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The Washington times., 1930-03-28

queer little sinking in her heart
when she stood for the last time
in the middle Of the bedroom
she shared with Bet. The pink
curtains she had made
the dresser scarfs that pin
cushion she had won at a rattle
years ago and given to Bet ="
Shabby and ugly and ungracious
but it was the only home she
could claim " These people
after all were her own.
Had Aunt Stel shown any
sign of tenderness then, Ardeth
would never have left. She heSi-
tated in the doorway Of the
KITCHEN. a slim figure with wist-
full eyes.
"Goodby, Aunt stel ." she
said softly.
But the faded irises on the
back Of Aunt StelS kimona re-
mained unagitated; the crimped
head merely bent lower over the
morning paper.
For a moment the girl re.
manned motionless in the door
way, deep hazel eyes fastened
on Aunt Stel'S head, where the
brown switch in back did not
match the crimped gray in
front. Then Ardeth turned and
went steadily down the stairs.
The street was bleak in the
flat, foggy light of morning.
She noticed how the pavements
were chalked with hopscotch
games-just as she and Bet had
chalked them when they played
on the street as youngsters. And
now she was leaving this home
forever.
Passing the sunken cellar
steps of the grocery store at the
corner, always a favorite refuge
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tomorrow. I'll get a place Of
my own where no one-can in
suit me"
She felt hot tears coming
and turned swiftly before they
should see them.
"Ardeth-!!" She heard Neil
speak as she reached her bed.
room door, but she went in and
closed it behind her.
The dark room swimming be-
fore her dazzled eyes after the
glare of the other. AS she
pulled off her clothes with cold
hands, her vision gradually
cleared. The window grew out
Of the blackneSs, q gray rec
tangle-curtains looped back
and blowing in the night wind.
The street light seeping in
showed a dark bulk in the bed.
Bet-breathing in carefully
simulated sleep.
But Ardeth knew that Bet
had been lying tense, straining
to the sound Of the angry
voices In the other room. They
all hated her they gould
be glad to have her go ="
She tried to plan as she
crept in quietly beside the
motionlesS Bet. A hotel room
something inexpensive. She
could manage that until such
time as she and Ken could be
married. The thought of him
brought warm, sweet security
to overlay her anger. She
drifted to sleep serene in the
memory Of him.
The next morning she
phoned Jeanette that she would
not be down to the shop until
afternoon. She packed her
little round,topped trunk-the
same shabby trunk she had
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in hide-and-go.seek games, she
remembered hiding there with
Neil one warm evening-the ex-
ciSGment and the close contact
of their warm bodies as they
had crouched in a corner. It
was the first time Neil had
kissed her.
Now the trade winds had
swirled scattered newspapers in
there. They rustled bleakly as
she passed, and for no particu.
lar reason Ardeth felt a lump
come in her throat and very
young tears Stung her eyes.
She found a room in Euro
pean plan hotel. 1t was hardly
larger than a closet, wedged in
at the angle Of an ell, with its
one Window overlooking a
stretch of gravel roof and chin
ney tops. Even at that the rent
was a trifle more than Ardeth
had intended paying. But it was
within walking distance of the
shop and by economizing on din
ners and preparing her break
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men who rush into romance

and talked, pretending to be
absorbed by the beads she was
reStringing. He went away
without going into the smokerie,
and Ardeth realized with secret
surprise and a small femirif1e
glow Of satisfaction that Toms
real reason for coming here
was to see her.
And when she left the shop
that night - the last to go,
there was Ken's tall figure
waiting up at the corner near
the flower stand.
Tingling glad dness going
through her as she walked to.
ward him. Her heart melting
under it's weight Of love as he
captured one wrist, drew it
through his own arm. Flash
ing his proud smile at her.
"Hello-my girl! The days
been a thousand years long.
Stay out to dinner?"
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Syndicate. Inc.)
ITO Be COntinued)
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
HARBORING
MEANNESS
BY Lucy Lowell

TT is our faults which we
L most bitterly condemn in
others.
The failing may be buried so
deeply in that vast region called
the "Subconscious" that we will
have but the dimmest realiza-
ton Of it-no more, perhaps,
than a restless stirring along
the nerves when something oc.
ours to call conscious attention
to its existence.
And yet If we allow 1t to
occupy even such q remote
corner Of the mind, leaving it
undiSturbed and unchallenged,
1t will grow and grow until
finally it may become big
enough and powerful enough to
upset our equilibrium, and then
we are afflicted with one of
the mental or psychic troubles
which create more nervous
wrecks than there should be
In the world.
If there is a certain fault
you always are finding in
others. If this fault bobs out
at you Unexpectedly when y3u
hope you have seen the last
Of it, and especially If it af-
flicts you with a feeling of
fear or anger or condemnation,
sit down quietly by yourself
and examine your conscious
ness.
Find out if you are harbor-
ing the same fault. Like at
tracts like, you know: 1t Is
impossible that you should meet
the thing constantly unless
there is something within your
self which is attuned to it.
If you discover that once
the fault was yours, but that
you have overcome it, then
search your mind and see if
fear is there.
Fear Is like a receiving sta
ton which tunes in on almost
any of the ills which human
nature afflictS itself with. And
how unnecessary it is when we
realize that nothing is as i'm
portant or powerful for ill as
we fear it may be!
The more nearly free of
faults one may be, the more
tolerant will grow his outlooS
and the more forgiWng of
faults in others.
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fasts on an electric plate, she
could manage.
1t contained narrow couch
which could be converted to a
bed at night. In the daytime 1t
would take on enough of a liv-
ing-room appearance to permit
company.
Her spirits, with the quick re-
bound Of youth, scared again.
Pleasant to have a room all to
herself and not have to share
the bed with Bet. No one scold-
ing-no one spying. Scratched
a bit-the golden oak furniture.
and the Brussels carpet was a
little faded, bu it was Scrupu-
lousy neat and very peaceful
up here among the chimney
tops.
She paid the first weeks rent
in advance and sent an express
man for her trunk.
When she went to the shop
that afternoon she found Jean.
cite Hurried and slightly cross
at having to manage by herself.
She gladly turned the care Of
The Washington times., 1930-03-28
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A new statistical machine,
designed to do in 80 minutes
what would take 100 skilled
men the same time to accom-
plish, was recently demon
strated in the laboratories of
Columbia University. The
mathematical marvel, it is said,
can compute as many as IL
complex mathematical prob
lens at the same time and
manipulate differences and
powers Of numbers up to the
tenth.
A new device to fight oil
fire has been developed in En-
gland which combines q dry
powder with water. The Solu-
ton creates a foam which ex-
tinguiShes an Oil blaZe>-!!a q
few minutes.
The Washington times., 1930-03-28

Special oil.burning engines
are being constructed for use
In the mountain divisions Of
the Canadian Pacific railway.
The locomotives-the largest in
the British Empire-will weigh
about 466,50O pounds each, and
have a tractive effort of $4,000
pounds.
BY means Of a secret process.
cotton is taking the place of
wood for making furniture in
England. The new substance
can be sawed, carved and pol
ished just like regular lumber.
Aeronautical engineers at
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology are conducting expert
mentS with metal fins for cool
ing aircraft motors.
The Washington times., 1930-03-28

brought to Aunt Stel's years
ago.
A curious hush had fallen on
the Harrison household. Paul
and Fan ate their breakfast in
round-eyed silence and had to
be fairly chased out Of the
house at school time. Bet was
aloof but her curiosity betrayed
her into missing her usual street
car to the office.
Aunt Stel. standing by the
stove, tight-lipped and cold
eyed, shook sticky gobS of mush
from the big spoon as though
she mentally shook them in her
niece'S face.
Ardeth locked her trunk and
put on her nat and coat. A
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Her voice was husky. Smoth-
cred with the tremendous ef-
fort to keep 1t steady.
"All right. If that's the way
you feel about me, Aunt Stel,
I'll save you the trouble Of
locking the door, I'll leave here
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GIRL IJRIAFRATD By 1d4U9o7N14o11/z
She Defied Convention to
Win the Man She Loved

TT AzEL eyes glowing with hot tawny lights So
bright those eyes Of Ardeth with burning pride that
- the others blinked her gaze swept their faces
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He nfers that her husband does appreciate her. He
insnuates he would be her slave
But if she divorces her husband she apt find her
bachelor friend has changed his line entirely and the last
thing he is thinking Of is marriage
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
ITALIAN DIES
FROM BULLET
Matamoros Jitney Driver
Held After Shooting
For Questioning

Ruben Cortez, Matamoros jitney
driver, is III the Matamoros jail
held in connection with the kill
ing last night Of Giovanni Genno-
van, an Italian.
According TO information Genno-
van ana COrtez were III the Mer-
cado JaureZ tJaurez market) talk
ing. "A discussion conferred around
firearms. Cortez, II Is alleged, was
showing Gennovan his 80 callnre
revolver when 1t was accidentally
discharged and Gennovan fell, a
bullet striking him IN the abdomi-
nal region.
Police Immediately placed Cortez
under arrest. Gennovan, mortally
wounded, was taken TO the Higia
hospital where he died shortly aft
or.
Cortez was taken to the Mata-
moros jail at one o'clock this
morning. He is being held pend
ing Investigation Of the affair. Lit
tie is known in Matamoros about
Gennovan. He Is reported TO have
worked at different times in the
restaurant business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11

suffered a broken arm and other
injuries, and Miss Robinson was
dead when brought to the hospital.
The accident was apparently
caused by the car hitting a rough
spot In the road Just before II skid
ded across the bridge, which has no
guard rails and is six feet above
the road level. The car was found
on the opposite bank OF the canal
ditch, its radiator buried two feet
in the mud.
Miss Robinson had lived In Nc
Allen for two years, and had been
connected with the Western Union
company for several months. The
injured man Is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. "A. r.. Anderson or McAllen.
wv. G. Davis OF Corpus Christi
suffered minor injuries and q. wv.
Hearne OF Dallas had two or three
ribs fractured when their car crash
ed through the railing OF a trestlc
over the floodway two miles south
OF here and plunged twenty
feet. The automobile was badly
wrecked.
Davis was released from the hos
pital last night after an examina-
ton and II Is not thought that the
injuries Of Hearne will prove Sc
riouS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
WORK TO OPEN
Mexican Officials Expect
To Start Road March Is

Government men we're reported
to be in Matamoros today looking
over the proposed highway n
trance into Matamoros. The men.
government engineers, were also
said to be organizing workmen so
as 10 be ready 70 start the work
from this city TO Monterrey on
March Is.
Matamoros was all agog this
morning over the news. IL is ex-
pected that the engineers will have
no difficulty in securing enough
men to make rapid progress.
According to Information receiv-
ed in Matamoros. work On the new
interoceanic highway has already
started in several cities.
Monterrey has started building
toward Matamoros: Torreon has
started TO working towards Dur
ango and Mazatlan has started
work towards the interior, away
from the Pacific coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11

eNO LNOtl, OOdAluA4ds Luz dAlbO aAAO
Sinaloa, and the Federal govern
ment.
Coincident with this announce
ment the famous general who rout-
ed the rebel troops last April, and
who Is now secretary OF communica-
tions. stated that Mexico would con-
centrate its road building activity
for the present on three important
highways. These three highways
are the border to border highway,
from Laredo to Suchinte. the coast
to coast highway from MatamoroS
to Mazatlan. and the Mexico City
to Acapulco route.
Secretary Alfazan has estimated
that the Laredo TO Suchiate high
way, which will in all probability
constitute the Mexico branch Of the
projected Pan-American highway
from Canada to South America Will
be opened Professionally in the fall
or the present year. possibly In Sep
TENDER. The Mexico City Acapulco
highway Is already paSSable, but N
Is being improved. Acapulco l. an
important Pacific port in Southern
Mexico. which at present Is making
a bid for tourists from America.
One item that will raise the cost
OF the Brownsville to Mazatlan road
will be a dam which it will be neces-
sary to build as far west as Rey-
nosa to prevent the Rio Grande
from flooding the highway. The
treacherous Sierra Madre noun
tains OF Coahuila, with the high
way must traverse, will also add to
the expense, as well as prolong the
work. Three million pesos have al
ready been raised from some OF the
state governments, 1t Is announced,
The eastern terminal Of the coast
TO coast highway will be Washing
ton beach. a pleasure resort near
the American border on the Gulf OF
Mexico. From there the road will
lead toward Matamoros. opposite
Brownsville. and then along the
Rio Grande TO ReynoSa, state OF
TamaulipaS. From Reynosa the road
will drop siuthward to the important
city Of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon.
From Monterrey 1t will 20 to SAL
tillo. and then TO Torreon and Du-
range thus passing through the
rich Laguna agricultural belt.
The length Of the road, from
MatamoroS and Mazlatlan, is esti-
mated at i,400 kilometers' which is
approximately 900 miles
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Tax Or Chain Stores
Revived In House

AUSTIN, March ll-PJ-The
senate had a new revenue bill to-
DAY, sent TO it by the house yester-
day when II voted 70 place q tax
on chain stores OF one per cent OF
gross receipts.
The tax would apply against any
group Of more than tive stores en-
gagged In any business as follows:
general merchandise, drugs. grocer
les, sporting goods, shoes ladies'
ready 10 wear, 1ewelry, millinery.
mems clothing or furnishings. fruit
stores, beauty shops, undertaking.
tailoring, pressing, meat markets.
cab service, shine parlors, drive
yourself automobiles and automo-
bile storage systems. Wholesale
businesses, lumber yards. paint and
glass stores were exempted.
Proposals to include newspapers
and hotels were not adopted.
Representative Polk Hornaday or
Harrington, one or the authors OF
the bill. estimated the tax would
produce $1,000, 900 annually TO the
state.
The bill came before the house
on minority report after the reve-
nue. and taxation committee had
reported IL u~nfavorably.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11

TO them after the many months
on the ice and snow Of the Arctic.
The ships we're deserted by the
party. and the members had taken
up residence in hotels where COM
Portable chairs and rich foods re-
ceived special attention. A round
OF receptions has been provided.
Admiral Byrd declined to divulge
any important conclusion he reach
ed after his exploration in the Ant
arctic. He stressed the Importance
Of the flight during which he dis
covered and surveyed 100000 square
miles of previously unmapped ter
ritory and rated his perilous flight
over the South Pole as secondary.
He said that his expedition, like
most others after completing ex-
plorations, was on the verge of
bankruptcy but that he hoped TO
pull through all right"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Voodoo Doctor Waits
Death Chair Thursday

HUNTSVILLE, March 11-P-
Modern science appeared the only
hope OF Bishop Adams, self-acclaim-
ed "Voodoo Doctor" to escape cleo
trocution in the prison here Thurs
day at midnight for the murder OF
an Austin groceryman-
While Adams, still believing his
"Voodoo" would save him from the
the chair, whiled away the hours by
singing 'the old time religion" his
attorney recently arranged with a
physician TO take blood and spinal
fluid specimens for examination TO
determine If he were sane. Results
OF this test appeared the only pos
sible barrier to his electrocution.
His only sorrow vas that the
warden had denied him implements
to make his 'witchcraft."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Justice Sanford Is
Buried at

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March IL
R)-The body of Justice Edward
Terry Sanford lay beneath the soil
Of his home state Of Tennessee to-
day and four Of his colleagues from
the supreme court, who accompanied
the funeral party here. returned 70
Washington 70 attend the rites for
the late Chief Justice Taft.
After a brief ceremony az the
grave late yesterday at which Ten
nessee paid tribute 10 the distin-
guished native son. Chief Justice
Hughes and Justices Stone. Nc
Reynolds and Butler boarded a spe-
cial train which carried them to
Bristol. Tenn. A regular passenger
train was held at Bristol for the
four.
The reading Of the Episcopal
service IN the presence Of a notable
gathering or jurists and attorneys
constituted the ceremony at the
grave.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
LIONS ADOPT
PLAN OF PORT
Cooperation for Good Of All
Stressed AS Necessary
For Progress

The deep : water port and
the acquisition OF its right-of-way
were unanimously approved by
members OF the Lions club in week.
ly meeting at the Cameron hotel
Tuesday noon.
The resolutions adopted stressed
the fact that the club vas not 60
ing on record as for or agains.
the stand OF any individual or o.
~ganization. that 1t simply wanted.
for the good OF Brownsville and the
Valley. all hindrances TO the port
removed in the correct manner.
Drawn up yesterday by directors
OF the club, the resolutions were
adopted as read. 1t was pointed out
that lack Of cooperation at this
time might materially hinder pros
poets for the port and channel for
a period as long as two years.
A brief outline Of the system Of
law enforcement was given club
members in a talk by George G
W~estervelt, Corpus Christi, district
attorney for the criminal district
court. The fact that jury service
Is a privilege OF citizens OF the
state and nation was stressed by
the speaker. Jury commissioners
and their work we're discussed
The constitutional right Of the &C
cused to jury trial he mentioned as
the sacred privilege Of citizens.
Visitors were District Attorney
westervelt and Ed Box. President
Bascom Cox presided.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Government Gives
Florida Truck Loss

Sixty per cent OF the potato
acreage in the Hastings section OF
Florida was hurt by frost IN March
3 and 4, according TO a report is
sued today by the washington Of
flee OF the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. Most Of the
acreage was just nipped. On oc-
casional sandy spots, tops were kill
ed to the ground. There will be no
appreciate effect other than to
delay the harvest ten days 10 two
weeks. Earlier paintings Of potatoes
at Bunnell and Federal Point in the
Hastings section were not dam
aged and harvest is expected to
begin March 20. Twenty-Five per
cent Of the LIE Crosse potato crop
N Alachua County was frosted to
the ground, and shipments will be
delayed possibly n week. The
remaining IS per cent was un%injur-
ed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
MATAMOROS IS
ASKED FUNDS
FOR HIGHWAY
Brownsville &C. Will
Aid Movement If
Possible

The Mexican government has ask
ed Matamoros to raise $4,000 pesos
as their pro rata share Of the high
way from Matamoros to Mazatlan
and at a meeting Of the board OF
directors OF The Brownsville Cham
her Of Commerce Monday night it
vas resolved that the chamber
would aid in every way possible.
At a meeting two days ago Gen.
Julio Serrano and a committee from
Matamoros asked the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce to endorse the
project. The resolution last night
was the result.
The board went or record as fav-
oring the highway unanimously,
and agreed 70 assist the Matamoros
officials.
The directors also worded a res
olution urging the different civic
clubs OF the city to cooperate with
the navigation commission on the
Brownsville channel and in obtain
ing the necessary rights OF way.
The Mazatlan highway, or any
highway into Mexico touching Ma
tamoros and hence the Valley. Is
not only good for American tour
lists" said Judge II. L. Yates Mon
day, but 1t will also open the Val
ley to the Mexican tourists and
trade"
Routines business matters oc-
cupied the time Of the meeting in
the chamber OF commerce offices
at 1880 last night, according TO G.
G. Richardson. secretary.
"All members OF the board Of
directors are vitality interested in
seeing the port a success" said
Mr.. Richardson, and we will do
all in our power to aid in a favor
able outcome"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Hospital Money Is
Sent to Matamoros

A check for s743.70. the amount
realized from the Brownsville queen
contest in the Matamoros Good HUI
NOR fiesta, was turned over TO Fran
cisco de p. Morales Monday by Bas-
com Cox and Wayne Wood, heads
Of the American committee.
Morales stated that approximate
~ $500 was realized from all
sources on the Mexican side Of the
carnival.
All Of this money will go toward
a hospital III Matamoros.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
Asa Reyes to Join
Many He Convicted

LOS ANGELES, March i1-P,-
Asa Keyes, tor a quarter OF q CEN
fury Los angeles district attorney.
goes TO San Quentin prison tonight
to join the thousands Of convicts
he sent there. Murderers, kidnap-
ers, robbers. embezzlers. swindlers.
all objects of Keyes' prosecutions,
await his entry as a fellow convict,
and Keyes says he Is not afraid
Of them.
Four thousand and thirty men
and women were sent TO states
prison by Keyes In the five years
he was district attorney. In the
previous five years. while he was
chief deputy and while also the
county had less population 70 deal
with. 1000 persons here were con-
victed Of felonies that brought them
to either San Quentin or Folsom
prisons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11
William Tell Act
Ends i'm Agony

LA PORTE, Ind, March IL
Rp-A backyards William Tell
act with a few modern trim
mings ended yesterday not in
applause bus in shrieks and
groans.
Leland Day, Is. had seen hi,
chum. Harry Vaudeville, II
knock can after can off q fence
post with his small calibre rifle.
Young Mandeville's average had
so far been perfect so Leland
placed a can on top Of his head
and shouted:
"All right. William Tell, knock
this one off"
Harry fired. and his chum
slumped 10 the ground. the bull
let lodged In his head. He was
taken to a hospital.