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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19

"A delightful birthday party was
given In honor Of Francis Smitne
~ his home Thursday night. The
evening was spent PLAYING games.
Lemonade and cake were served 70
tthr following. Messrs and Mdms-
Gobar. Claire Chase. Dick Ryan.
Geo. Edward. LaakSo. Clinton
Pfieffer. August Pfieffer Edward
Radke. Geo. Kretz. william Kretz.
Frank Kretz q. G. Page. G.. g. Crit
chelt. Jules DE Somers. Russell Bing-
lev. John Chase. :. I'd. Baker. #. \
Richey. and Messrs. J. G. Glass. K.
% Weikle. George Smith. Frank
Smith. Misses Mary Smithe. Ger
trude Siderious and Josephine
Kretz.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19

EEfNArOA"4LE1
Mr.. and Mrs. J N. Bunch and
daughter Miss Ariena. Mrs. Clara
Bunch and Charles Anderson Of
Linn Greek. Mo. are guests az Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cilley have as their
guests their daughter and children
Mrs. White. az Minneapolis. MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. r.. TYSON ar Col
vart are guests Of Mrs. Tyson's par
enis. Mr.. and Mrs. r. "A. Oliver.
r. r. Barr left Friday for Corpus
Christi.
Miss Aline Coates and Miss Dali
1as Criichett have returned from
Kin-Tville where they have been at
te~dinv sammr school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowles and daurh-
ter moved to Brownsville wednes-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
SWIMMING PARTY
HONORS MISS NJ

Complimentary 70 Miss Helen
Flynn or H~arlinEen. Col. and Mrs
Samuel NJ. Duffie entertained with
q swimming party on Saturday
afternoon. eliminating with a dance
tn the evening.
"A number cf Miss Helen'S school
girl friends were invited.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
TO RETURN TO
STATES SOON

IN 4 L. 10OAW
In a letter received here hy her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Ag-
new Mrs Richard Evins Briggs
writes from Fort Scottsenberg III
Philippines that sine with her hus-
band and children. are leaving
there soon for "a months stay In
China. From there they will re-
turn TO the States again. eventually
20 be at home In Fort Ethan Allen,
Vermont.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
" DELIGHTFUL
r. OF WEEK

Mrs. Oscar Siebert was hostess az
a delightful dance. a few evenings
ago. complimenting Miss Verna Rose
Couch.
The Seibert home had been made
lovely for the occasion, with a pro-
fusion Of gaily colored flowers, with
red roses predominating. Iced re-
freshnents were served.
Other guests enjoying the even
ing were Miss Mary Belle and Bon
ME Jean Acker. Dorothy Ragland.
Katherine Rives or Weslaco. Char
les Van Berg. Wendell Giddle. Hoyt
and Ferguson Hager and Tom Hooks
OF Donna.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
PERSONALS


Mrs. r. II. Bonner has returned
from q short visit to Houston.
Jack Taylor az San Antonio. Is In
Edinburg spending a few days WITH
his brother. Ted Taylor.
Mrs. r. X. Watkins and daughter
IeOna, have returned from an ex-
tended visit with friends and rela-
tives In Oklahoma.
Miss Erin Sam Turner have Just
returned from CoElS Christi.
MIR. and Mrs. G.. M. Franks arrived
from Houston wednesday, and will
spend several days here on bust
ness.
T.. "A. Brown and G. "A. Liljestrand
left at noon wednesday for Hous-
ton. where they viii be gone three
or four days.
Mrs. j. =. Hanson has returned,
following a several days visit TO
Corpus Christi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
BAPTTSTS CIRCLES
MEET IN HOMES

The South Circle OF the Baptist
church met with Mrs. NJ. Hammons
az her home on North Valley
View. Mrs. y. Z. Mcdaniel led the
Circle In the study Of the book
Ezekiel.
The North Circle or the Baptist
church met at the home Of Mrs
II. ". Kennedy on ". Fourth 81
A Mission Study from the book
"All the World IN All the Word"
was the program for the afternoon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
PASTEL SHADES USED
I'm r SETTING

Mrs. Ida Conley was hostess 70
three tables Of bridge on Friday
when she entertained the Blue Bon
net club at the home cf Mrs. Watt
Tinker.
Dainty organdy covers ver cret-
tonne gave the accent for the pas
tel shades used IN decorations. They
were fl1rthr carried out In the deli
cate lavender and green Of
ceniSo. "A refreShment course in the
same shades was served. Mrs. Char
les Chase held high ~ the games
end Mrs. Walter Daugherty, second.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
GUESTS OF r
GIBSON AT RRTnGF

Mrs. j. T. Gibson had as her
guests az bridge Mesdames. y. r..
Wier. A. 3. Hill. L. L. Harwell. A.
r. Hester. Jr. M. Hammons. a.. VI.
Williams and Miss Berta FAINT.
Mrs. Harwell was recipient or club
prize and Mrs. Williams Of guest
prize. Cooling refreshments Of
plum ice and macar0ons with iced
tea were served.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
WEEK AT BOCA
CHTCA ENJOYED

MI. and Mrs. Miller Hammons
and son. Miller. Jr. with Mr.. and
Mrs. Mannering and children of
Alamo spent a delightful week
end at BOca Chica.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19
REGULAR SESSION
HELD ny ID

The Knights OF Columbus held
their regular meeting on Monday
evening. with Joe Hoffman. newly
elected Grand knight. in charge.
"A very interesting and instruct
i've session was had.
PERSONALS
Miss Helen Flynn OF Harlinzen
spent the weekend with col and
Mrs Samuel M. Duffie. Her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Flynn
spent Sunday with them and Miss
Helen returned with them.
A. NJ Flanner OF the department
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-19

MI. and Mrs. Doc Odom left sun
dav for Corpus Christi where they
will make their home. Mr.. Odcm
has accepted A position with the
Garrison lumber yard.
Mrs. Zeda Jones left Sunday for
points in North Texas where she
viii spend a two weeks vacation.
Misses Marcelia Lehman and
Katherine Erwin left the first OF
the week for New Orleans where
they spent n few days and sailed
Thursday for Cuba.
Miss Nellie Mae Davis left the
latter part Of the week for OKLA
homa CITY. Okla. where she ex-
pects to spend several weeks.
Misses Norma Van Vliet and
Lucille Griffith visited friends in
Mission Monday.
Judge ard MS. G. r. Thompson
and little son returned 1.-THE first Of
the week from san Antonio and
other points.
Miss Fauiabelle Christian. who
has been employed with the West
ern Union Telegraph CO. here left
tha first AZ the week for Crystal
CITY. Texas. where she is employed
u,ith the same company.
Mr.. and Mrs. RI. H. Hathaway
the arrival OF a nine
nornd habv girl. wednesday morn
Inc. The bahv has not been named
vet. Neither qnd baby are reported
as doing nicely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
NOTED DRUG ENEMY
STUDIES IN CAPITAL
Miss Sara Graham-MuIhaI|
Plans World Body to
Lead Crusade.
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

In a book-lined apartment at the
Fairfax Hotel, one Of the worlds au-
thorlties on the narcotic evil, has been
living for the. last few months in
Btudious retirement, her presence in
the Capital known to few.
Miss Sara Graham Mulhall. for two
years first deputy commissioner of the
New York State Department Narcotic
Drug Control, arrived in Washington a
few months ago, to avail herself of the
opportunities offered in the Capital
for the research work to be used in
the successful accomplishment of a
life1. ie ambition-the establishment of
the >undation for World Narcotic Re-
search and Reclamation.
For q years Miss Mulhall, an
Engl woman by births educated in
the centers of learning of the old
world, has concentrated her energies
and eventual eradication Of the
narcotic traffic from the shame
stained records of modern civilization.
Sees Wrecked Lives.
As deputy commissioner of New
York, Miss Mulhall came in intimate
daily contact with human beings
whose lives have been wrecked and
poisoned by the drug habit. Aroused
Oy Il6T ODocIVhIlOllo Vi chldll CL1AlNA CHI
school boys and girls. society women
and even the medical men who fire.
uuently prescribed the use of the
drugs, shaken and ruined by the use
of morphine, heroin, cocain and other
by-products of the deadly weed, she
wrote one of the most sensational
publications of a few years past.
''Opium, the Demon Flower" which
won for her the Pictorial Review
Award of $4,000 in recognition of
her distinguished achievement among
women.
The rehabilitation of the drug addict,
believes Miss Mulhall. is one of the
most important problems facing the
world today.
Doctors and medical men have ad-
mitted," she said, that drug addict
cannot be cured by drugs. 1t is. there
fore, up to science to concentrate its
attention upon this problem. which must
be solved.
In spite Of Federal laws" she con-
tinued, America is still infested with
criminal traffickers In drugs that breed
addiction and prepare for crime. Our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

medical profession who. she claims, are
responsible for the forming Of drug
habits among hundreds OF men and
women.
IAN astonishingly large percentage OF
addiction" she declared, rs caused by
physicians, surgeons, dentists and
nurses, partly from ignorance, partly
from indifference, partly from mistaken
sympathy and partly from money
profit"
until the hyperdermic needle was
known" she added, 1.-The drug evil was
unknown as world menace. It has
now become the greatest menace in the
world today"
Legislation governing the disposition
Of addicts is also fiayed by the former
narcotic commissioner.
Urges Special Hospitals.
ut is terrible thing" she said, Ito
think that drug addict traffiicking in
drugs, is sentenced to the penitentiary
instead of being sent to a hospital,
where he belongs.
THE drug addict is q criminal be-
cause of the habit. He is a sick and
diseased man, and should be treated as
such. The criminal addict Is an incur
able criminal so long as he Is an un-
cured addict. Happily" she continued,
1.-The Government is recognizing this
fact and has already started building
program for the erection of two hoSpi-
tails for criminal addicts."
The Foundation for World Narcotic
Research and Reclamation of which
Miss Mulhall is founder and to which
she has donated the prize money won by
her recent publication, will be composed
Of two major departments, a depart
ment of research and a department OF
reclamation, which thas as its objective
the establishment of a hospital for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

mass meeting on the field grounds at
the intersection of Wilson Boulevard
and Clements avenue and heard ad-
dresses from seven of the eight candi-
dates for the new ONCE Of trial justice
and one of the five for the office Of
sheriff, last night.
Those speaking for trial justice were:
Ben M. Hedrick, present member of the
board Of supervisors Bryan Gordon.
H. w. Dudley, William Thomas
French, Melvin @. Ely, Walter U.
Varney and j. Hammond Brewer IT,,
who spoke on their qualifications and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

experiences. Howard 3. Fields, the
present incumbent. for the Office of
sheriff was the only one present and
said that he expected to enlarge the
present police force from time to time
and that it was the best in the State
of Virginia.
Another meeting will be held next
wednesday evening for the candidates
Tor the offices commissioner of revenue,
attorney for the commonwealth and
delegate to the General Assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
Couple Married in Luray.

LURAY, Va, October IS Especially.
-Cletus Brubaker Lamb of White
House, near here, and Miss Mildred
Mary ,Brubaker, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Brubaker. northwest of
Luray, were married at the home Of
the officiating minister, Rev. r. @.
Maxwell, in Luray. Directly after the
ceremony they left for a two-week
motor trip to Niagara Falls and various
places IN Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb
will reside on his farm near Luray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
AMERICAN SLOGANS
BANNED IN GERMANY
Court Rejects "Auto Cemetery" Be-
cause It's Not Decorous
Enough.

BERLIN up. American business
slogans which offend German etiquette
are frowned upon by courts here.
The designation Of "autofriedhof," or
auto cemetery" as applying to COM
pany for scrapping old automobiles,
has been rejected by the Berlin District
Court on the ground the term violates
the law that trade shall not adopt
names conflicting with propriety and
decorum.
The law has special objections to
foreign designations that have q dou-
BILE meaning in German.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

treatment and cure Of addicts, the crea-
ton Of college where addicts may be
trained for useful vocations, and an &C.
cupational division that will seek to Sc
cure employment for those who are
worthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15

Federal laws are not yet adequate, even
If enforced, to root out drug addiction.
1.-The rehabilitation of the drug addict
is a problem which must be considered
both from an economic and humane
tartan standpoint. Economically, the
country loses $200,000O00 a year in
service from the men and women
incapacitated by drug habits, while
the addicts themselves pay approx
mateiy $500, oOO, 900 yearly for their
dope, to say nothing for the billion
dollars spent for cure and upkeep of
these depforable citizens who become a
public charge on the taxpayer"
Miss Mulhall is strenuous in her con-
demnation of certain members of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
ARLINGTON CANDIDATES
ARE HEARD IN BALLSTON
Trial Justice 0ficeseekers Express
Views at Mass Meeting-others
to Be Heard.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON. Va, October 15.-More
than $50 persons attended the open air
The Washington times., 1931-10-30
SINCLAIR LEWIS
RAPS AUTHORS
Of '90'S
Most Of '0Id Boys Synthetic
As Bathtub Gin, He Says;
KipIing and Davis Chided

BROOKLYN, Oct. 30.-No little
furore has resulted from Sinclair
Lewis "De-pedestaling" Of the
literary heroes Of yesteryear, dur.
ing his talk here at tie Brooklyn
Academy Of Music.
Most Of the popular authors in
the Gay Nineties, said the creator
Of Babbitt, were as synthetic as
bathtub GIN" Kipling owed his
success, he asserted, to the fact
that his novels portrayed the be-
nighted heathen PROSTATE before
the swo. j and superior intellect
Of the Englishman; Davis, who
enjoyed similar popularity in the
United States. captured the same
reading public here because he
showed the Superiority of our
citizens to those Of Gouth and
Central 4-merica.
Chambers Spurious
The magnificent heroines" Of
Robert W. Chambers, he said,
could not have survived a breath
Of fresh air and were created
to sigh and swoon under 1mpos-
sible fictional conditions.
Good fiction, in Mr.. Lewis
opinion, must be a true reflection
Of the life and times Of the
period in which it is written.
As such it will be better his
tory of that generation than
history itself.
For that reason, he decided,
H. G.. Wells was a greater his
torian when he tried merely to
be a novelist than he is today
when his literary output is con-
fined chiefly to outlines Of his
tory and synopSes Of the advance
Of civilization.
Current fiction, Mr.. Lewis said,
was far superior to that Of the
'90s for this reason.
Cites Good Moderns
The most hopeful development
In modern fiction, he said, is that
modern novels reflect the life Of
today without making any conces-
sions to tradition. He cited, as
illustrations of this trend, Death
Comes to the Archbishop" "The
Good Earth" and "Vile Bodies"
and again contrasted them with
the best sellers of 1890!
Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
in fhn ClaaEifiRd
The Washington times., 1931-10-30

Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Directory published in the Classified
Section,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
WORK CREWS BEGIN.
DAM CONSTRUCTION.
Clearing of Right of Way to
Site of Huge Project
Is First Task.

BY the Associated Press.
LAS VEGAS, New, March 12.-The
tanning of the mighty Colorado River
got under way today. Actual work
started on Hoover Dam, a monumental
engineering effort, fittingly placed in
a wild section that has been a land
Of romance since the sixteenth century.
The turbulent stream which draws
its volume from seven States before
emptying into the Gulf of California
has been the object of study by Gov
eminent engineers more than 40 years.
Out of 40 years Of study and 10
years of fighting came the Swing
Johnson bill, providing for an expendi-
ture Of $l65, 100000 for the great dam
project, but even as the "hard-rock"
crews went on the job today the fight
was still on in Washington.
Arizona, dissatisfied with provisions
of the Swing johnson bill, filed suit
in the United States Supreme Court to
prevent its conSummatlon on tne
ground that it Disseminated against
the State.
Clear Right of Way.
Waving aside Arizona'S opposition,
the six remaining States of the Colo
RADIO River basin entered a compact
under which the development now pro-
ceeds. The Supreme Court case still
is pending.
When Secretary Wilbur of the In
terror Department yesterday accepted
the bid of the Six Companies, Inc, OF
San Francisco for construction of the
dam for slightly less than $50,0000 900,
officials in charge announced work
would start Immediately.
Skeleton crews were called on the
lob to clear a right of way for a rail
line that will carry supplies to the
dam site.
-Four hundred years ago gold-seeking
Spanish explorers entered the South
west.
Later Mormons came down the Colo
RADIO, found rich mineral deposits and
established colonies. But it remained
for engineers TO discover the real treas
ure house of the West locked up in
the Colorado River.
A great desert, once the Salton Sea,
was reclaimed near the delta Of the
Colorado. This now is the Imperial
Valley of California, from whose 1000
square miles early fruits and vegetables
speed by express to all parts Of the
United States.
Flow Equals Niagara.
But like a whimsical giant. the l,700-
mile river of sand and water contin-
uously threatened to turn the rich val
ley back into sea. More than $1,000
900 have been spent on levees and flood
protection. Each day the Colorado
builds up its bed, high above the I'M
perial Valley, depositing enough sedi-
ment each year to cover a hundred
thousand acres foot deep.
The flow of the Colorado at Yuma.
Ariz., has reached 100000 cubic feet per
second, equivalent to that over Niagara
Falls
Imperial Valley leaders. faced con-
tinuously with humiliation by the flood
menace, were joined by thirsty, fast
growing Southern California cities,
which sought the water for irrigation
and domestic use.
Now diamond drills and explosives
are ready to bite into the mtle-high
walls Of Boulder Canyon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
Modern Sanitation

italy is becoming "spotless town"
conscious. Heretofore famed for the
| insanitary condition of its towns and
cities, 1t is now becoming equally noted
for its ef1cient methods of refuse col
lection and disposal. Even Venice,
where bridges are high and usually
provided with steps so that no vehicles
can cross, is solving the garbage and
trash problem by removing it in small
covered, metal hand carts to covered
barges. In other cities metal bins are
sunk in the street to receive sweepings
These are emptied at night, as are also
the covered cans containing household
discards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
Town of 8 Voters
Elects Democrat
In Record Turnout
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Harris LOCATION, N. H.,
March 12.-In the heaviest vote
cast here in 20 years, the resi-
dents of this town Tuesday
elected a Democrat to town
office. A series of recounts of the
eight ballots cast showed that
there was no mtstake-that
James Monahan, Democrat, had
been elected road agent.
The other five offices were filed
by Republicans.
The increase in voting popula-
ton from six to eight was due to
the arrival of two new residents
since the last town meeting.
The voters decided to adver-
tise this as a growing and up
and-coming community and to
spend 500 for street lights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
D. C. MANS FATHER DIES

POTTSvILLE, Pa. March II Pl.-
Howard Leopold, 81, father Of Mrs.
Newton D. Baker of Cleveland, whose
husband was Secretary of War during
the wilson administration, died at his
home here today. Other surviving chill
dren are Leroy Leopold, washington, d.
c., and Ralph Leopold, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
School in Baltimore probably would be

School In Baltimore probably would be
granted.
Melvin confessed Sunday to Sergt.
Guy L. Jones Of the Montgomery Coun-
ty police that he started the fire be-
cause he liked to see the engines run
and the flremen work. He admitted
slashing himself across the body to
bear out the story he later told of see
ing a colored man set fire to barn
and of being attacked when he at
tempted to drive away the incendiary.
Melvin is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry K. Wheeler of Colesville.
More than $780, 900 pounds of Russian
honey were eaten in England last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
BOY FIREBUG SENT
TO TRAINING SCHOOL
Youth Who Set Blazes to See En-
gines Run Sentenced to Mary
land Institution.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 12.-Ar-
raigned before Judge Robert B. Peter
in Juvenile Court yesterday afternoon
Melvin Wheeler, IA years old, was found
guilty of starting the $4,000 fire on
his fathers farm Saturday night and
was sentenced to the Maryland Train
ing School for Boys, pending further
order of the court.
Judge Peter ordered the boy placed
under observation and it was intimated
that If mental examinations justified
1t, the request Of the boys parents that
he be sent to st. Mary's Industrial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12
WOMAN EVANGELIST DIES
Mrs. Hortense Ropp Drops After
Sermon in Stephens City.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Sermon in Stephens City.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March Ia
Mrs. Hortense Ropp, evangelist of
Roanoke, Va, died suddenly last night
in a theater at Stephens City, near
here, Immediately after concluding her
sermon. Doctors said death was due
to a heart attack. Mrs. Ropp had been
conducting evangelistic services for Rev.
H. Eugene Richardson, United Brethren
clergyman, preaching to large crowds
She was gifted as an orator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-12

A carved Burmese temple was sold
In London recently for only S110.