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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Those Who Use the Highways
Should Pay For Them

According to an important bulletin published by the
American Petroleum Institute Oklahoma alone among
the % states which are considering OF may consider
changes in gasoline tax rates this year-has q bill
pending designed to reduce the tax The Oklahoma
measure would reduce the rate from four to three
cents q gallon. In other states increases OF one or two
cents are proposed. Oklahoma. according to the bul-
letin, adopted the gasoline tax in 1923, fixing the rate
at one cent per gallon. In 1924 the rate was increased
to two and one-half cents per gallon and in 1925 it was
lifted to three cents. It became four cents per gallon
In 1923. Income amounted to slo.S4l, 500 in 1929 and
In the first half Of 1880 reached s~6,175.965. Total 1850
income Is estimated At ST. 100000.
The entire income In Oklahoma Is devoted TO high
way construction. Improvement and maintenance pur-
poses. IS % per cent going 70 state highways and
80 IL per cent to local units.
Introduction recently in the Tennessee legislature
Of a bin designed to increase the gasoline tax rate to
six cents per gallon from five cents brought to % the
number Of states whose legislatures already are con
sidering. or probably will consider. changes In their
gasoline tax rates. Passage Of the bill In Tennessee
would make that state the fourth to impose a tax as
high as six cents. the others being Florida. South
Carolina and Georgia.
States reported by the institute bulletin contem-
plating changes in rate and the changes proposed
follow Colorado. four cents to five cents. North
Dakota. three cents 10 four cents; Arizona, four cents
to five cents Can increase defeated al the November
POLLS; North Carolina, five cents To SIX cents; Penn
sylvania, three cents to four cents: South Dakota.
four cents to five cents. Alabama, four cents to six
cents. Maine. four cents 10 five cents. Tennessee,
five cents to six cents: West Virginia. four cents 10
five cents; Missouri. two cents to three cents; Iowa,
three cents to four cents. Kansas. three cents to four
cents: Michigan. three cents to four cents: Minnesota.
three cents to five cents; Nebraska. three cents TO
four cents; Ohio, four cents to five cents; Wisconsin,
two cents to four cents; Massachusetts. two cents to
three cents. New York. two cents to three cents; and
the District Of Columbia, two cents to four cents.
Yes. Those who use the highways must pay for
them" Motoring Is going to be an expensive luxury
in the near future if the gasoline tax is to pay all
that the traffic viii bear"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Congressional leaders are agreed that a decisive
clash on prohibition would go over to the new con-
gress TO be thrashed out with the 1882 presidential
convention just ahead" AS predicted at the time
Pres. Hoover submitted the Wickersham report to the
congress, prohibition is to continued as the football Of
politics in order to make it an issue in the campaign
OF 1882. 1t is not an economic issue. It may be d
moral issue. II II is a moral issue It should not be a
political issue. Neither should it be a test Of the
republicanism or democracy Of an American voter.
Chairman George ". Wickersham, after two years in
vestigation or research work. left prohibition Just
where he found it-"up In the air" It viii be an
up In the air" issue in the coming presidential cam
paign. Moreover 1t viii be an excuse for the practical
politician with a ~jelly-fish backbone and without
fixed convictions to do his level best to sidetrack the
issues which concern the welfare and the w~ell-being
Of rhe farmers and the wage workers Of America.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
STORY FROM THE TAR

Al a public dance Martin Forbes.
newspaper man. cuts in on Rhoda
Whites dance with Max Lewis.
whom Martin instinctively dislikes.
He o7erhears a conversation be-
tween Lewis and a woman which
he realizes concerns Rhoda. Sensing
"A newspaper story he tells RhOdA
OF "a blind ad- inquirinE the where
abouts OF "Rhoda Mcfarland" which.
he is convinced. is the girls real
name. She denies Il. but it's true.
After her mothers death she had
been happy with her father IN Cali
fornia. where he was a professor.
until misfortune came. Associated
with the blow was an uncle. Will
liam Royce The father brings
Rhoda 70 Chicago. where he - en-
gagged In mysterious work. Rhoda
becomes q ste~norrapher. The pro-
fessor dies suddenly. vairly trying
20 give her a message about pa
pers' ia a trunk. Rhoda takes an
apartment with a fellow-worker.
Babe jennings Martin learns that
the blind ad" advertiser Is c. J..
Forster. uncle or Lewis. Rhoda ad-
mits 20 Martin that her real name
IS Mcfarland. "A mysterious Claire
CLEVELAND asks Rhoda for an IN
terview.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Troubles of An Indiana
Republican Leader

An Indiana congressman, one Of the trainers Of The
G. @. P. in the Hoosier state, must face trial In a court
Of justice for law violation. He is charged with hav-
ing sold post offices and post office jobs to the high
est bidder. AS a result Uncle Sam bounced four post
masters out OF their Jobs and the agents Of the de-
partment Of justice are shopping about for the scalp
OF others.
A foxy democrat. who wasn't on the government
payroll, dug up the evidence but republican higher
ups were given the hint Of an explosion to come and
they beat the foxy democrat to It. Just another In
diana political sensation. That's all.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Shipments of Vegetables From
Winter Gardens

Texas has its summer and winter gardens where
berry and vegetable growers are very greatly IN evi-
dence. IF the nation is not fed it will no. be the
fault Of Southwest Texas which shipped out a total
of 1859 carloads Of vegetables and fruits last week,
establishing daily and weekly peaks for the fall and
winter season to date" editorialzes an Alamo city
newspaper. Moreover the t-tal was almost three times
the same week a year ago due to the fact that hard
freezes came Jan. 10 and 10. in the year 1880. fellow
ing the snow and freeze at Christmas 1929. Cabbage
had the call Of 465 car loads in a single week. Then
came spinach. Cabbage sold as low as SO a ton or a
half cent a pound and spinach at 40 cents a bushel.
This is a great year for vegetarians under the skies Of
Texas. Vegetable prices are not e%xorbitant and low
ers Of spinach should be able to gorge themselves u
the full
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
In Old Missouri

"A republican lavmaker in old Missouri introduced "
resolution calling for the investigation Of the state
treasurer. also republican. Then the plan came in
The legislator was arrested charged with soliciting arr
accepting a brihe: the state treasurer admitted that
he had been solicited to pay s40o for ~dynamitirg
the proposed Investigation measure.
There is another side to the story. The lawmakar
holds that he was framed and that a man III Of near
the office Dr. the treasurer attempted 10 force into his
pocket $500 In currency.
Coz, Bill Murray Of Oklahoma has recommended
that his state shall appropriate a large sum to defray
the cost Of building a flophouse for sleepipg purposes
for the lawmakers in order that they shall escape
contamination.
Why not Missouri
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04


NO, naturally not. I put II away.
Why, she said that q couple or
years before my father died she'd
given him a paper 10 take care OF
Tor her, and that now she needed
It terribly. and she thought I might
be able 70 help her find IL 7 don't
know exactly why ! thought she
might be the woman you told me
about
"Wcll, she is. all right Anybody
could see that
This. she reflected. was as much
as 70 say that she was a fool not
TO have seer It for herself At the
first glance. He really was infurI-
ating. He was staring at her now
in a blank abstraction. as n he
didn't know she was there. When
he walked 10 II was to ask further
questions.
What does she ask you "a do7
Let her come and see You and 70
owe your fathers papers ana pick
ont what she likesf7
"All she asked me 70 DO" Rhoda
told him. resolved 70 stine her
wrath until she burst. was to
come and lunch with her at the
T1p-Top inn today as soon after
twelve as I could. SO that she could
tell me all about Il. And before
went ! thought I'D ask von 70 tell
me .r
"Rhoda, you're not Eoingg-
He had had the grace 10 put an
upward quirk on that last word to
make II sound Hike a question, but
he'd started. She thought, 70 tell
her she shouldn't
"Of course I'm going" she said.
-She may be all right even n she
Is the woman You heard talking to
Mr. Lewis. ANYHOW. I'm going 70
find ont"
You won't find out " thing from
her. That woman's clever. Rhoda.
and she's dangerous. You'd better
let her alone. You'd better let her
alone. Why. she's got you half
fooled already
At that since Il wasn't feasible
to shake him till his teeth ratified.
she turned and left him with a rush.
Unreasonably she was a little dis
appointed that Martin was no
where about. not even IN the ofinE.
when she set out az noon Ia her
rendezvous. She mustn't waste
time thinking about him now.
though-except as a warning rot
to lose her temper again. Her only
reason for going 70 lunch with the
woman was. rs she had told Mar.
tin. to discover what n was all
about: why these people she'd new
er heard or before wouldn't let her
alone. She'd Get nowhere hv act.
Ing suspicious or BY asking skeDti-
cal questions. The more confident.
Nv this Claire Cleveland took her
for a light-wit the more she'd BE-
likely to give away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

"A serious question which an OBJ
jector easily could stir into meas
urable opposition In any group of
counties proposed to he merged.
would Ne the rival claims for the
new county seat and courthouse.
II might remind people OF Bleed
ing Kansas fights over moving
courthouses, as recounted from ear
u memories Of Ed Howe.
But il and other phases OF the
local government take-up would
save the people something like So
100000 a year. all of which Ia III
addition 10 the SOL. 10000 &tate
government costs OF last year.
Rep. Eugene ". Giles, co-author
with all the legislators or Travis.
Williamson. Bastrop and Caldwell
counties for a ~three-year closed sea-
son on quail and wild turkey. sup
ports the game commissions bill for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Brownsville Has:

L A population In 1881 Of over $4,000.
z A mean average temperature Of 72
3 Bank deposits. $4,000. 900.
L -Four railroads. seven paved highways.
5. international airport. five air lines.
s. A S6.0OO.OO0 deep water port financed.
J. The best climate. sou in the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
CRACKS IN
THE DOME

IA newspapermen have l0nged for
the millennium 0i a newspaperman
In the governors chair and a news
paperman holding down his outer
office. they have met It.
Gov. Sterling is publisher Of the
Houston Post-Dispatch. And Paul
Wakefield, his assistant private Sec
rotary. Is a newspaperman or long
experience, with notable foreign
service In hts record. and a thor
0ugh appreciation az the working
newspaperman'S needs and view
point guiding him.
Wakefield. from the first day.
proved himself an ideal mar IN his
particular-often trying and diff
cult-job.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
CHAPTER ~

THE first thought that flashed
u into her mind when she saw
tie woman who was sitting ~ the
specified table was that there must
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

The contents or the stomach cf
a seal captured In the Arctic ocean
a few years ago indicated that the
animal had dived TO a depth Of
5000 feet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

a universal hunting license. .
For this reason: The farmer NE says
he Is one himself-rArely ever
shoots a gun; but some transient
or hired workman or some tres
passer. shoots out the whole covey
Of quail. Now. since he Is violating
no law. to shoot In season without
having a license for home county
hunting. the man cant he punished.
TO require the license would keep
most OF the kind of men who ignore
the law where possible separated
from guns. he thinks.
Probably the game department Is
going to compromise 70 the extent
Of letting their bill say that II Is
all right for a farmer to hunt game
In open season ON his own farm
without going Cd town and paying
the state $50 for the authority
10 do 30.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

On July 3, President Hoover signed the
Brownsville Port Bill. The appropriation
bill now pending before the present Con-
gress carries an appropriation Of the money
necessary 10 complete the Brownsville Port
The faith and credit OF the United States
Government are now definitely and ire
vocably back of the project. The Naviga-
ton District Commissioner realizing the
tremendous Importance TO the Valley Of
this new port and the need for relieving the
present financial stringency Of the Valley
are working night and day, bending every
will and every means to the immediate COM
mencement of actual work on the Browns
Vile Channel. Representatives of the. Dis
trict upon their recent return from Wash
ington stated that work would begin upon
the new port within sixty days.
AL last, the Valleys dream or deep
water has come true.
The owners Of a mile and a half Of chan
mel frontage have investigated channel front
prices and have discovered they range from
$2,sooOO 10 s25,O0O.OO per acre on ports
having = tonnage equal to or less than that
Of Brownsville. Experts hired by these land
owners have placed the PRESENT value or
ship channel lands owned by them at
100000 per acre. The same experts, w.
C.. BurchfieId and Brother Of Houston lead
es in their craft i'm the South, after inten-
sive studies, have estimated the value or
these lands al $3,5OO.O0 per acre the day
the fret boat passes them.
This is the Valley Port, and the owners
OF these lands wish 10 share with Valley
citizens the prof7s which will inure 10 own
ers Of channel frontage
No stock selling. No promotion. No
agents. Bona fide investors desiring APP
pointments may deal directly with the own
ers by addressing communication to r. O.
Box AT or Phone 4S4, Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Sen. Poage's plan to cut the num-
Der OF counties down I'd 100 IA sure
t0 bring a throng Of local officials
to the capitol I'M protest. and sure
20 find the strongest sort or oppo-
sition all along the line. It would
not be surprising to see the people
approve II, II the legislature gives
them the chance, regardless Of the
1850 people nov living our Of the
government feed box that IL would
turn to other activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10

They Cross Roads at
Their Own PERIL Rules
State Police Chief.
aCH1CKENs travel Hoosier

"CHICKENS travel Hoosier
Ahighways at their own risk" "
That is the answer Chief Gro
yer c. Carrot Of the state po-
lice gave today to new version
of that old question: "Why does
a chicken cross the road"
The questions put to the chief
were:
Has a chicken any rights on
the highway"
Is it a farmers duty to keep his
chickens within certain areas?
If a motorist kills chicken,
does he have to pay for it?
when a chicken takes a chance
on crossing the road these days
she is doing it at her own risk
entirely" Chief CARROT declared.
THE modern motorist can not be
expected to be able to- dodge a
chicken because he is travelling at
too great a pace, he added.
"a farmer has no chance to
collect damages, because if he
wants to keep his chickens from
being killed he must keep them
off the highways.
81 do believe that the average
driver tries his best not to kill
chickens. but when it does happen
he is usually not to blame" Gar
rott declared.
The chief also pointed out that
the rule about travelling high
ways at their own risk might be
applied to city as well as country
Chickens" today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
LINCOLN TOMB
WORK FINISHED
interior Rebuilt; Ceremony
This Month.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June TO-
The work of rebuilding the interior
of Abraham Lincoln's tomb has been
completed for formal opening this
month at services to be attended by
President Hoover.
Outwardly, the Lincoln memorial
practically is unchanged since its
dedication by President Grant in
1874. But inside, the nations great
est architectural skill has designed
beautiful rotunda, connecting gal
leries and sarcophaguS chamber, all
in perfectly matched marble.
Over the spot where Lincoln'S
body lies beneath a ten-foot square
block of concrete and steel, is a
new sarcophagus of solid marble OF
warm red rue. Over a grill covered
window is cut in marble the famous
tribute to the emancipation:
Nov he belongs to the ages"
Across from the sarcophagus, in
crypts sealed with slabs of marble,
rest the bodies of Mrs. Lincoln and
three of their sons, Edward, Will
liam and Thomas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
CHOICE OF
NEW POLICE CHIEF

Selection of a police chief to sue
coed jeremiah E. Kinney, who died
Tuesday, will not be considered
formally until after funeral services
Friday for Mr.. Kinney, Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan has announced.
In the meantime, it has been
learned, Sullivan is frowning on
various factions to boost certain
members of the police force for the
post at this time.
Among those most prominently
mentioned for the post are Detective
Chief Fred Simon and Captains
John Mullin, Lewis johnson and
Otto Petit The first three are
Democrats and Petit is a Repub-
lican.
Major Herbert Fletcher, acting
police chief, also may be considered
although he is Republican.
Among names heard today In
police circles as possibilities was
that Of James Quigley of the Quig-
ley-Hyland detective agency, Quig-
ley served as chief thirty years ago
Sullivan is expected to name g
Democrat for the office and is MOI
expected to make a choice from out.
side present members of the police
force.
Simon and Mullin have been or
the force more than a quarter-cen.
tury, while johnson has served
eighteen years. Petit was named
to the force in 1916.
Members Of the city administra.
ton, however, feel that Sullivan
may select clark horse" from
among the younger members of The
| force.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
DOCTORS URGED
BY LEADER TO
USE SELF-CARE
Little Attention to Health
Is Scored Before u. S.
Association.

BU Science SerDice
PHILADELPHIA, June 10-Fail-
ure Of most doctors to follow them
selves the health precepts which
they give to their patients was criti-
cised by DR.. Reginald Fitz Of Har-
ward university Medical school at
the meeting here today Of the
| American Medical Association.
In spite of his high training in
the recognition and management CT
disease in others, the physician
gives curiously little attention to his
own health, DR.. Fitz said.
Accidents and acute infections are
the chief causes of deaths Of young
physicians, while by far the great
est number Of those doctors who
live over As years die of heart dis
ease, DR.. F'itz found from an analy-
sis of the causes Of death among
the 5000 physicians who die each
year.
Heart Disease Takes Many
Frequency CT heart disease as a
cause Of death in physicians may
be explained by two factors in the
wife of a doctor, DR.. Fitz suggested.
The young physician is often ex-
posed to acute infections, which, if
they do not cause death at the time,
may have some relation to the de-
velopment of degenerative disease
later.
The older physician is apt to ex-
pose himself to the dangers of too
rapid gain in weight.
Medical students and interns
should be trained to conserve their
own health, and should be given
health supervision and protection
against the hazards of their work,
DR.. Fitz urged.
Won't Heed Danger
''Those of us past the 45-year
mark no doubt will continue on our
way regardless Of what we should
do, putting on more weight than we
ought. neglecting vacations and
exercise, gambling with fatal OPP
timism that we shall not fall i'll,
overworking, overworrying and de-
veloping arteriosclerosis with the
same cheerful indifference as have
our predecessors" DR.. Fitz said.
He expressed doubt that the older
generation of doctors could be
taught to change their ways in order
to care for their health.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
tPINKY'S' TRIAL FOR
Staying UNDER WAY

legislators Son Accused in Stran-
Cling Death of Student Nurse.
BIZ United Press
NEWPORT, r. l., June 10.-The
state today outlined the case with
which it hopes to send Elliott R.
(Pinky) Hathaway to prison for life
for the alleged murder of Verna E
Russell, 20-year-old student nurse
Benjamin M. McLyman, attorney
general, reviewed events of the night
of March %, when the pretty young
woman was strangled in a lonely
lane.
Throughout the attorney-g generals
address to the jury. the Massachu-
sets legislators son sat at the de-
Tense counsel table, listening in
tently and taking occasional notes
Occasionally he fingered his right
ear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
THEIR JOY FLEETING
Special Exams for Buffers
Guaranteed Phi DeItS.

Cheers Of Butler Phi Delts when
they learned they might leave their
fraternity house and go home after
a quarantine for spinal meningitis
was lifted, were short-lived today.
Before they trek away for golf
and swimming parties, the sons of
Phi Delta Theta on the Fairview
campus must take final examina-
lions they thought they had escaped
during the ban on their house.
The quarantine was effected fol-
lowing serious illness of Joe Sullivan,
Carthage, Ill, with the dread dis
ease, but throat cultures disclosed
none Of the others were carriers.
Bags were packed. Smiles passed,
for Brother Sullivan had erased
those dreaded final exams. Then
the word came from university Off
Gals that special examinations will
be held this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
Thought Asthma
Would Smother Her
Sleeps An Night Now. Bronchial
Cough Gone.

Her prompt relief from asthma
and severe bronchial coughs is de-
scribed in a letter by Mrs. Emma
Whisenand, R. r. No. 4, Blooming
ton, Ind. She says:
II had bronchial asthma and was so
weak it just seemed 1 would drop at
every step. l couldn't sleep at night.
When 1 would lie down it seemed I
would smother to death. Since taking
Nacor, every symptom Of asthma has
left me. and did not have a bad cold
or cough all winter
Hundreds of people who suffered for
years from asthma and bronchial
coughs. state that their trouble left
and has not returned. Their letters
and booklet Of vital information will
be sent free by Nacor Medicine Co..
4OS State Life Bldg. indianapolis, Ind.
Call or write for this free information.
and ind out how thousands have found
lasting Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10

preparatory to entering Gslveston's
twelfth annual international pag-
cant Of pulchritude.
Thus far the contest has drawn
two score entrants. The European
contingent has arrived in New York.
Sweden. Germany. Norway. France,
Denmark, Australia and Belgium
are represented.
Judges this year will be FIorenz