1927. The stocks and bonds of the
large corporations are now SO widely dis
tributed that probably as many people
have them as have automobiles"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01
[. THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS
BASIS OF PROHIBITION

But we will not overlook or fail to en-
phasize the moral and religious basis on
which the whole movement of prohibition
had its origin and on which it finds its
greatest and most enduring support. Let
them call us emotional fanatics" if they
like; let them dub us political parsons" if
they wish. 1t is better to be a political
parson than political plunderer Every
thoughtful student of this great reform
knows that it had it's beginning and for
many years had almost it's only support
and promotion by the prophets of God,
who cried aloud and spared not against
the evil, the blight and the curse of the
beverage liquor traffic mainly on moral
and religious grounds. The captains of
commerce and industry ultimately came
to see the industrial and economic waste
and havoc wrought by liquor and the in
dustrial and economic saving and benefits
of prohibition. They came to see this
mainly as a result of prohibition itself as
it gradually made it's way and gave actual
demonstration. Preachers and churches
saw these things long before the leaders
in the field of industry and commerce.
Preachers and churches did not fail to
point out the facts, but as the soul is
more than the body, as life is more than
raiment, as the spiritual surpasses the
material, we naturally and properly put
the emphasis on the moral and religious.
We welcome, court and rejoice in the sup
port of industry in this great warfare for
humanity and we strike hands and lock
shields with industry for the continuation
and completion of the war. But we will
not surrender our greatest stronghold. We
know that no man has the moral right to
indulge in that which wrecks his body
and destroys his soul; that which makes
him menace to society and common
nuisance to his neighbors; that which robs
his wife and children and throws them
as pitiable objects upon the charity of
the public. We know and will constantly
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01
I. SOME MATERIAL BENEFITS OF
PROHIBITION

We must not, we will not, overlook or
fail to recount the material benefits and
blessings which have come to our people,
to all the people, through this great re-
form These blessings cannot be fully
told, not even compiled much less told,
not any more than you could tell the stars
of the heavens or the sands Of the sea.
The extent Of Our territory is too vast, our
resources too great and varied, the en-
hancement of our values directly trace
able and attributable to prohibition, too
many and too great for any one, however
expert, to recount or even to discover all
of them. Professor Fisher Professor
Feldman, and Professor Nystrom and
other eminent economists have done much
to aid us. We will not overlook these
things. We will recognize that when you
touch a mans pocketbook you touch his
heart that many of our highly respect
able and worthy citizens are moved more
by material than purely spiritual conSid-
erations and that they will be most speed
lily and effectively convinced of the right
eousness of our cause and the glory of
our victory by authentic and reliable eX-
hibits of facts and figures giving the ma
terial blessing which we have brought to
our common country.
One of the exhibits Of this character
which have appeared recently is in an ar
ticle in the January issue of the Ladies
Home Journal, by Samuel Crowther. Hear
this brief summary by this thoughtful and
careful writer. Mr.. Crowther says:
Let us see something of what this new
order of life has brought about in the way
of material wealth. OF course material
wealth is not everything. There are
things of the spirit. And it may be that
the spirituality Of our women is greatly
hurt by washing machines, and that
washtubs are great aids to higher thought
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1930-02-01

of seventeen states; five did not ratify the
Fifteenth; six did not ratify the Six
teenth twelve did not ratify the Seven
teenth, and ten never ratified the Nine
teenth.
But when it came to the Eighteenth
Amendment, forty-six of the forty-eight
state Legislatures ratified
In the light of such a summary, sub
NIT that only the incorrigibly stubborn
and rebellious will insist that our present
order is not the expression of the we'll
considered and mature judgment and will
of the American people and is not the
product of the regular and orderly work
ing of the machinery Of democratic gov
eminent.
But we are not here to dwell on the
past, except as it may hearten and
strengthen us and influence us for the
battle just ahead, namely the subduing
of the insurgents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-18
BURLESQUE ON
PRISON MOVIE HERE

Coming at a time when genuinely
hilarious comedies ere at q pre-
MUM, ''Up the River" opens at the
Apollo today.
Many unique features are said to
characterize this productisl which
is John Ford's first humorous
directorial effort for Fox-Movietone.
The story revolves around the
efforts of two hardboiled burglars to
promote a romance that begins be-
hind the bars.
These lads hold the Jail breaking
championship of the country, and
they employ their peculiar talents
with considerable frequency, even to
the extent of breaking out of one
jail to get into another when the
comforts of the first do not measure
up to their standards.
Meanwhile the romance staggers
along. helped over the bumps by the
aforementioned volunteer Cupids,
who eventually manage to bring it
to satisfactory conclusion.
Spencer Tracy, Broadway star of
THE Last Mile, and Warren Hymer
play the role of loves little helpers.
with Humphrey Bogart and Claire
Luce in the romantic roles.
The supporting cast includes Will
liam Collier ST.. George McFarlane.
Sharon Lynn, Noel Francis. Louise
Macintosh, Black and Blue, Keat-