Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-07

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DEPTHS to which the human can
fall."-Prof. Robert Emmons.
T1IFTY-five student filters will wing
their way to Brownsville on
February IS. They will come in
20 airplanes.
And the headliner, who happened
to pick up that story did not put
a big headline on II. Why? Because
while he was probably mighty glad
to hear they we're coming he dio
-. consider it astonishing news.
what If that had happened fn-
teen years ago. A crowd would have
r Gathered in Brownsville on that
Gay which would have made cir
Gus day look like a ping pong game.
Flying has become so common
that it is actually being taken as
the common place. And they tell US
that inventions are now being work
ed out which will soon make n
airplanes fool proof for as much as
500 miles.
Won't Il be fine when we can all
take an airplane and get out OF the
way OF all these automobiles.
AyOw that an analysis has been
IN made OF the distribution Of poll
tax receipts for the coming year
candidates for office can begin to
make their campaign plans.
Thursdays Brownsville Herald
shows that approximately 9,238 have
qualified to cast a ballot. Figures
compiled by Tax Collector J. j. Fox
show that Brownsville has a voting
strength Of 2.62l: Harlingen 1929;
and San Benito 1882. La Feria comes
third with 400 and Point Isabel
fourth with 364.
Last year there were only $500
persons carrying the citizenship
credentials. which means that the
candidates have just 2,738 more
voters to tell why they should vote
for them. Now as soon as the can
didates find out how many OF these
receipt bearers are men and how
many are women they will know
TO tenor their speeches.
DISPATCHES TO The Brownsville
Herald from its Mexico City
correspondent last night indicat-
ed that a second operation might
be performed TO fully restore PreSi-
dent Ortiz Rubio. But later 1t was
said this would not be necessary.
Meanwhile functions which had
been planned for the officials
and many visiting Americans have
eli been postponed.
The near tragedy has ended the
gaiety. Daniel Flores, who is charg-
cd with the attempted assassination
has been removed to the Santiago
military prison and 1t is said that
his crime may be classified as trea-
o n
The grim walls Of Santiago prison
have been the last thing many a
military prisoner has gazed upon.
BROWNSVILLE and Miami are
the two chief international air
ports between the two Americas.
banqueted visiting fliers from Kan
sas City declared after they had
finished eating.
Isn't 1t strange when visitors take
time 10 say something nice and
hopeful about us. we always think
they have a little more than a
square inch between the eyes.
lust out of Donna at Val Verde
testing is still going on in the
new grapefruit juice bottling
plant Of John Shary's. The idea OF
bottled essence CT sunshine is grow
ing into a reality and is going to
prove a tasty and economic success
When 1t does it will give the Val
ley a new enterprise and one OF a
dinner pail brigade variety.
Some n criticized the engineer
OF this column the other day for
advocating more factories, a milk
condenSing plant. and industries in
general in order TO bring TO the
Valley more wage earners. They
said we wanted TO smoke UP the
land of sunshine and oranges. Folks.
factories these days have contrap-
tons over the smokestack which
take out all the SCOT.
There is only one thing We see
wrong with the proposed bottling
plant. II will take all the squirt out
OF the grapefruit and vaudeville per-
formers can no longer give us adver-
Using by building Jokes around II