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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-28
DOG DAYS

WAUKEGAN, Ill. May 2B.-P-
Mrs. Irene Castle Mclaughlin to-
day opened her animal haven,
orphans Of the storm. TO the un-
licensed dogs Of Waukegan which
are threatened with death.
Last year. by council order. 500
dogs were killed by police. acting
under instructions to shoot every
unlicensed dog they found. A sim
liar order has just been passed
the pleas Of Mrs. Mclaughlin that
many dogs are unlicensed only be-
cause their owners are too poor
this year 70 pay for licenses.
Mrs. Mclaughlin. after failing to
oiSSusde the council, announced
that any dog owner unable to buy a
license might save the animal s
life BY placing It in her animal
refuge.
-Hnfo fOr p0Yt Nav r1fh-
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MEMORIAL DAY
RITESPLANNED
Veterans and Others To
Parade Before Friday
Morning Program.

Memorial day services Friday,
beginning with a parade on Eliz-
aheth street. have been announced
~ the Spanish War Veterans. who
viii have charge OF the ceremonies
The parade will form in Fort
Brown about 9 a. m. in the follow
ing order: Twelfth cavalry band,
firing squad. United Spanish War
Veterans, American Legion, Boy
Scouts. Ladies auxiliary Gin auto
mobiles. infirm veterans Gin auto
mobiles).
Ire column will move out prompt
" at $50 m. marching along
Elizabeth street 70 Seventh street.
thence to Madison street and on 70
the Old City cemetery where the
following program will be rendered.:
Prayer by chaplain Of Spanish
War Veterans.
Decoration Of grave OF last vet
eran buried in Brownsville.
America" by band.
Reading OF Memorial Day orders.
Memorial Day addresses by Judge
VIM. G. West.
National Anthem by band.
Firing OF salute to the dead.
Taps.
The graves OF all soldiers buried
inABrownsville will be decorated
early Friday morning by a COM
nnittee from the two veterans or
CARNATIONS. Anyone wishing to
donate flowers for this purpose
should leave them az the Legion
hall Thursday.
Members Of the various bodies in
the parade are requested TO be at
their positions not later than 9.i5
a. m. Friday.
Vote for Port Nav 29th-
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HUBBIES HE TO
* x y X
CLUBS AS WIVES
4 \ \ .
STAGE WALKOUT

DENVER. Colo. May 2s.-tF-
Husbands today sought the solace
Of their clubs, and their children
the undivided attention Of nurse
maids. the result Of a strike Of nine
Denver society matrons who yes
terday began a weeks voluntary
vacation exile.
After packing bags. the nine
women. accompanied by two I'M
married friends. notified the heads
OF their respective establishments
that they were going to the country
for q week.
They betook themselves TO the
country estate Of Mrs. Henry Swan
at Littleton, near Denver. All cal
lers were told they were not at
home. Telephones at the Swan
residence were disconnected. Henry
That's Mr.. Swan-was invited 70
go downtown and join the ether
husbands at their clubs.
Complete silence. and lots Of IL,
today came from the abode OF the
modern emancipators.
-Vofn fnF Pert Nav 0Qfh-
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There is a lot of exceedingly
good salesmanship in the retail
tire business.
Sometimes we suspect there
are more brands of good sales
manship than there are Strands
of good tires.
But don't be confused or miSled
when you are sprayed with high
powered language or beset by
over-attractive inducements.
Stand steady and keep focused
on the big idea which is, the
most quality and value you can
get for your money.
Goodyear Tires are the most
popular tires in the world.
They outsell any other tires
because people have learned
by experience that they out
perform any other tires.
This has been true notfor year,
but for more than fifteen years.
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Vote for Port NAV Goth
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Cameron Courts
sub. Of Llano Grande Grant. $1,000
Hidalgo County

Hidalgo County
p. S. Graham to @. w. Greenway,
ct al. S2308O0 Farm tract 779, West
Tract sub.
ID. G. Earnest TO American Co,
$1,000. lot 5. block 100. Campacuas.
Gottlieb Feitz TO A. II. Vayo. $1,000,
n. l349 fl. Of S. 404.7 feet block
107. except a strip 90 wide across
z. side La Blanca sub.
z. F Blackburn to O. II. Stew
art. ct al. $1,000. N 1884 acres Lot
g. sec. 277. Tex Mex.
Mrs. Alice w. Prentice TO z. r.
Blockburn. $4,000. N. 1884 &C. lot
8 sec. PIT. Tex. Mex.
II. L. Prentice to Alice Prentice.
Si00. n IL Lot 8, sec. 277. Tex.
Mex.
Charles F. Hurst TT. to Flora
Mills Carter. s100, 1894 acres lot
5. block az. Campacuas part lot 6
and IL. block 80. Camapcuas: N. 20
acres farm tract SOD and w. part
lot IL. block 80. Campecuas.
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SUITS FILED IN DISTRICT
COURTS

The National Loan and Invest
ment company " III. "A. Newman
ct al. Debt
John Martin VS.. Mrs. Minta Pol
lev. Guardian. at al, Damages.
al Parker Securities Company rs
". S. Dannis. Debt.
AL Parker Securities Company Ms
r. q. Higgins. Debt.
AL Parker Securities Company vs.
T. G. Gyles, Debt.
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method of toaghering rabber7
What has this other tire to offer me
in place of the Saper-eLaSfic super.
enduring GoodyeGrSnbertSCiSt cord?
What has this other tire to offer ms
in place of the vGAes made pos.
sibR By GOOdyear'S recOrd-breGkiEg
production?
What has this other tire to offer me
in place of the exclusive features
produced BY GoOdyeGr's mGtchIess
d~eveLOpment department?
What has this other tire to offer me in
place of the standard Goodyear after.
sale service that backs up every tire?
FinaHy-G this other tire is as good
as I'm told it is, why is it "more
people ride on Goodyear Tires than
on any other kind?
-fazaseF -
Ask yourself these questions,
and don't WOrTy-yOu zrOn't be
talked out" of the tested values
of the Worlds Greatest Tires.
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program. but due to a blizzard they
failed TO arrive.
Something had TO be done. Sc Ed
die and I sang. played on the piano.
did what we could with request
numbers, told Jokes. and In short.
made a nuisance OF ourselves for
two solid hours.
However. the program seem 10
take" and We received hundreds
OF requests for numbers. Whether
we knew them or not we would
make a stab at the songs and II we
we're familiar with the tune but
not the words. we would sing what
We knew and hum the rest.
This vas the origin Of the nov
famous Midnight Frolics over the
Chicago station.
In 1927. when radio was more
powerful than IL had been and was
still growing rapidly. an instance
was giving showing how powerful
it really was. The power Of the
press Is recognized, but the power
/ of the radio is not-so far.
The instance Of which I am talk
lQR Jul Al4B = tCAAA1-C SSO-A
it seems my "reminiscences have
to do with StormS-and the REQ
Cross needed money badly, TO take
care OF the sufferers.
Fortune Raised
The radio was appealed 20. and
within a remarkably short time
S153, 900 had been raised for the st
Louis storm sufferers.
I said awhile ago that my tough
est b~roadcasting experience was
when I was caught with two hours
to fill. 1 believe that my hardest job
was in 1926 when the Swedish and
Danish boxing team invaded this
country and toured, putting on
bouts in New York, Boston, and
Grand Rapids.
/ was connected with the Grand
Rapids station at that time. and
II was up to me to broadcast the
blow-by-blow returns Of the scraps.
The fights were all well regulated
affairs, and started promptly at 8
o'clock. AS Don as one bout was
ended. and almost before the referee
finished counting over an uncon-
Scious form, the next fighters on the
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program would be climbing into the
ring.
In fact. the fights moved 50 fast.
l could not ven take a drink Of
water. You can imagine how ] felt
at II o'clock that night. when the
final fight stopped. -Four solid hours
without a rest or a drink OF water.
The Tall Dark Guy
But that wasn't the hardest part
or IL. The Danish and Swedish
fighters had the worlds toughest
names. and some OF them so long
and tongue-twisting that I would
start pronouncing it-or trying to
and before / finished the fighter
would be counted out.
I solved that difficulty around 10
o'clock. though. and from then on II
was the tall dark guy" and the
short blonde brute" and descriptive
terms like that.
I have been asked how persons
act before the microphone when
taking for the first time.
AS a rule. there is little nervous
ness these days. People are becom-
ing mike-wise. II one reads a
speech. and most Of them do. there
IS usually no nervousness OF falter-
ing at all. On the other hand. when
one extemporizes. and without pre-
vious experience. 'siere will be stam-
mering and gulplng and a little
gasping before the speaker sits
down with a sigh Of relief.
Several years ago, and IN some
instances now. radio audiences COM
planned over announcers talking too
much. To one behind the scenes
this Is easily understood. and ! viii
tell you why.
Cab-and why
For example, a program has been
outlined. and at exactly e:l5 Miss
Bernadine Squee is scheduled to sing
a solo with Miss Bernice Squawk at
the piano. Miss Squee is the idol
lied daughter Of the mayor, and Is
very temperamental. At the last
minute she decides she doesn't like
the color scheme in the interior Of
the radio studio and won't sing. She
sulks. Time is passing. and her solo
is TO be sung Immediately. The an
nouncer has to talk pretty thick
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Herald Announcer Tells Stories
OfEUoIution of the Radio

entail and had more listeners. a
prominent city Official in Chicago
telephoned the studio and asked the
manager y he wanted a famous
speaker to make a talk. OF course
the announcer waS only too glad TO
have real talent broadcast over the
mike. and agreed TO allow the man
to make a speech.
A date was set. and when the
night arrived. the speaker entered
the studio thanked by six heavy
thugs as a body guard.
He was introduced. stepped TO the
microphone and began:
The only true Americans in the
United States are those Of the Ku
Klux Khan"
This. Of course. was dynamite
and the announcer knew IL.
Guarded by thugs. the speaker
could not be stopped The an
nouncer made q movement with his
hands. and the operator understood
and pulled the switch, leaving the
speaker talking into a dead mike.
He finished his talk. and depart
ed. Even though the switch had
been pulled, the opening sentence
had been sent over the air, and then
thousands OF kilograms. letters. and
telephone calls were received by the
STATIC during the ours of the
next two weeks.
A Tough Job
One Of the toughest broadcasting
jobs / ever did was once In Chicago
when Eddie Borroff and I were
caught with two hours to fill with
nothing to fill them with. Eddie
Borroff is now director Of the NBC
sudio In Chicago.
We had a famous orchestra sched-
uled to 20 on the air for a two-hour
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noun>ei n after another. Prob
ably the next major invention will
be ttssvision. but this is still in the
Citing.
KWWG In Brownsville Is one Of
the best stations ! have seen in the
smaller cities. and In the future II
VII be even better. Several i'm
proyements are being made. and the
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There are 670O motor bus com
panies In the United States operat-
ing over as 600 units. and carrying
nearly 1000. 900 passengers annually
over 2Bg. 900 miles.
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power will be increased materially.
we also hope to improve our pro-
grams.
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TOLD BY ROBERT NORTHROP
TO JACK RTIIEDGE

NOTE.-Robert NOrtnrop IS the
new announcer over Radio Station
KWWG, The Brownsville Herald
station in Brownsville He arrived
here early last week and has already
made numerous friends. he has had
10 years experience in broadcast
ing. and is still q young man r.
The studio side Of radio is interest
ing and amusing. and viewing the
evolution Of the industry from this
angle. may be entertaining to the
lay-nan.
Since early 1920 when radio was
in It's infancy-and what an infant
ii vas-I have been connected with
the b-roadcasting and announcing
end Of the game.
Like every other child. radio
howled and made unlnteligiDle
sounds az first. 1t was to he expect
cd. Both b-rcadcasting ana receiving
sets were in the experimental
stage and consequently inefficient.
My first broadcasting experience
was late in the summer Of 1920 IN
Medford Hillside. Mass. This was
before the time the government is
sued licenses for b~roadcasting sta
items. but we were known as station
Ike. There were few stations be-
sides our at that time mainly sta
ton KGI Of the American Radio
and Research corporation.
Ike was 100 watt station. and |
suppose we had fewer than $50
listeners. These we're mainly am
ateurs with homemade sets.
The First Mike
Our first microphone was set in
an old-fashioned photograph horn,
the mike being laid on a cushion
to keep 1t from vibrating. The an
nouncer would step up TO the mike,
take it in his hand. stick his head
into the horn and shout at the top
OF his voice.
Very little money was being in
vested in the youthful industry at
/ the beginning except by the larger
and more venturesOme companies,
and as a result the studios were
makeshift affairs. Most Of them
were bare. dreary things. Most OF
them didn't even have a piano
Acoustics was just a word, and even
experts didn't have their studios
properly treated.
Our first pAgram, as I remember
1t. was composed Of playing ph0no-
graph records and reading Jokes out
OF magazines in between pieces.
Radio audiences in those days
we're not particular.
The man with the receiving set
was highly elated II he managed TO
understand a few words and catch
a few bars Of music. Now We have
10 get Will Rogers to make funny
talks. and get John Mccormick 70
sing or the persons listening-in Will
twist the knob and try some other
station.
The Ear.y Bugs
The early radio-bugs. as they were
called should receive praise for their
persistence. II is due TO them that
the industry Is what il now Is A few
here and there were interested IN
the fascinating game Of picking
sounds out Of the air. and made
their own sets, some OF them really
excellent things. Others, OF course.
were not so hot.
Broaocasting stations were purely
experimental-they just sent out
meat 70 let the amateurs test their
teeth with.
No one knew how long radio would
last. Some thought that the in
duStry would die a natural death.
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perfect and that the country would
not take to il. AS I said. those most
vitality interested were called bugs.
These days. when everyone has a
set or wants one. the term has been
significantly ignored.
After Ike and WGI. a station
was opened i'll Pittsburgh. station
KDKA. with 1000 watts. This was
considered powerful az the time.
and KDKA was considered Il Of
the powerful pioneers. After this,
KYW or Chicago and WIZ Of New
YORK went OF the air. and after this
III seemed as II stations sprung up
overnight all over the country.
shouting at the Mike
Even then, studio work was anna
teurish and announcing technique
was unknown. B~roadcasters still
shouted at the top OF their voices,
and receiving sets hoWled and
screeched - but not as badly as be-
lore.
Money was poured into the game
by those who were f~arslghted enough
To sec the Importance Of the IN
dustry. The possibilities were
seemingly vague but fortunately
some saw them.
Radio progressed BY leaps and
bounds, and it wasn't long before
sets were on the market for laynen
To operate without any technical
knowledge.
ANYONE could buy a set, have Il
installed and listen III by twisting
dials and knobs. Radio was on Us
feet.
There is no use going into the in
dustry as Ii now is
During my career as a radio an
n0uncer. over a period OF ~ years,
many amusing things have happen
cd.
We'll do I remember an occurance
in the. east that made radio history.
A Bad Break
1t happened III 1922.
A terrific blizzard struck that sec
ton Of the country. demOraliZing
communications. Telephone and
telegraph wires were down, and
many sections were isolated from
the rest OF the state. No ~ knew
how others were farlng.
The radio station. however. IN this
city OF which I am telling, vent IN
To operation. Dispatches were read.
Messages broadcast. and program S
were given. One mar was in charec.
The studio was still an inefficient
thing. but the announcer stayed On
his lob. reading letters, telling Jokes.
playing photograph records.
Outside the wind howled, ram
fell in sheets. lightning streaked
across the skies. thunder roared
Train service was disrupted
II was one Of the worst storms
in history Of that section. Il Is said
The announcer stayed on the az
steadily for more than 80 houi Z
and Won can imagine how tired arr
absolutely worn out he was pei (
word was sent him that wires Y
been repaired and that commu
u cations had been re-establlshed W
I other points.
He signed off. giving the usua
line Of station so-and-So signing
off with the time. and telling about
how long he had been talking.
AS he finished his routine SEN
tence. he reached for the switch t-
turn il off. at the san.e time. IN a.
utterly disguised tone Of voice, say
ing Go 10 hi
Misses Switch
And he missed the SWITCH The
phrase went out over the air, and
for weeks the station received letters
and notes about i.
Another time. { year or so later
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while the station diplomat persuades
Miss Squee to sing. About the time
Miss Scuee decides 10 yodei. Miss
Squawk finds that II is $50 and
that she has a date.
There you have II. These pro-
grams were often held UP for rea-
sons similar 70 this. and the broad
caster was forced TO extenporize.
Also. not so long ago II was con-
sidered incorrect u play phono-
graph records ver the air.
Not Good Form
Radio snnouncers considered that
playing records was not cutie right
to the listeners. and tried to have
original programs on the air con-
tinually. In the smaller towns. this
IS almost an impoSsibilitv. and even
in the cities N Is too expensive. IL
was finally decided that photograph
records were more interesting and
enjoyable than most amateur pro-
grams.
Another thing thzt announcers
are confronted with is the selection
OF programs in various sections Of
The country. A northern audience
for example. will like a certain type
OF program. and a southern audi
enc will prefer another class en-
tirely. The national b~roaccaSting
chains arc faced with this problem
more than local stations. Of course,
II Is a far cry from 1920 to 1890
AS ! said at first our first audience
was composed OF approximately l50
listeners. The latest statistics COM
piled by federal e-numerators show
that the present total Is close to
10000, 600.
1000 Watts
And the .tatiorF themselves have
changed almost beyond recognition.
KDKA. starting off with what was
considered a powerful plant of 1000
watts. now Is broadcaSting with 400
900 watts. That is. a 400. 900 watt
station is being constructed.
WGY is already on the air expert
menting with 100000 watts.
And the end is not in sight yet.
There Is no demonstrating what
will happen next the radio game.
II is still young. and growing ZAP
idly. Improvements are being an
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Misses Switch

And he missed the switch! The
phrase went out over the air, and
for weeks the station received letters
ard notes about u.
Another time. { year or so later
and when the radio was more influ-
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
OUTPUT Of OIL
UNMARRIED

NEW YORK. May 15.-The
American Petroleum Institute es-
timated that the daily average
gross crude oil production in JhC
United Safes, for the week end
ing May 10. 1880, was 2,595, $50
barrels, a decrease ow only so
barrels in hte week.
Daily average production east
of California was 1,960.350 bar
re1s, a decrease Of 1,750 barrels.
Estimated daily average gross
production for the mid-continent
field was 1,542,T50 barrels, de-
crease of 1850 barrels. The mid
continent production, excluding
Emackover heavy oil, was 1902,
500 barrels. a decrease of 1850
barrels.
Imports of petroleum (crude
and refined oils) totaled 1851
900 barrels. a daily average of
264,428 barrels. compared with
273,035 barrels for the four weeks
ended May 10.
Receipts of California oil at
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports
totaled 263,000 barrels, a daily
average of 37,571 barrels, COM
pared with 1887 barrels for the
week ended May 3.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
TO TALK
At EXCHANGE
CONVENTION

Thomas Temple Hoyne, widely
known economist, connected with
the Chicago Herald and Exam
iner, is scheduled to be one OF
the principal speakers at the an
nual convention of the Associated
Stock Exchanges in Minneapolis
Monday and Tuesday. The Wash.
ington Stock Exchange will be
represented by number of mem
bers.
Ray Vance, formerly president
of the Brookmire Economic Ser
vice, and Francis T. Christy,
author of a number of books on
financial subjects, also will ad-
dress the gathering. Eugene E.
Thompson will be the official rep
resentative of the Washington
Stock Exchange.
The Financial Advertisers Asso-
citation has planned a luncheon
at the Carlton Hotel during the
coming convention of the Adver-
tising Federation of America here.
Eliot H. Thomson. advertising
manager of the Washington Loan
and Trust Co., is chairman of the
arrangements committee. A. E.
Bryson. of Halsey, Stuart and Co.,
will preside at the session. All
local banks have been invited to
participate.
John F. Brawner. vice preSi-
dent and general manager of
Wagganan, Brawner, & Co., has
been elected to membership in the
Washington Stock Exchange.
Several hundred members of
the sales force of the New York
Life Insurance Company, will at
tend the convention of the COM
pany to be held at the Willard
on Friday and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
MARKET LOWER,
STEEL DROPS
Z POINTS
BY w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, May Is 1N.S0.
with the exception Of a handful
of the favored utility stocks and
specialties, the stock market
settled down to a lower level Of
prices in the early trading today.
Business and industrial reports
were unchanged and call money
was in good demand at 3 per
cent.
United Corporation and Colum.
bia Gas held the spotlight in the
utilities on rumors of acquisition
Of a large block Of Columbia by
the Morgan-Drexel interests. Co.
lumbia rose 3 points to 86T.
Raido-Keith was the outstanding
ground-gainer for the popular in
dustrials, advancing to a new
high on the move above As, up
10 points from the low of last
week.
United States Steel lost ~
points and declined to 1924
under profit-taking and specula.
tive selling. Auburn Motor was
again under pressure and sold off
more than 8 points at 1T. The
balance of the motor list felt the
weight Of moderate selling
pressure and eased off to frac-
tionally lower levels. Copper
stocks were inactive and irregu.
lar, and oils failed to follow
through on Wednesdays closing
Spurt,
The Washington times., 1930-05-15
Grain Markets

was featureleSs. Liverpool was
70 to ss lower. Winnipeg ruled
12c lower.
Crop comments, were generally
favorable. Early weather re-
ports indicated considerable
cloudinesS over all grain grow,
ing sections. but very little pre-
cipitation. Temperatures, how
ever. are not low enough to
cause any apprehension. Early
deliveries on May contracts were
$4,000 bushels.
Corn started slightly firmer,
but later eaSed with selling on
weakness in wheat and favorable
weather conditions over the belt
Buying power was light. Oats
averaged steady early. Rye was
weak influenced by action in the
leading cereal.