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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-13

Ptolemy Of Alexandria Is the
greatest figure In ancient astron-
omy, and his discoveries and the
doctrines he laid down held sway
over the minds OF men for nc least
140O years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-13
R%IyOLI-sAN RENITo

Edna Ferber got her true-to-life,
warmly human characterizations
for the town Of Usage, Okla, III
her best-selling novel from her home
town OF Kalamazoo. Mich.
The capital Of the Celery King
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-13
QUEEN


George Sidney is a product OF
New York's famed East Side. His
father was a shoemaker and while
young Sidney put in many hours in
his fathers little shop. he establish
ed his independence at the age OF
"A when he secured a job in a pawn
shop for the glorious salary OF a
dollar and a half a week.
1t Is about IS years since he first
began to build his theatrical career
by occasionally appearing at Miners
Bowery Theatre on amateur night
and winning the barrel OF flour or
ton Of coal by virtue or a fine per-
Torrance.
With the passing OF time. Sidney
became recognized on Broadway.
making his first successful appear
ance on the legitimate stage IN
Welcome Stranger produced by
Sam RI. Harris.
He made his screen debut III 1924
His success was instantaneous and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-13
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CAPITOL

<0A
Scandal Sheet" is the title OF the
George Bancroft-Kay Francis-C Give
Brook drama which comes to the
Capitol theatre today. 1T is a yigor-
GUS, suspense-filled story OF con-
flicting loyalty and love with the
turbulent atmosphere Of the news
paper world for its background.
N Scandal Sheet" George Ban
eft creates the role OF Mark Flint.
militant editor Of q yellow" journal
Bancroft'S creed is news. II it's
news it must be printed, no matter
whom it hurts. Flint's work is his
life. To him nothing else counts,
save his intense love for his beau
tiful young wife CKay Francis. But
Rancroft's wife is in love with a
prominent banker. Noel Adams, por-
trayed by Give Brook. Bancroft, Of
course, knows nothing OF this. He
welcomes Brook to his home, enter
tains him. thinks him q pleasant
and amusing friend.
There Is a truly throbbinr dra-
matte situation. And, with imazin-
ative skill. it is worked out 10 a
eh ain "CoIuptAl1lk Climax as
Bancroft. faced with exposing his
wtfe's scandal to the world, makes
the decision which a lifelong creed
has made inevitable. Scandal
Sheet" Is a powerful. well directed.
ably acted picture that commands
attention. one Of the most fascinar-
Ing stories to come to the audible
screen In some time.
Bancroft's performance as the
two-fiSted editor who is forced 10
write or his own vife's infidelitv Is
one Of the finest pieces OF acting he
has given 10 the screen since his
admirable work In Underworld And
Kay Francis. as his wife, and Give
Brook. as the other man, are splen-
did In roles that do full Justice TO
their talents. Others i'll the cast in
clude Lucien Littlefield and Regis
Toomey.
John Cromwell. who directed
Street Of Chance" and Tom saw
yer, directed Scandal Sheet" for
Paramount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

Comdr. Bologna Of italy streaking
around the course ct the rate Of 1875
miles an hour. In 1921 Italy again was
triumphant, @. de BEsganti making .
new record Of 1174 miles an hour.
And from that year the record began
to shoot upward with amazing rapidity,
due to the lessons learned In previous
years
In 1922 Capt. II. c. Biard Of Eng
land did 1853 miles an hour and In
1928 Rittenhouse Of the United States
pushed it up to l774 miles. The next
year, 1925, Jimmy" Doolittle, still one
OF Americas premier flyers, reached
232.6 miles an hour. American supreme
acy was ended in 1925, when Bernardo
of Italy winged his way around the
course on Hampton Roads at 1865
miles an hour. Then England took 3
hand, and Webster in 1927 shot the
mark to ISIS miles an hour. Last
year England won again with Wsghorn,
one of those who have since been killed,
making the unprecedented speed Of
S2ee miles an hour. Prom IS miles an
hour in 1918 TO 32S miles an hour in
1929, with the spectacular straight
away speed last year Of 367 miles an
hour, is the remarkable record OF the
Schneider Cup races. BY the very nature
Of things pioneers must give their lives
in such work, but the results are for the
benefit Of al mankind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Augmenting the seafood supply
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

the water TO which that oyster Is to be
immigrant Salinity, condition Of the
bottom, presence of other creatures
that Is, the neighbors-T1ust be iT1veS-
tiRated prior TO the move.
It has been discovered that many O
transplanted oyster has pined away and
died either from homesickness or lack
of eongenial surroundings,
The research specialists Of the bureau
escort the oysters to their new homes
and maintain q kindly surveillance over
them during the period in which they
are getting acquainted with their new
environment. The scientific Peeping
Toms are always prying into the oysters
affairs, paying particular attention, the
bureau of1cially states, to the bivalves'
gonad development. This Is something
own business. as It. has to do with the
production Of new oysters from old ones.
The distribution OF larvae Is carefully
supervised and the setting of the
oysters in order" the bureau says.
Fundamental facts are sought. 1t is
stated, to be used as future guide Ito
oyster cultural operations" As this
work extends down the South Carolina
and Georgia coasts, where true Southern
Standard prevail, some idea of the
kind Of culture being developed among
oysters can be imagined. Oysters with
Southern drawl presumably would
bring higher price at the Ritz. -
Shrimp L. Popular.
The Bureau Of Fisheries also Is con-
corning Itself with shrimp Just now
attention is being paid to the assembling
Of accurate statistics on the available
shrimp and on the catch. A shrimp
census has been in effect for a number
OF years, covering the South Atlantic
and Gulf States coasts. Figures on the
catch from 1880 are available.
How the course of history. how jour
neyings and warfares affect the unob-
trusive shrimp is told in these statistics
The catch ran along smoothly until
lSoe-l900. That was just after the
Spanish-Arneriean War and the begin
ming of Our acquaintance with the
brownish Filipino. Filipinos, il appears,
have . haif for shrimp. After the
Spanish war. which raised the American
nag over the Philippine Islands, the
production took tremendous squirt
FiliptnogE who came to the Gulf coast
introduced an Oriental process of drying
shrimp for export. There Is . shrimp
fishing center known as Manila village
in the Barbarian region.
The total shrimp catch now amounts
10 100, 600 900 pounds year. ranking
sixth among the American fisheries by
volume and NTH by value. Shrimp can
ming has reached $4,000, 600 pounds q
year. which ranks 1t fifth In American
cannery output.
This is but one branch of the widely
ramified work Of the Bureau Of Fish
cries, an agency which adds uncounted
wealth TO America every year through
flsh cultural methods Whenever 1t APP
pears that the supply Of any. marine
creature Il In danger of serious dtminu-
ton, the bureau steps in. and finds
measures for increasing the supply.
Streams and lakes are stocked and even
the open sea enriched ~ result Of
the bureaus enlightened efforts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Matrimonial Advertising.

This is the lure offered by the Clarks-
burg. w Va. murderer TO tempt wo-
men TO correspond with him with .
view TO matrimony":
Civil engineer. college education.
Worth Sl50,0 900 or more, has income
from $500 70 $4,000 per month, My
business enterprises prevent me from
making social contacts, am unable,
therefore. TO make the acquaintance OF
OF the right kind Of women. As my
properties are located in the Middle
west, believe will settle there when
narried. Am an Elk and a Mason, own
a beautiful l0-roon home, completely
furnished. Ny wife would have her
own car and plenty Of spending money
This was printed In a periodical de-
voted to such enterprises, Many re-
sponses were received by him, A large
number Of letters were found BY the
police in his possession, written BY wo-
men IN different parts Of the country.
Apparently some Of them we're accept
ing his semi-anonymous proposals. One
woman In Detroit has been discovered
whom the Clarksburg man had prom
iSed 10 marry. This woman, like the
victim whose body has Just been dis
covered, also had three children. Pier
son, It would seem, had written her
letters almost identical with those that
were sent 10 the Chicago widow who
was 80 unlucky as to join her Nance, .
only to be slain, with her children. This
suggests that there may be others who
have just escaped death by the same
terrible means.
Tsnis. business Of matrimonial adyer-
Using Is pernieious. The postal authori-
ties are constantly alert to detect and
bar these fraudulent and, as It proves,
crime promoting publications from the
mails. Nevertheless they flourish,
though they are not as successful as
IN, former times The dangers Of this
sort Of enterprise, the perils Of long
distance proposals Of marriage, have
been exposed so often that the game
4 saAsR knewn 70 be risky one. Yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Schneider Cnn Racers.

The death of the eighth Schneider
Cup contestant, the blue ribbon event
Of speed In the air, has just occurred
in England. Lieut.. @ L. Brinton,
Youngest member Of the British team,
In training for the race next month, was
killed instantly when his tiny ship
struck the water at more than two hun
bred miles an hour. In giving his life
to the all-important development Of
speed in airplanes Lieut.. Brinton fol-
lowed three Italians, one Frenchman.
two Englishmen and one American TO
the grave. And yet 1t is not question
OF why the fatality list Is 20 large 1t is
why IL is 50 small?
Schneider Cup aviators are the pick
of their nations. but their work Is haz-
ardous In the extreme. Man must learn
how to get the most out Of the infant
art OF flying, and IT is these skilled n.y.
ers who undertake the hazardous re-
search And despite the eighth fatality
Of men actually in training for the
great contest. how well this small band
Of flyers has done can be glimpsed
from q perusal Of schneidc- Cup speed
figures since 1918. In that year M.
Provost. a Frenchman. won the trophy
with the then startling speed Of 4S,TS
miles an hour. In 1914. the last year
until after the conclusion Of the war
that the race was held, Howard Pixton,
an Enrlishman, pushed the mark up to
SIS miles
The next race was held in 1870 and
the record Of speed was almost doubled,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
UNENCUMBERED LIVING
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN. D. d, LII. d,
Bishop Of Washington.

diticn of servitude. We constantly meet
people who seem to have, judged by
worldly standards everything to live
for. Nothing is denied them, nor do
they deny themselves anything. and yet
they are far from happy. The Injuries
of life have lost their charm, its pleas
lIres have ceased to have anything OF
appeal or originality about them, and
their accommodations, whether of things
or money. lend nothing Of rest to life,
How few of us really work out for our
selves a reasonable philosophy of habit
and practice How few of us seem to
get out OF life the best that is In 1t.
A man like John Burroughs. the great
naturalist, could probably get more of
real pleasure In one afternoon in the
woods than most Of us get out of q
weeks strenuous effort in the gratifica-
ton of desire. The most lasting and
satisfying pleasures we have in life are
really the least expensive and cost us
the smallest effort. The delight we have
in children and in the sweet and whole
some things of family life; the joys OF
friendship that constitute one of our
rarest privileges and satisfactionS; the
world Of nature with its msnifold gifts
of loveliness all these are readily at
hand TO be enjoyed for the asking
Happy Is the man OF woman who has
so far developed their love OF these
things that they are unembarrassed IN
their enjoyment OF them by theSburden-
ing accumulation Of cares and riches
and the more artificial pleasures OF this
life.
The implication Of the parable Of
"the sower" Is that the principal bust
ness OF life Is the development and
enrichment of character To feel as
life progresses that we can see the
gradual ripening of the fruits Of ouI
whole nature, means 10 attain those
high ends for which we are here. We
do not have to wait for death to dis
close these fruits, 1t is ours to enjoy
them all along the way. To feel that
We are really living our lives for the
purpose OF developing the best that Is
in US brings = peace and q satisfaction
that Is worth more to US than all the
worlds accumulated treasures or its
many and fascinating pleasures can
give.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Gov. ROOsevelt's Chances for Democratic
Nomination May Be Affected by Issues

many as the largest voting unit In the
party, are all in New York and are the
controlling personalities and influences
IN the Democracy.
Mr.. Smith has not shown his hand
although repeated attempts have been
made to break down his silence. None
yet knows whether he still cherishes the
ambition for another try for the presi-
dency. He has not, by word or act,
given the fsintest indication Of his at
titude toward Mr. Roosevelt's ambition.
The two men are believed popularity
not TO be close together, but there has
been no outward display Of q clash Of
interests. -
Accepted as the ayowed leader Of the
wet element in the party. Mr.. Smith in
spires the greatest enthusiasm Of his
hackers, who are hopeful that he may
again try for the presidency. II is their
conviction that the religious issue Is
dead. Others equally partial to him in
sist his nomination would again raise
the religious issue and ruin the party
in year when the prospect of winning
seems TO them unusually bright.
Even IL he Is not q candidate In the
next convention, Mr.. Smith is expected
10 exert q great influence in the party
gathering. His friends believe he may
exercise O veto power over the nominal
ton and platform. Few politicians In
New York expect him to pass out Of the
picture.
The national chairman is credited
with not being partial to Roosevelt, al
though he maintains position Of strict
neutrality toward all candidates He Is
supposed to lock with favor on owen D.
Young. The elements which were
against Smith in 1929 are against Ras-
kob continuing as chairman.
The Roosevelt claim Is based pri-
marily on the suppoSition that his NOM
nation would solve the Al Smith prob
lem for the Democracy by going to the
Empire State again for the nominee
and further, assure New York State
being in the Democratic column in the
election. Without the united support
CT his own State, Mr.. Roosevelt assumes
a heavy liability Therefore. anything
bearing on his relations with Tammany
becomes matter of Importance to the
national Democracy. That question has
not yet been answered decisively.
tCopyright, 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

evidently there are potential victims
enough to keep 1t going.
The agency through which such
murderous schemes are worked Is guilty
as an accessory. It should be prose-
cuted. The fact that the victims are
foolish and are blameworthy for their
unwise yielding to temptation to md
mates and homes under the promise
Of fortune and comfort does not lessen
the responsibility that rests upon the
medium through which the bait is
offered.
The Chicago woman who went to her
death at Clarksburg Is said to have
mortgaged her home before going to
join her ''fiance," This was probably
in response TO his suggestion. Had she
but taken advice from some trust
worthy friend before acting she would
probably have been spared the terrible
tragedy that befell her. But in such
matters advice is not sought. The
glamor Of a romance induced by the
clever pen OF distant correspondent
whose letters appear to have been
masterpieces Of allurement-was too
much for her common sense, which
should have told her that the chances
we're altogether against the mans being
honest and inspired by decent motives
1t is to, be hoped that this shocking
crime viii cause the cleaning up Of
these criminal agencies, that have in
the past done so much harm and are
even now in this day of greater en-
lightenment operating TO promote the
evil aims Of hends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

Tert: They are choked Nth cares
and riches and pleasures OF this life,
and bring no fruit to perfection, -
st. Luke, viii.I4.
This is harvest time, when the hus-
bandman is gathering in the fruits OF
the Summer It is one of the most in
tefesting periods Of the year and the
results of the harvest are wholly con-
ditioned by the bounty Of Gods rain
and sunshine. plus the care exercised in
protecting the fruits and grain of the
field from contamination and blight
The bounty of the harvest is almost
wholly determined by the care exercised
and In the character Of its conservation.
Now 1t is that the long weeks Of toll
have their reward.
In one of the most picturesque
parallels that Jesus ever used, known as
that OF the sower" He likens human
life 10 q field in which seed is sown. He
recognizes the different kinds of human
soil and seeks to indicate that the
quality of the soil, rs well as the care
given to its cultivation, determines the
harvest. In the above passage He
speaks of seed which fell among
thorns" 1t is a striking analogy Of q
condition all too familiar to us: the
thorns are the cares and riches and
pleasures Of this life" II is inevitable
that, no matter how rich the seed, it
cannot come to fruition under such con-
ditionS Thorny lives. lives that are
like uncultivated and uneared-for fields
can bring no fruit to perfection. They
have permitted the world to so cumber
them with q multitude of worldly things
that they are wholly incapable of de-
veloping ard garnering the rich fruits
Of character Even in moments Of high
hopes and aspirations they And them
selves let and hindered. BY unregulated
habits and passions, they are literally
the slaves of their own indiscretiors
AS we grow older We become more
conscious OF the burdens we carry in
the way Of cares and the accumulation
Of things. and the widely varied but
unsatisfying pleasures. The most
tragic aspect of this situation Is that
we reach q stage in life where It is
dificult for US, II not altogether iYnpos-
sible, to release ourselves from q con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
Britain's Credit,

When q government within a span Of
thirty-six hours can arrange to borrow
$500 DOC. 900 abroad. on top Of previ-
Gus advance Of $3.50, 600 900, II may
Justly be claimed that It's credit is
mountain high in the money markets
Of the world. Bankers OF France and
the United States between them have
just placed the first-nanied sum at the
disposal of the new national govern
ment In Great Britain for the specific
purpose Of stabiliEing sterling exchange,
Due to the chaotic political and flnan-
cial conditions which preceded the fall
of the Labor government, sterling fell
steadily abroad. It's collapse was fraught
with as many dangers for the interna-
tional money structure as the flight OF
capital from Germany produced earlier
in the Summer The 100000 1000
Franco American credit will be utilized
exclusively to defend sterling
None of the new loan Of $500 ,000, 900
will be applied in reduction Of the
earlier s25o,0oo 900 loan to the Bank Of
England. The new and larger transac-
ton is purely a private banking opera
ton. The American half Of the
credit will come from . group OF ITO
banks, headed by j. P Morgan a. Co.
The French portion Of $500, 00o, 900 will
consist Of a 500, 0Oo, 900 banking credit
and a 500 10000 one-year British
treasury loan to be sold 20 the French
public. The interest rate on the Amer
lean advance is held secret. II Is UNI
ofieially reported that the British bonds
to be fioated in France will carry four
and quarter per cent. New York bank
Ing leaders describe American psrticipa-
ton a. springing from dictates Of "en-
lightened selnshness,"
The threatened caving-in Of the Ger
man economic fabric brought home
wildly to the United States that no
great country across the seas can newa-
days 20 down in ruin without stimuli
taneously undermining even the sturdy
American economic structure. Condi-
tions perilouSly affecting the solidity Of
Britain would have an even greater ef-
feet upon us. British economic rsmi-
ncations are farther flung than Ger
man. and the pound sterling remains
the barometer by which globe wide con-
ditions In money and commerce are
measured. II that barometer should
sink TO dangerous levels, the bad eco
nomic weather thus heralded would not
be confined to the home Of the pound.
Its devastating influence would eneircie
the earth.
Paris halls the role the French are
playing In keeping Britannia's financial
ship afoat as q sign that the entente
cordiale OF pre-war and war days Is re-
stored. It is no secret that the affec-
ton which united the allies Of isl4-1sls
has cooled to the vanishing point dur
ing the intervening thirteen years.
Money talks, in international politics
as well as In private affairs. French
francs are now talking to Great Britain
In the unmistakable language Of
friendship
II the pound steTltng's plight serves
the purpose Of bringing France and
Great Britain into terms OF old-time
relationship, the peace Of Europe, as
well as the business Of the world, viii
be adyantageously promoted.