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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21
CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV
THE big nan announced. young
lady TO see you. Lieutenant"
At the Scared desk sat Shane
McDermid. staring a. though he'd
seen q vision.
The girl advancing was enveIopcd
in a smoke-coIorcd cont fitting her
snugIy al the waist like a Cossack's
uniform. Little smokc-colored tur-
ban from the close frame OF which
bronze curls escaped. Small. OK.
quisitely fitting shoes. There was
a subtle scent in the big. grim office
with the unwashed windows. Shane
stared. and small wonder that he
did. He got to his feet stun
blingly.
Miss Barrett?"
"Yes." The vision smiled.
You're all grown up." he said
marFellIng. "You were a little girl
last summer"
-And you've been made n lieu
tenant lin almost afraid of you
now"
He laughed. but was pleased and
fiattered. too. Not a bit on II.
Well. WELL Is there something !
a be doing for your"
She told him. Between breaths
he made deep sounds OF anger.
"The dirty" He caught him.
self IN time. You'll have 70 ex.
cuse me. The rats Tell me
what the Teller locks like" he com.
manded.
Lame rufled her forehead In an
effort 70 recall the least clue. Hes
dark like q Spaniard-or Mexican
she said haltingly. -He has a tiny
mustache. lie Is beautifully mani.
cured"
NO rings? Jcwelry7"
No. I don't think 50. Oh. hf
had a little gold watch charm
remember he kept playing with IL
Shaped like a tiny lion"
I'm Shane McDermId pom
dered- Tuesday. you say?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21

Cards have become S0 universal
I'M pAStime that tine uld nautical ex-
preston should hr revised to read
-All hands nn decks
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21
TRAFFIC TRAGEDIES

TRAFFIC TRAGEDIES
Beyond all cares
Is Lyman Law:
He didn't see
The open draw.
Most depressed
rs Luther Hare.
He beat the light
"A cop was therel
Mr.. Paul c"Legs-) Barnett. glori-
fer or athletics az Yale. made a hole
in one the other day. The big sur
prise to Mr.. Barnett. It is reliably
reported. was not that his ball had
landed IN the cup in n stroke but
that Il had landed on the green IN
less than eight.
Legs Diamond. apparently IN
vulnerable to bullets and courts. has
been freed again. this time despite
positive Identification by a farmer
who saws Legs burned his feet.
The jury evidently concluded that
the farmers sufferings were due 70
Athletes Foot.
Stain has decided 10 give the
trained minds IN Russia a chance.
In other words, Russia has aban-
doned the policy OF bean dumping.
An o~ld-fashioned girl Is a girl
who still concentrates on a channel
swim in summer.
CAN YOU REMEMBER
Back when championship golf
tournaments didn't result In ties?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21

LANE BARRETT. IN and beam
fifml. feels what she believes Nv
love me first sight for VAN no.
BARD. fascinating man or the
world. Ar Willow Stream. r. A.,
where she goes with her mother,
GAsS. nm actress playing stock nc
N summer thentcr, she meets him
again. without explaining. Cmss
asks Iinne 20 have nothing mere
90 do with him. Lame hears from
ELSIE MINTEH. the fngenuc. that
there 1. gossip about Van and
Mrn- Lndd. MURfEI LADD. n
pretty debufantc. Processes to he
In love with CHICK DESMOND,
newspaper reporter. but plays
around with other men.
when Cnss goes on tour On the
fall Lame stays with the rich
Mrs CLEESPAUGH. Ca~s he
comes seriously al I'm Philadelphia
md Lame rushes 10 her. I'm her
deiirium. the woma bnbbics ~
seine mystery concerning Lanes
birth. The engagement Of Van
H0hnrh and Murirl ~ announced.
when Give CLEESpAIGH asks
Lame 60 marry hIm-n marriage
Of CONFERENCE.-The accepts. Her
mother 20 the ClcrSpmu<hH
90 convnIesce.
TRESSA LORD and her sister.
MRS- AMBERTDN. old friends az
Mrs Ciecxpnugh- come 20 visit.
Tresxa IL rude a. Lame. Hobnrd
makes love 90 Lame. Trexsm be-
gins 20 plot 90 break the engage
nienf or Give md Lame. Al "a
night club n sinister man mp
proachcs Lfnne and threatens 20
exp0se nm unpleasant incident az
her life. I'm which she was blame
less, unless she pays $4,000. Lame
determines tO 70 20 see SHANE
NcDEhutD, young policeman who
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-21
.Rurbs

Henry Ford Is reported using
cantaloupcs 70 make paint. The
colors should be in good taste.
Philadelphia sicuths. says a news
item, are accused Of shopping
around I'm navy uniforms The bet
Ter t0 investigate the city'S dives.
perhaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
REALTY TAX Theme
OF VIRGINIA MEET
More Equal Distribution TO
Be Discussed at Newport
News October 8 to 10.

Real estate tax relief will be the main
theme Of the eleventh annual conven-
ton Of the Virginia Real Estate Asso-
citation, to be held at Newport News
October 8, 8 and 10, according to the pro.
gram made public today by Leroy e.
Brown, jr, Of Richmond, chairman Of
the Program Committee.
Mr.. Brown declared he knew Of no
subject that is as vital to the growth
of Virginia as more equal distribution
of the tax burden. Among speakers
scheduled to discuss this subject are DR..
w. H. Stauffer. economist Of the State
Department Of Taxation, and G. w.
Lineweaver, associate editor Of the
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
Business aids for the realtor will have
a prominent part in the convention pro-
by Harry S. Kissell. president OF the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards.
A report by the associations Com
mittee on Tax Relief will be made by
w. Ludwell Baldwin, chairman. There
will be an address also on the resto-
ration of historic places in Virginia.
Clarence A. Ahalt of Clarendon will
deliver an address on the last day OF
the convention on the subject OF uni
form method of settlement OF sales and
the workings of the mechanics lien law
Another paper will be given by r. w.
B. Hart, city manager of Lynchburg
and president Of the League Of Virginia
municipalities.
Four hundred are expected to attend
the convention of the body, Of which
H. E. Steptoe Of Lynchburg is president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
BUILDERS MOVE OFFICES
Baer q Scholz and McKeever Co
Transfer Quarters.

The offices Of Baer q Scholz, active
Washington builders, and Of the j. A.
McKeever Co., realty brokers. have been
moved from their former locations in
the Edmunds Building to quarters at
1925 K street.
This building, now owned by Baer &
Scholz, has been extensively remodeled
for its present use as an ONCE and
apartment building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
INCREASED SALES
OF HOMES IS NOTED
Realty Official Makes Report After
Tour Of Central, Southwest
and Coast Cities.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, September Sim
provement in the real estate business,
especially in the number of residence sales
made recently. has been noted by Guy
w. Ellis. director Of sales conferences
of the National Association OF Real Es-
tate Boards, who returned here today
after months tour of Central, South
west and Coast cities.
Realtors in 16 cities are encountering
a new demand for homes, and sales of
residences are decidedly on the up
grade in these places. according to Mr.
Ellis. Realtors dealing in small farms
IN the Middle West report increasing
demand and more sales for this type
of property.
Ellis, who conducts conferences in
which new sales approaches and mate
rial are given to local realty men, states
that the greatest evidence Of i'm
provement is generally in towns that
have no boom whatever and are not in
dustrial centers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
BUILDING AND LOAN
STARTS 4OTH YEAR
U. S. League Launched on New
Work Under Best's
Direction.

Headed by William E. Best of Pitts
burgh. as its newly elected president,
the United States Building and Loan
League entered the fortieth year Of its ex-
istence this month. as its centennial
convention in Philadelphia closed.
Ward B. Whitlock. Springfield, Ill,
is the new first vice president of the
league, and Philip Lieber, Shreveport,
La. is the newly chosen second vice
president. Herman F. Cellarius of Gin
cinnati. Ohio, was reelected secretary
treasurer of the league. He was first
chosen for the position of secretary
at the Philadelphia convention OF the
league in 1896. and has served the
50, 600, 900. 600 building and loan business
in that capacity ever since.
New directors chosen by the league
at its final session are Ernest A. Hale,
Boston. Mass, for District /, and
George r. Wootten, Hickory, N. c., for
District S. william P. Siegert, Phila-
delphia. and Carl j. Weber Fort Wayne,
Ind. were reelected directors in Dis
tricts and 7. respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05

justment Of tenants from tbs annual
moving period will have been COM.
pleted. Results Of the survey will be
given general publicity. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
JULY BUILDING PERMITS
ARE HIGHER THAN JUNE
Strauss Survey Of 52S Cities Shows
Months Total Of $11o,-
500, 1888.

Building permits issued in July show
ed slight increase over the June total.
as against a normal decrease Of about
IS per cent, 1t is shown by figures COM
piled by s. w Straus & Co., and made
public today. The survey covered 528
towns and cities in the United States.
July permits in these communities
totaled $1l0,399, 1888, as against $l08,-
2l5,822 in June, an increase Of 2 per
cent, but decline Of 80 per cent under
the July. 1880, total of $166,573,75
As q group, the IS cities reporting the
largest volume Of permits for the month
showed an increase of "a per cent from
June, decline Of "a per cent from
July Of last year, and decline Of IS
per cent from July, 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05

Estate Board has contaminated plans to
undertake the work which has proved Of
benefit to builders.
Basic information for this survey viii
be furnished by that portion Of the
membership Of the board which handles
the management Of apartment houses
Certain other large apartment-house in
terests not affiliated with the real estate
brokerage business will also be asked
70 Cooperate in desire to obtain in
formation concerning the maximum
number Of buildings.
Inc work will be started, Mr.. King
Salo, shortly after November /, at
WHICH Time the turnover and read
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
VACANT APARTMENT
SURVEY TO BE MADE
Real Estate Board to Take Over
Work Of Operative Builders
Group.

A survey Of the vacancies in apart
ment houses here will be made in No
vember by the washington Real Estate
Board. it was announced today by
Russell 3. King, chairman of the prop
erty management committee OF the
board.
During past years, Mr.. King pointed
out. similar surveys have been made by
the Operative Builders Association,
and since this service has been discon-
tinued by that organization. the Real
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
UNIFORM MECHANIC
LIEN ACT DRAFTED
Continued From First Page)

application of building funds is one G.
the principal detectives of the law. Us
of building funds for purposes other
than for what they are intended Is said
to be an all too general practice over
the country.
In this connection the new draft omits
from the penalty clause statement in
cluded in former draft of the pro-
posed law that incorrectness Of a state
ment concerning payment Of liens shall
be construed as prima facie evidence of
fraud.
The proposed law does not specify
what crime misapplication of building
funds constitutes, this being left to the
Legislatures and Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
Deeds Index Rises.

The regular monthly index figure,
computed from realty deeds recorded in
81 cities by the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards for July. il s1.1..
The June figure was 5s.4. These figures
are based on the norm 100 used for
deeds recorded in the year 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
M'INERNEY JOINS BOARD

Martin McInerney was elected to
membership in the Washington Real
Estate Board at the last meeting OF the
board of directors. For several years
Mr.. McInerney was affiliated with the
board as an associate member and has
been identified with the real estate bust
ness for a number of years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
KIDNAPPING CLUE
Is FOLLOWED
Believe One Known OF
Band Which Held
Up Bank

WICHITA. Kas, Feb. 27-P-
Jimmy Woodruff, Wichita police
character. was sought today for
completely in the robbery OF the
Hastings, Neb.. National Bank last
wednesday III which three men
participated.
Woodruff was identified tentively
here yesterday a. n 0f the trio
BY Capt. Frank Yettman OF the
Hastings police force. who was
carried into Kansas a. IA hostage
by two or the robbers. The officer
was kidnapped following a un fight
at a house In Hastings He was
released early yesterday near Sylvan
Grove. Kas.. and came here seek
ing aid of wichita police in tracing
the fuEitives.
Capt. Yettman was accompanied
by Nell Wheat. another officer. who
identified n picture or Mrs. Wood
ruff as the woman who was In the
house when the gun fight took
place. She was believed 10 be the
woman arrested near Hebron. Neb.
IN company with jim Thomas. an
ALLEGED member OF the gang. Thom-
as has been wounded and III Was
believed he had taken part II the
battle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
MASKED BAND
HOLDS UP BANK
Armed Trio Get $4,000
From Kansas Bank
This Morning

LEROY, Kas.. Feb. 27-P-Three
men. one masked and all armed.
robbed the First National Bank
here Of an estimated $1,000 in silver
and currency today ard escaped IN
q motorcar headed west.
AS they left. the trio took with
them George Sims. assistant cash.
Ter. but released him at the edge
OF town.
County officers and coffey coun-
W vigilantes were notified and
pursuit or the bandit car began.
L. d. Watson. cashier, said the
bank had been open for business
about 80 minutes when the men
entered and ordered the three bank
employees. and four customers, to
lie on the floor. watson. who de-
scribed the men as between % and
40 years Of age, said the men then
forced him 10 open the safe and
give them cash and travellers checks
therein. They then sc00ped up the
loose money on the counter. locked
Watson, Grant Eighh0rn, book
keeper. and the customers in a
vault. took Sims with them and
drove away.
r. L. Bowers. postmaster. arrived
ST the bank soon after the holdup
and with instructions on the COM
hination from watson, released
those in the vault.
The First National is the only
bank here. Watson said II had
never been robbed befora
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

evacuation. A detachment was sent
in pursuit OF the inSurgent ana
endorsements were ordered.
Santibancz reported that the
r0pulace was greatly aroused
against the rebels who killed a
number or civilians during a pro-
government demonstration.
A government bulletin said cen
tral Peru continued undisturbed and
that rebel troops from Cuzco had
been dispersed, r~etreating toward
Abancay. The defeat was said to
have prevented a projected union
OF the AreQuipa and Cuzco troops,
which were described as disorgan-
lied due to the rival ambitions OF
the insurgent chieftains.
Elmer Faucet. an American avi-
ator who was forced TO fly a group
Of insurgents from Piur to Paita,
was said 70 be safe az Paita. those
he brought with him having been
arrested by loyalists there.
Three American aviators have
been detained at Arequipa BY in
sErgents. Their names were given
as Byron Richards or St. Louis.
pilot George Hillman Of Texas.
mechanic. both of the Pan Amer
lean Grace Always, and Bill Grey.
Red Hook. N. Y, OF the Faucet
Air Lines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
HENCHMAN OF
CAPONE OUT
Labor Department Turns
Thumbs Down On
'Mops' Volpe

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Pp-
Secretary Doak today ordered the
deportation Of Tony t"Mops"J Vol
pc. known as a bodyguard Of al
Capone, Chicago gang chief, and
labelled as a public enemy by a
Chicago civic committee.
The order came at the end Of an
inquiry which led to the determine
ton that Volpe was an alien unlaw-
fully in the United States.
Proceedings were instituted
against him some time ago, but af-
ter the preliminary finding by inn
migration tribunals at Chicago that
he was liable 10 exile, his counsel
appealed both TO courts there ana
to the labor department here.
Secretary Doak'S decision was
taken after q review OF all the facts
elected. The man is at present out
on bond.
Volpe's association with Capone
has been intimate and he Is in ad-
dition. brother-in-law 10 the late
Diamond Joe" opposite. whose
death occurred in one OF the gang
struggles. Volpe was placed third
on the list of public enemies" which
the committee formally named
months ago.
Volpe will be returned to Italy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
Rivalry Increases
In Effort to Gain Quick
Divorce Court Business

Neither is he interested In Reno
hotels.
Montana apparently dropped out
OF the spirited ace to speed sew
erance OF marital ties, the senate
summarily refusing to concur In u
house measure which would reduce
the states residence requirement TO
90 days.
The Arkansas bill. signed yester-
day by Governor Harvey Parnen,
will become effective June H.
Idaho's house OF representatives
passed the quick divorce bill by
a vote Of SO 10 % and sent IL TO
Governor C.. Ben Ross. whose sig
nature viii make the states divorce
law the same as In Nevada.
Opponents In the Arkansas leg
iSlature characterized the divorce
measure as m attempt 10 enter
Ho. Springs into competition with
Reno. Proponents did not deny the
charge.
The only change In the states
divorce laws was TO reduce the u.s.
idence requirements from one year
TO 90 days.
Governor Ross on Idaho, said NE
planned TO sleep on the bill ar
least one night"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
Former Tabasco Off
Ger Makes Bond
On Two Counts
JONES NOT
Yet Arrested In Hidalgo
County; Hill Arrives
In Edinburg
Especial to The Herald.l

t0Declal 70 Inc HERALD
EDINBURG, Feb. 27.-N. l..
Reyna, charged with forgery and
with perjury and false swearing in
two indictments returned hte
Wednesday by the Hidalgn county
grand jury. was at liberty today
on bond Of $3.50 on each count.
made by him late Thursday after
noon, following his arrest.
Reyna Is charged with having
forged the name Of Juan Cchoa TO
a check for sI.487.72 drawn on
the Edinburg State Bank a. Trust
Co. by the Tabasco Independent.
School district on July 3, 1929, at
which time Reyna was secretary
Of the district.
In the other indictment he Is
charged with having sworn 10 q
false statement 70 the effect that
a Chrysler automobile was owned
By the school district and was
therefore exempt from the payment
OF a license fee.
Date OF this alleged offense 4:
given in the indictment as jan
rary 9. 1880.
Reyna Is at present under. bond
for 81 900 made by him following
lis arrest recently on charges Of
cisposing of mortgaEed cattle. filed
BIZ the American state Bank a
Trust co. OF Edinburg.
Cam HILL. former county clerk
az Hidalgo county, indicted on twc
counts. arrived in Edinburg Friday
morning and Immediately made
bond OF 100000 on each Of the two
counts.
He IS charged with receiving and
c~oncealing misapplied county pro-
perty'' and with making false
entry"
Clarence Jones. former court re-
porter and connected with the Cot.
Index case. has not vet been ar
rested and has not been seen in
Edinburg since the indictments
were returned.
Additional indictments expected
TO be made public today r ex-
pected to create an even greater
sensations than those already made
public.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
Leg Goes To Sleep,
Woman In Hospital

FORT WORTH, Feb. q. -Pj-
Mrs. r. L. Carlock, ST.. may be re-
quired to remain in a hospital here
several weeks with a fracture OF
the left hip. received a week ago
when her leg went to sleep, gave
way and threw her to the floor Of
her home.
The leg became numb while Mrs
Carlock was asleep in her chair.
Startled from her sleep. probably
BY the ringing Of the doorbell. Mrs.
Carlock rose from the chair. The
leg was unable TO bear her weight
and she fell. She is the wife OF r.
L. Carlock, ST., former state SEN
ator.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
TOMATOES NOW
BLIGHT RIDDEN
Farmers Advised BY County
Agent To Continue
Control Work
(By Staff Correspondent

SAN REN1TO. Feb. 27.-BliEht
which Is attacking the potato and
bean fields Of Cameron county has
spread 10 the tomato fields. accord
ing to- reports reaching County Ag1
ept HenIy Alsmeyer.
Weather conditions are such that
farmers IRE experiencing great eff
ficulty in their treatment or The
disease. Alsmeyer reports. as rains
which are falling are washing of
the poison almost as rapidly as Il Is
applied.
Continued poisoning. however. Is
the only treatment, and the county
agent advises farmers to keep on
applying either Bordeaux or copper
lime dust at frequent intervals
Black Leaf 40. q well known in
sect remedy. can be used with go11
results 1n beans as a blight control
Alsmeyer reports.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
CADETS TO
GET FREE KITS
Circulation Department Of
Herald To Aid Youths
Build Planes

With more than 200 Brownsville
boys and girls already signed as
members of the American Air Ca
diets, a drive to obtain additional
members is being sponsored by the
circulation department Of The
Brownsville Herald.
Arrangements have been made
by The Herald circulation mana
ger with Maynard Jacobson. Dallas.
sponsor OF sne Air Cadets, whereby
local youths may obtain necessary
kits. equipment. buttons and other
things free Of charge.
Local merchants and aviation
companies have entered into the
campaign enthusiastically. and ar
rangements have already been
completed for several contests to
be held later. Prizes offered are a
free trip to Monterrey BY air. a
free trip over the Valley by air. a
silver loving cup appropriately en-
graved. free theater tickets. and
many other prizes.
Plans for constructing model air.
planes will be furnished Air Ca
diets. who will then build planes
out Of light wood, metal, and live
golf ball rubber. The prizes will
be awarded 70 boys and girls build
ing the best planes, and the planes
flying longest and highest.
The movement is to arouse more
interest in aviation, and II Is not
being commercialized." Mr. Jacob
son said today col. VIM H. East
erwocd. Of Dallas. who sponsored
the Paris TO Dallas flight, is back
or Ill"
He explained that those who did
not understand airpIarJs are afraid
Of them. and that by ALLOWING
young boys and girls 10 build them
they would understand exactly
what made them fly and would bt
'airminded".
The boy Of today will be the
transport pilot OF tomorrow" Mr.
jacobson concluded.
The plans TO be furnished Ali
Cadets viii be OF many types oil
airplanes now In use. inrludinr
Fokker Tri-Motors. Curtiss Hawks
Eaglerock Bullets, Auto Gyros, etc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27
MORE RAINS
PREDICTED
OCCASIONAL Showers May
Be Expected, Says
Bureau

Occasional rains are In the Of
fling tn the Valley. according I'd
weather chief w. y. Schnurbusch.
February to date has been def
Gent in precipitation. with only ISL
inches recorded. weather records
show. Normal for the month is 1.2l
inches.
I'M temperature. however. Browns
vile has received an excess for
the month. The average has been
around 90 degrees. while normal
temperature for February Is 62.6.
The official forecast for Friday
night and Saturday Is mostly
cloudy and unsettled. probably
with local rains; not much change
In temperature
Rainfall during the past "a hours
has been slight. although every
river station has reported some
precipitation. Rio Grande City had
.O4: Mission on: san Benito IT and
Brownsville .25 inches.
During practically every day An
February. Brownsville and the VAL
ley has led Miami, Florida. in high
temperatures, IL was shown on the
weather bureau records.