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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
WHITE MAY TAKE
STAND In TRIAL
Golfers Attorney Asks Former Herald
Reporter IF Daily Did Not Always
Favor Creager

Owen T. White, author Of ~High-Handed and HeI-Bent" which Golfers
Weekly printed last June, win be put on the witness stand this after
noon in the magazines defense Of the 100000 libel suit brought against
it by r. 3. CreagG, republican national committeeman, II was learned
autnoruaiveIy.
White will be called upon by the weekys counsel to take Up step by
step the charges he made In "EfIgh-1anded and Hen-Bent" and to de-
scribe the investigations he made He probably win be on the stand all
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
GRIFFIN CASE
Contested Election Before
Commission Of Appeals

AUSTIN, May 6-tPl-The Hi
dalgo election case, in which Cor
don Griffin Is coltesting the cleo
ton Of J. z. Leslie as district judge,
remained before the commission Of
appeals today. The supreme court
Yesterday overruled a motion which
sought to take the cas- out Of the
hands OF the commission OF appeals
and place 1t before the supreme
court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Mexican Official
Due in Brownsville

Xavier Sanchez M~ejorada. for
mer Mexican secretary Of commun-
fcatiOns under President Emilio
Portes Gil and TOY director Of the
Mexican railways is expected in
Brownsville today. He is making
the journey to this city via auto
from Laredo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Missing Mans Car Found Here
Cameron County Officials Aiding in Attempt
To Solve BRENNAN Mystery
Especial to The Herald

AUSTIN, May "A special dispatch to The Austin American from is
Brennan correspondent says that Jerry whitener, one Of Brenhams well
known young business men. has disappeared mysteriousy, and that his
abandoned car has been found in a lonely spot near Brownsville.
No clue a to what became of whtener has been uncovered.
The Brownsville sheriff telephoned Sheriff r. r. Reese Of Brennan
Wednesday that the car had been found. whnener, who conducts a
radio shop IN BRENNAN, left home last Friday in his car.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

first witness. He testified that me
could not speak with knowledge 0f
the editorial end" Of the publica-
ton and was sent away from the
stand In short order.
Larkin Says Little
william p. Larkin, vice president
of the distributing corporation did
not add a great deal TO the record.
tions that the distributing corpora
In connection with defense conten-
was printed In the weekly he de-
ton had no responsibility for what
clared, however. that he had not
v read "High-Handed and He'll
Bent published last June until
Just before coming down here from
New York for the trial.
The real trial" Charles T.. KEEL
lev of the defense said at noon re-
cess. hasn't begun yet"
II. @. Stilwell. Jr-. Valley news
writer. was the mornings only wit
ness for the committeeman
Herald Shown
a front page or The Brownsville
HeraId's issue Of Nov. 8. 1929, was
introduced. the top streamer say
ing Golfers 20 Plead Truth Tn
Creager Suit"
Quoting Charles =. Kelley. chief
OF the defense lawyers, the article
in the Herald said In part: We
will not mince words. III MIR. Creager
saws we said certain things about
him we will admit it and try 70
prove what We said"
Did Mr.. Kelley say that?" ask
ed George Hill, ir., head Creager
attorney.
substantially that" Stilwell re-
piled with a smile.
The witness added that Kelley
had said. In effect we viii plead
truth and justification and we're
ready to 20 to bat here in Browns
VILE
". w. Taylor or Brownsville. an
other lawyer for the Weekly, in
sisted. by his questions on cross
examination. that the Herald al
ways had favored Creager.
Herald For Creager"
you can't find anything al any
time in The Brownsville Herald
against Mr.. CreaEer." ne reared out
az Stilwell.
The plaintiff counsel objected.
saying 10 Taylor: You can't testify
yourself, YOU know"
"Well. can you find it?", Taylor
persisted
Yes said the witness.
"Well. find II for me"
Stilwell declared on examination
by Mr.. Hill that he had absolutely
no interest" III the case and that
his connection as a newspaperman
with ii had been only that OF a.
professional man seeking 10 give
impartial accounts OF occurrences.
The days session got under way
with the reading OF another de-
position made BY Lee Maxwell. pre-
sident OF the Crowell Publishing
company, which. with T.. IT. Collier
and Son Distributing corporation.
Is defending the suit.
With reference TO the plea for
an instructed verdict witnesses had
testified for the Creager side that
the Crowell company had sent tele-
grams advising local news dealers
fCOntinued On page 10)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Friday, probably with local
showers.
For East Texas: Mostly CLOUDY
tonight and Friday; local showers
in south portion.
Moderate To fresh southerly winds
on the coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
California
Has HEAVY Snowfall

SAN FRANCISCO, May -lP-
Freak May weather had brought
heavy snow falls to the Sierra
mountains today. while a terrific
gale Yesterday struck the southern
California coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Chinese War On

NANKING. Ma y8-fP-The long
impending war between the north
ern military alliance and the ma
tionalist government began today.
said dispatches received here. The
fighting was very severe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
IN OUR
VALLEY
: BY CHARLES HALL O

HOW ABOUT III
style is but the family con-
temptible vessel in which the
bitter liquid is recommended to
world"
Thornton Wilder, author.
Socialism is the European
theory Of despair"
President Hoover.
Democracy is based upon the
conviction that there are extra
ordinary possibilities in ordinary
people"
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick.
Faith is only the shriveled
vestige Of ormer knowledge"
Henry Ford.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

Matamoros Chamber Of Commerce
has secured a reduction on the du-
ties on arsenate of calcium and
other compounds used in busting
the cotton plantations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Gets 2-Month Term

Pat Coward. San Antonio youth,
pleaded guilty TO contributing TO
the delinquency OF q minor and was
sentenced 10 two months In jail In
the Cameron county court Thurs
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
CESUY

LUBBOCK. 20.6l2. increase Of
1851. or 4OS.e per cent.
Calhoun County. 12.76l, increase
Of GIT.
ELECTRA. Wichita county, 6.7O2,
increase Of 1883.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Moro Outlaws Clash
With Philippines

MANILA. May 8-tP-The Phil
ippine constabulary FLASHED tonight
with Moro outlaws or the island Of
Mindanao in the most severe fight
ing In many months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
'Scarface' Al Capone
Is Jailed in Miami

MIAMI, Fla, May 8.-R-"Scar-
face Al Capone. Chicago racketeer
and two Of his gangsters. were
placed in Miami municipal jail this
afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
s DIE IN CRASH

AGUAS CALIENTES. Mexico,
May 8.-tRj-Six persons were killed
when an airplane crashed between
Aguas Calientes and zacatecas yes
terday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

the afternoon n possibly a good
part OF tomorrow.
Golfers offered two witnesses to
begin its defense.
Frank Braucher. tall, premature
~ gray vice president OF the Crow
ell Publishing company. was the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
AVIATRTX n

BEIRUT. Syria. May 6.-CPl-
Miss Amy johnson. British aviator
on a solo flight to Australia. land
ed last night az Mouslimie. near
here
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
MASS FUNERAL

FROST. May 5ZP-A pail Of
Gloom. far blacker than the cloud
frat spread destruction through this
little town Tuesday. hung over
FROST today as II awaited the hour
for the mass funeral for victims OF
the storm in the debris-strewn GEM
etery In the afternoon.
But through the blanket OF sad
ness appeared a spirit Of grim de-
termination. Throughout the morn
ing a paean Of hammers and saws
rang through the storm-torn twon
as dozens Of carpenters rushed 70
completion the huge temporary
structure that will house the Frost
merchants until their establish
ments can be rebuilt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
VERDICT
REFUSED MAGAZINE

An instructed verdict for Col
liers was refused by Judge Estes.
Counsel for the magazine con-
tended unsuccesSfLlly that the
Creager side had not shown that
Crowell Publishing company, had
knowledge OF the alleged libel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

Assurance With Insurance
Mo Grarde Valley Trust Cos-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
Traffic Dense

Under command Of Lieut. J. y.
M~offatt, six state highway patrol
Continued on page tend
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN

There will be no material change
in the river during the next "a C
AZ hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
TIDE b

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide &C Point Isa-
bel tomorrow, under normal mete-
geological conditions:
High ...... 1:29 a. m; 1:01 ~ m.
Low ........ 7.52 IN. m 7.45 ~. r.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today 7in
lSunrise tomorrow ........s.sa otat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

ONCE it has been noised abroad
~ that Brownsville is contemplate
ing putting up street signs, SO
many samples have been floating
in TO the city, that If they used the
samples they might have enough
signs without buying any.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

UIwANIANS of San Benito during
the past month won an attend
N ance contest with Brownsville
with a perfect score. Over fifty
attended every meeting during the
month Of April.
You cannot hope to beat perfec-
ton. but what the engineer Of this
column wants to know is what they
feed the Kiwanians at their San
Benito luncheons TO get them that
away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08
CTRANGE things are forever hap

FOLLOWING the storms which
have recently swept Texas al
most to the Valleys edge, a
call has been issued for Red Cross
aid. Sherwood Bishop OF Browns
Vile has received a plea for $500
as Brownsville's part in the $4,000
needed TO aid the sufferers.
This came today in the form Of a
message from w. NJ. Baxter Of St
Louis. When serious trouble arises
the Red Cross nurses and funds are
the first thought Of. and among the
first on the scenes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

Flood Present 24-Hr. 74-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-08

first witness. He testified that ne
could not speak with knowledge of
the editorial end" Of the publica-
ton and was sent away from the
stand An, short nr1pr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
A DRY COMPLEXION.

Dear Miss Leeds: I am IS years
old, feet inches tall and weigh 1875
pounds. I have quite q few lines on
my face caused by dryness Of my skin.
am careful Of my diet and eat q lot
Of vegetables. My hair Is dark brown,
with q few gray hairs. Should I use
q henna dye? I don't use much soap
on my face, but use q good cold cream
and never o vanishing cream.
ANXIOUS.
Answer-You are 10 pounds below
the average weight for your age and
height. Perhaps you eat too many
starchy vegetables, bread and cereal,
cake and sweets. Eat plenty of leafy
vegetables and the non-starchy ones
and fruit. Include O pint of milk in
your daily diet. A very dry skin In
combination with underweight may
mean some disturbance in ones in
ternal machinery that requires q doc
tors treatment. II you have not had
q thorough physical examination within
the year, 60 to your family physician
now to have one and ask his advice
about your diet also. Continue cleans
ing your face with the cleansing cream
or oil and use occasionally q pure, mild
soap and warm water; rinse well, dry
and rub in a little cold cream If your
skin feels dry.
In regard to your hair, it is not I'M
usual to have q few gray hairs. Be
sure to give your scalp regular daily
massage and brush your hair well.
Unless you have inherited q tendency
TO have prematurely gray hair, you
should be able to check the graying
~ OWNS hair and SCALP pRupag care
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27

to choose his secretary on account Of
the shape Of her eyebrows. but know
many Of them who consider carefully
the quality Of o young woman's voice.
A thick, raucous voice, with careless
ragged enunciation turns people awav.
Yet any girl who has no organic defect
OF the vocal organs can teach herself
to speak beautifully. A shrill voice is
simply pitched wrong. She can cure
herself of that by reading, when she is
alone In her room, in a whipser. After
awhile she will find that her natural
speaking voice Is in a lower tone.
FlatneSs of speech comes mainly from
imperfect pronunciation of the novels.
That, and lack Of accent. 1t is not at all
difficult to remedy. Just begin by read
ing over this article aloud, and slowly,
carefully pronouncing each syllable and
giving full utterance to all the vowels.
Indistinct speech usually comes from
hurried talking. 1t is really clipping
of syllables from words. Practice and
slow speaking will cure It. Deep breath
ing also helps the voice
All women with low, musical golden
toned voices are beautiful. They ma
not be beautiful in feature, in shape OF
the nose or curve Of the mouth. but
people who meet them forget all that,
and carry away a memory Of their
voices.
(Copyright, 1902
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMAEER.

national ticket failed, in the States of
Arizona, New York, Washington, Vir-
ginia, Utah. Tennessee, Nevada, Massa-
chusetts, Montana and Wyoming
Democratic Senators were elected.
At any rate, Senator Tydings Is COM
ing In for all sorts OF praise for his
work as chairman In this most recent
campaign. It Is Tydings' first term in
the Senate, and he has three years
reelection.
With two such victories to his credit
the elections of 1928 and 1930-he
seems to have hurdled successfully that
axiom Of the Senate that q first-termer
always Is seen, but rarely heard.
AS q matter of fact, Tydings is the
kind Of person that will be heard
Senate axiomS or no Senate axioms.
Backed by two terms In the House, q
term as speaker of the Maryland House
of Delegates and q one-time State SEN
ator Of Maryland, he never has marked
time in the Senate.
Didn't he cause sticklers for form
and dignity In the Senate to shake
their heads when he literally placarded
the Senate chamber from one end to
the other with charts attacking the
present prohibition laws?
It probably was the first time the
chamber ever had been so successfully
posted with bills"
Didn't he enter the World War a
buck private and come out a Lieutenant
colonel?
He finds time to get away from his
duties as Senator, retire to the attic
Of his home in washington and paint
landscapes and dogs. h has written
book or two. Invitationzsto his parties
are seldom refused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Is It Husbands Duty to Support Wife's Family !?


all relatives should She did
married home managed well and appreciate that but
brother who chds confronts problem He married
contributed anything their wealth. insists that
MY wife has an Invalid brother who has to be- supported have
of this unfortunate but the wives give continually
why is seem everything
antilles ~ WA - 1870 ~ L
H v, that
families
book
created aWe Providence to supply the needs their kh and kin
unloading children
her Without SO much as yG Leave they snS Mary stay
counted
a
discovers that has Sally but father and mother
supporting their fathers and mothers and not their
settling the account whom do father and mother turn but sally
fall married daughters
always be depended
Why th: thus nO9 BODY explain 1t Just ss that lite and
wife terrible injustice literally
selling him into slavery their wedding day her family
Probably question
that married earning salaries they would the
would
family
- ~ ~ 800 " ~ : w ~ DOROTHY DIX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
SUB ROSA
Bx MIMI.
Being Thankful.

ThankfulneSs as an expression merely
Of politenesS Is q vacuouS gesture. To
possess worldly goods alone is to pos
sess nothing. But to have nothing and
to be vibrantly and reverently grateful
for even that is, paradoxically, to dwell
in peace in q Self-created land Of beauty
and plenty.
Are the thanks pure and deep-felt
which are universally raised on this,
Thanksgiving day? Or is It Just q ira
ditton we celebrate and feast upon? Is
there, on this day, true self-examina-
ton? Do We take inventory of our
just deserts? What Is our way of deal
ing with our fellow creatures? Have
we learned to look to the west at dusk
loneliness than Is visible even to the
eye? What are our special responses to
music and to the images and words Of
wise men and painters?
Have we learned to be thankful
made of it an art?
He who merely earns q living has not
learned how to live. Some of the hap
piest of men are constantly-almost in
curably-harrowed by want. And yet
they have much to be thankful for.
They see where others are blind. The
world to them is not bounded by the
near horizon or by savings banks. Their
natures are like 'cellos, profoundly res
onant with gentle and compromising
harmonies.
They have learned how to live. There
fore they know the art of being thank
full. Therefore they have much to be
thankful for.
Some, excessively sentimental, look
sourly to the past and find morbid sat
isfaction Of a sort in lamentation.
Others look wistfully, achingly to the
future. Both overlook the present
They might find much to be thank
full for there, but they do not look.
They are not even thankful for the
past, and If they neglect the present
the instant of each Joy, the awareness Of
each happiness-how can they, in their
confused way of looking upon all things,
expect to enjoy the future2
They will not. All their days are
self-made Illustrations. They have no
awareness of joy, Of goodness, of plenty.
They have not learned the art of being
thankful.
If you have learned the fine art Of
being thankful, you have real reason to
celebrate today. You have much to be
thankful for and will feast doubly on
the sense Of the goodness Of life. And
that is so much. It is ultimate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
Everyday Psychology
Intellectual Heritage.
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

It is often said that the human in
| tellect COWS so slowly that you can't
notice 1t. It is pointed out that no
change has been noticed in the intelli-
gence Of men during the last 5000
years. Some go so far as to say that
they csan see no increase in human
intelligence during the last $4,000
years. Those who make the last esti-
mate have to search the archives Of
unwritten history.
What Of it? And why, If all this is
true, do we call ours the "age of in
telligence"?
The explanation is somewhat as fol-
lows: All the great tntellectS of the
past have invented one thing after an
other and handed them on to us. In
other words, we have inherited, by way
Of lore, library or machine, the best Of
the worlds great ideas, so we cannot
say definitely that this Is an age of in
telligence. We can only say that we
have fallen heir to an accumulation of
enlightenment. Our enlightened age"
gets its light from men who have long
since persisted from the earth.
However all this may be, there's an
other side to the story of intellectual
heritage. It appears that we, the bene-
f1ciaries Of the past, have by that token
become the guardians of the future. It
Is up 10 modern man 10 control the
application Of enlightenment-ideas,
machines, etc.
I find this idea cropping up again
and again. Several bold writer's have
argued, for instance, that the machine
has the better Of us. John Ruskin was
one Of the first to talk that way, and
Ithe Indian poet and philosopher, Ia
gore, has made suggestions along the
same line. Ruskin was an artist; so is
Tagore. It may be that we are Just be-
ginning to fall heir to art, which means
| that new and better uses are still to be
found for our heritage Of enlighten-
ment.
(CopyfiRht, ioSO)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-27
Background for Thanksgiving
By LYDIA LIZ BARON WALKER.
ne for rejoicing over their pros

as one for rejoicing over their pros
perity.
When misfortune of any sort comes
to q family or q person 1t Is the one
thing uppermoSt In the thoughts. 1t
is the absorbing feature of the moment.
But this does not mean that no good
thing remains for which to be thankful.
It merely signifies that for the time
being the good things form the back
ground for the hard and difficult ones.
The things to be thankful for have to
be brought to mind.
When the outstanding feature of the
lives Of a community Is something good,
some hoped-for prosperity realized, that
is the absorbing matter, and 1t is easy
to be thankful. The lesser matters, al
though not so fortunate, are swallowed
up in the longed-for fulfillment Of a
genuine necessity. In each instance
there is much to rejoice over.
It cannot be said that the Puritan
families had everything to their liking
and, therefore, had cause to be glad on
that first memorable Thanksgiving. But
they did have one tremendous thing to
rejoice in, and this one thing was
enough to make Thanksgiving festival.
Those who are inclined to think they
have little over which to be glad should
sum up their blessings. Write down on
a slip Of paper list of the things you
are glad you have. and you will be
amazed at its length. OF course, no
one person or family can have all things
desired. There are things money can
buy and these make life easier But
there are also good things money can
not buy that are of inestimable value.
They are causes for Thanksgiving, just
as much as is money. Without being
sentimental, one can be just. and 1t is
not just to let the dark side entirely
overshadow the bright side of life. And
If there are bright and happy spots,
dwell on them for this one day and see
If they do not actually make a genuine
Thanksgiving day.
(Copyright, 1907