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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-05
DEWEY GROVES

whirled from the window. I'm
paging you. Old Trapper. I want
you to swear for me And swear
good and plenty. Swear hard"
NGRILY she dashed the tears
"a from her smarting eyes. But
she couldn't dash the picture that
had called for stout words out OF
her mind. II was the picture OF a
once laughing boy IN helpless col
lapse on a wet beach IL had
flashed into her day dreaming like
an evil threat.
She put a hand TO her throat
. pain
But she must know how Tommy
was. She must 20 out and find him.
Beryl started TO dress h~urriedly
lest the pain in her throat brighten
her into staying indoors. IL was a
terrible thing. to be so afraid. she
thought. But what would she do
without her voice? She needed the
money she earned but there was
more. There was the release she
knew in spirit when she sang. She
could pour her longing out in song.
She could call TO Tommy. She could
scold him. She could plead with
him and pray for him. Because his
name was not on her lips but only
in her heart. people would praise
her and talk 10 her about the power
OF the artist to express universal
human emotions.
The solace she found In singing
meant much 10 BeryI. She felt she
could not do without Il.
How stupid she would be % 70
out today. She knew that wetting
her feet in the dew and bringing
Tommy back to normally at the
beach had started her trouble anew.
The doctor would be furious IL she
went out at this hour.
Beryl vas dressed now. Where
would Tommy be?
She did not find Tommy. His
uncle told her that Tommy had left
the house after receiving a note
sent to him by messenger. "And I
haven't seen him SINCE" he added
worriedly.
why didn't you stop him7"
Beryl famed. Don't you know he
might do something reckless7"
How could I stop him? I hur-
ried home after you told me what
had happened and found him acting
natural enough"
What do you mean. natural
enough?"
well. he wasn't doing anything
just lying on his bed. You didn't
expect he'd be doin' a tap dance, do
your"
Berry, ignored the sarcasm. Then
what h~appened?" she snapped.
Then the messenger boy brought
the note and I took 1t up to
Tommy"
did you stay there while he
read it,"
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Merchant Marine
Cut To 800 Ships

WASHINGTON. June 5. R-The
vast fleet OF 1900 merchan. ships
built by the American liberty loan
dollars TO help win the world was
has shrunk to barely zoo as IN re-
suit Of the governments policy or
putting the merchant marine Into
private hands.
AT the end Of the war the ship
ping board established o8 lines In
the foreign trade. All but thirteen
~ them have been finally disposed
OF. while four. still IN the boards
possession. are TO he delivered to
purchasers soon.
The sale OF tine American Diamond
Lines Wednesday 70 the Black Dla-
mond Steamship Corporation OF the
American-France Line consisting OF
eleven vessels plying between Nortn
Atlantic and French pcrNt Tne
American Pioneer Line, cdAprisins
IL motor ships operatinGYln the
North Atlantic-Far East 4aoe, u
slated for early disposal
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IL Matters Little Whether Sandwich
Man Resembles Chaplin or Not.
for He's Charlie 90 Riddles OF
Manhattan
NEW YORR-Snapshots on the
sidewalks Of New York:
He is no least a foot or so taller
than Charlie Chaplin. But that
makes no difference to the sand
WITCH man. He wears the three i'm
portant properties Of the great
| comic-the shoes, the derby and
| the tiny black mustache.
Tied to his back Is a sign reading
that Chaplin is to be seen ut a
certain group Of theaters in the
most recent OF his pictures.
Round and round he shuffles In
the big triangle they call Times
Square. He stops 10 tilt his derby
at passing children. And children.
with their uncritical attitude where
clowns are concerned, pipe Hello.
Charliel" What difference dots IL
make to them whether this be
Charlie or not. II looks something
like Charlie and 1t makes them
laugh.
The perambulating advertisement
takes time out for a moment 70
rest against a building. tipping his
derby p~rofusely to all and sundry
and tvirling his slender cane.
Walking close to him. It's impos-
sible 10 find a single feature that
bears the slightest resemblance 70
Chaplin. Only his properties are
t-here-muStache, cane, baggy pants,
shoes and hat.
IT'S been a long time since ! put
on a Chaplin act" he confides,
Remember when all over America
the sidewalks were filled with imi-
tators OF Charlie? Sure I'm an actor
out Of a jobl Who isn't out Of a
Job? Say. out on the sidewalks I've
been everybody from Harry Lauder
70 Richard Dix. Say. / could do a
treat mimic act on the stage II
tLey'd give me a chance Well they
want. so 1 gives 'em a free show
:, the street. Last week I was a
,rdi Gras clown-you know, one
q those parade figures that looks
as though II was walking on its
hands. Don't know what Ill be
next week. You never can tell IN
this racket"
He tips his hat and waddles on
.. Two tots tsop TO way at him ana
call Hello. Charliel"
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He has disappeared In q crowd
that clogs the sidewalk at an hour
shortly after noonll
Hardly has he disappeared when,
from 43rd street, slowly approaches
a distinguished locking, slender and
elderly man. He wears one OF those
light tan derbies. trimmed by a deep
brown ribbon. The sort Of hat once
identified with road-show troupers
He wears also a pin-tailed after
noon coat, faded from q prim gray
TO some strange shade Of lavender
His thin neck is imprisoned by
an old-fashioned choker collar OF
the Dan Frohman variety. "A fray
ed bow tie and q vest that once
was white complete the costume.
His hair, slate gray and lending a
certain dignity to his ~tragedian's
thin face, complete his attire.
Here. for all the world, walks one
Of the latter-day Shakesperean
players who made the circuits Of the
nations small towns.
Beneath his arm is a small bun-
die OF magazines. AS he approach
Is he whips the magazines before
the eyes Of the passing throng-..
The cover reveals the words. The
Unemployed.
Help the unemployed actors" he
chants in a voice that seems to
come from some point way down In
his boots-the sort Of voice that
suddenly recalls such lines as "Yon
Cassius, he has a thin and hungry
| lOok!"
Somehow, you don't want to hear
this mans story. SO you hurry
alongl
Already the crowd Is distracted
by another scene. Up Broadway IS
coming On oldtime buggy, drawn
by q sturdy horse.
Dumping up and down In the
seat is Manhattan's favorite char
acter-the eternal RUDE: the Uncle
Josh of yesterday. with Uncle
Josh whiskerS, high farmer boots,
yokel hat and linen buster.
AS he drives through the highway
he calls to passersby...
"How's everythln' back home.
fclksl.. See We az the barn dance
might. .Haow's MANDY and SIP
A seedy-looking gent stands on
the curb. and just l3oks. He
brushes a sleeve, maybe owe his
nose. maybe over his eyes. The
city's parade goes ont
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you haven't" she said. seen
Tommy Wilson today. have you.
doctor?"
The doctor, on the strength on
long years Of practicing In the
family, spoke frankly I'm reply.
Yes" he admitted, Il saw him.
early this morning. The young fool
was In trouble with the Larkin
boys"
Beryl sat up with n Jerk. what
kind OF t~rouble?" she cried.
The kind a guy like Tommy
always gets into when q girl throws
him over" the doctor replied It's
a pity girls like Irene aren't all
born In China" un..
RERYL flashed him n faint smile
IL OF gratitude for placing the
blame where IL belonged. But his
implication uRf weakness on
Tommy's part Needed refuting. she
thought.
"Tommy's all right" she pro-
tested. "All his bad luck came at
once"
Him." the doctor returned dry
ly. Someone had better dig him
out pretty quick"
YES" Beryl agreed Someone
had"
The doctor shook his head. mot
today" he said warningly. you
stay right there IN bed until Au-
custom sees you. IL you don't" he
added gravely. "the consequences
may be serious for you"
viii you let me know II Or. Au.
custom In coming today7"
The doctor promised and de-
parted. Mrs. Everett. who had been
on an errand during bis call. ap-
peared TO ask Beryl what he had
said Beryl did not tell her all the
doctor had limited at. Instead she
asked a question or her own.
do you know what Irena said
TO Tommy in that note STD sent
him yesterdayT' she demanded
Who told you she sent pim n
note?" her mother evaded.
IF she Haunted Prentiss' wealth
in Tommy's face" Beryl began
heatedIy, but her mother cut her
short.
she did nothing or the kind"
she declared 1t was Just a sweet
little note TO ask him to try to
forget her."
II can imagine" Beryl remarked
bitterly: $50 sweet It would drive
him 10 drink. He probably thought
he'd lost m angel. :"
Irene IL d good girl" the mother
asserted. you ought 10 think OF all
she can do for you!"
Beryl did not answer for m mo.
ment. Then. II you mean my ca
reer." she said slowly, * may not
have one. Our old medico is send
Ing for "a genie to find out"
ITO Be Continued)
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Preparations for Pacific
y = = = = y = > = =
Flight of Lindberghs Are
= = s. = = = = = =
|Rushed-- Weather Troubles

err" I thirfk q route farther north
in the Pacific than we took would
be even safer. for the length or the
water jumps can be reduced.
Nelson and Harding stopped here
en- route westward with a group Of
Army filters returning to their base
In California from the eastern
maneuvers.
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Bonehead Club In
For Higher Education
tBy Staff CorrespOndent)

tBy Staff correspondent
HARLINGEN. June 5.-Not only
did the Bonehead Club establish a
Bonehead University here Wednes-
day but they named the faculty
az their meeting az Charlotte's.
Wednesday night they put on an
exhibition baseball game at Fair
Park with T.. Z. SneTely ar Sun
day school league pitching pme on
the firing line for the Bones.
John T. Fioore was sent a bouquet
Of wild grasses. flowers and vege-
tables when 1t was learned that ne
was IL.
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"A Suggestion Is Criminal in Idaho

Atty. Gen. Fred Babcock of Idaho ruled in an in
formal opinion that any product sold in Idaho with
the suggestion that 1t will make liquor is in VIOLA
tion OF the law. This knocked out the business OF
selling to Idaho people bricks of pressed grapes and
oranges presumed to carry an alcoholic kick. If a
suggestion is OF a criminal nature. what Is the status
OF a loud-smeling alcoholic breath? Is the owner Of
the breath presumed to be a 1awbreaker?
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Brownsville Has:

!. A population in 1891 Of over $4,000.
2. A mean average temperature Of 70.
j. Bank deposits. $4,000. Oo0.
T. -Four railroads. seven paved highways.
s. international airport, five air lines.
d A $4,000 600 deep water port financed
.. The best climate, soil In the world.
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ers enacted a law regulating ownership Of land by
aliens. Those interested appealed from court TO court.
Now. the supreme court OF the United States has
sustained the land law OF the commonwealth OF
Washington. It's we'll.
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Once Over


- bauoon fs recommended by DIR.
-. = Merger To detect alcoholism. The sus-
nect breathes into the balloon and the air Is then
tu,hb,sd through a chemical mixture. II the man
has been drinking the liquid turns from red to
vbite news item1
no. THE Sand Pail Test. Take a chilc's sane
pail. Let the person you suspect has been drinking
breathe into the pail. Seal pail and place in cold dry
place. II he has had more than one drink of modern
day liquor the pail will quickly turn into o paper
c~ontainer and then blow away.
No. 2-Baby's Bank Test. This Is similar to the
sand pail test but Is preferable In o case where the
suspect has been drinking synthetic gin. Let the man
blow into the bank through the coin slot. II he has
been drinking straight gin the bank viii crumole IN
side Of half an hour. II he had any OF that Scotch Just
off o boat" the pennies in the bank will also crumble
No. 3-IittIe whites Bicycle Tire Test. This is
quite popular, as SO few homes have toy balloons
around the house. II you think Pop has been hitting
1t up again get him to blow up Juniors tire with his
breath. COf course. IL he does this without an argu-
ment,. II will be pretty clear that he Is even worse than
YOU thoughtO After Pop has blown up the tire. place
IL with the bicycle In the front hall. II you hear an
expfCSlOn presently, WHICH DlOWS JUe bicycle luOuBl
the front parIor partition. you viii know that your
suspicious are correct
No. 4-Punching Bag Test. Escort the suspect b
the bag and ask him II he will please blow 1t IN 50
the children can play. After this has been done give
the bag on good punch. II the suspect has had one
or more drinks the bag should continue to bounce
for eight hours. hiccoughing all the time.
No. 5.-Stuffed Dog Test. After father has come
home from the club looking q little Uttered, put him
to bed and place q stuffed dog or any other toy
animal on the pillow beside him. II dad has had any
OF that stuff they sell as pre-war liquor today the
stuffed dog will not only get out Of bed but walk out
Of the house.
Nc. 6-Paper Bag Test. Highly recommended FOR IT'S
economy. II you suspect a man has been imbibine
freely ask him to blow up an ordinary paper bag
Place a guinea pig inside bag and seal 1t. Open the
bag In ten seconds. II there is any trace Of the guinea
pig the suspect can't have been drinking much.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGIN HERE TODAY
BERyL BORDEN. secretly I'm
love with TOMMY WILSON,
knows that he would never he
happy with her haIf-sfster, IRENE
EVERETT. and tries to prevent
their marriage.
Irene ~ jealous when she falls
md Beryl n radio con-
tract. Beryi'x voice wins her new
friends but she cannot forget her
hopeless owe though she EOes 10
parties with young PRENTIsS
GAYLORD. Irene learns Prentiss
IL rich and tries 90 win him from
Heryl. He II susceptible. \ her
driving and 10 dinner.
Tommy's aunt dies and he loses
both money and job through her
husband. Tommy tells Irene his
bad luck and she breaks the en-
gen when Prentfss asks
her IN marry him she accepts. In
despair Tommy drinks heavily
and Beryl finds him. She tries 10
cheer him up and tells Irene that
she must either 70 back 10 Tommy
or confess 20 Prrntiss how heart
Iessiy she has acted. Irene prom
Uses but plans TO outwft BeryI.
AFTER receiving m telegram from
asking her 10 marry him
that day h slips away and meets
him. They ARE married and Irene
telephones home 60 tell the news.
The parents nre eIated over the
wealthy s~on-fn-Iaw. BeryI knows
that Irene n evaded the truth.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XxXIII
THE morning following Irene's
wedding day was beautiful. 1t
was one OF those crystalline morn.
ings when earth and sky seem 10
call to all living creatures to be
joyous.
The house was strangely quiet
when Beryl opened her eyes after
a night OF fitful sleep. She glanced
at her watch Her mother would
be about the house soon. She
thought intentionally OF the day
that was ahead OF her, dreading
conversation with the family. Yet
IL she said nothing she would be
thought sullen.
Beryl arose and picked up a hand
mirror What 1t told her stirred
her sense OF humor until a family
hooking light showed In her eyes.
There was hsr excus With a
throat like that silence would Be
forgiven.
Beryl turned 10 the window.
What a dayl She supposed the
bridal couple would drive to Oak
dale in the black and chromium
roadster.
What a morning 10 start on a
honeymoon journey II wouldn't
be necessary TO travel IN u black
and chromium roadster. A slim boy
beside you the words man
and wife" still ringing in your Ears
boy with the brown OF woods
in his eyes and the touch OF the
sun In his hair . a laughing
boy.
'Listen." Beryl spoke aloud and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-05

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 5.@tA1-
The proposed flight over the North
Pacific or Colonel and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh, was described today
by two fliers who helped blaze the
aerial trail over that route, as a
sound undertaking.
The flierS, Erik Nelson and Jack
Harding OF Seattle, Wash, mem
bers OF the 1924 Army Round-the-
World expedition. said rapid mech
anical progress in aviation IN the
past seven years had greatly re-
duced flying hazards. They added
that uncertain weather rather than
any technical failure would consti-
tute the chief rick OF the Lind
berghs' proposed flight.
LOOK at the pEogrest in engine
building alone said Nelson. we
used motors which are obsolete now.
Look at plane construction" in
terrupted Harding. now lighter,
stronger, more durable and more ef-
ficient aircraft Is now available,
the result Of intensive experiment.
alton. We know pretty well what
all materials and types OF construc-
ton will do. That increases the
safety factor. A great deal has been
learned about flying and Colonel
Lindbergh Is one OF the best"
The Pacific was tough Nelson
said. but the Atlantic was tough
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-05
NOTRE DAME

Next October when the players
Out at South Bend fight the foe
There will be O phantom presence
In the battles ebb and flow;
In the pinches and the huddles
When the crisis is acute
They'll hear orders In a whisper
And they'll know they came from Knuto.
Many are the good stories told Of Rockne and hi
men, but this departments favorite Is the classi
crack made to one of the -Four Horsemen. This MAJ
had been unable to gain against a certain opponent
The trouble is" said Knute, that Teller doesn't know
who you are. Go out there and show him your pres
clippings!"
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50 shocking TO the eminent men
among whom he did his historic
work"
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SPRING SONG
This ode to spring I gladly type
So far you're Just a load OF tripe!

Betty Compton. actress. who was married on Feb
ruary is and parted on February 20. got a divorce in
Mexico March 20. 1t is announced. on grounds Of
cruelty. personal violence and failure TO maintain. 1t
just goes TO show that a woman will find out every
thing about a man II you give her plenty Of time.
There Is nothing like giving marriage a fair trial,
Miss Compton, even IL it takes hours.
Dentists are to be limited to six quarts OF liquor q
year by the new prohibition rulings. But a dentist
may be able to get mr. obviously. If he has a pull
The Follies Bergere. famed for It's nudities, Is to be
brought to New York where it will seem pretty old
fashioned IL not puritanical.
Copyright. 1881, by The Associated Newspapers
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NEW YORK, June 5.-tP-Some-
time after June p. the first birth
day OF Charles Augustus Lindbergh,
Jr., his parents will leave him al
E%nglewood, N. j., with his grand
parents, Senator and Mrs. Dwight
w. Morrow, and fly over the Paci-
fic ocean for a vacation.
Preparations for the flight are
being rushed. AT the North Beach
airport. Queens, mechanics are lit
ting the colonies Lockheed plane
with pontoons Tor use IN the Jour-
ney.
While details are unsettled. the
Pacific flight probably will be
made from the Alaskan coast over
the Aleutian Islands. across the
600-mile stretch OF ocean and over
the tip Of Kamatchka. along the
Kurile Islands 10 Japan.
This is the same route the Army
World filters took. An
other possibility is a nor northern
route, which would only necessitate
flying over a 56-mile stretch OF
water at Boring Strait.
Mrs. Lindbergh, the former Ann
Morrow, would be at the controls
with her husband. relieving him OF
the full strain Of such a fight. The
plane they will use is the same one
she helped pilot IN the l4-hour
flight from California 10 New York
last year.
The colonel will have different
problems than on his Paris flight
four years ago. For that he had a
tail wind and other excellent con-
ditions. On the Pacific he may ex-
pect wind. fog and storms Flying
to Paris he needed no exact deter
mination Of his position.
Possibly the L~indberghs will greet
another flier while v the Pacific
Cell YoShihara. known in his own
land as The Japanese Lindbergh',
plans TO fly to the United States
along the same routes the colone.
may take.
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DEFENSE
TO GET UNDER
Way TODAY

HOUSTON. Oct. 8. R-Presentl-
ton OF defense testimony In the
trial OF Thomas II. Ball, former con-
gresham and cae-time guberna-
torial candidate, or a charge of theft
Of three Houston Harris county ship
channel navigation district wac-
rants valued at s222, es6.76 was plan
ned for today.
Transaction Aired.
Yesterdays testimony concerned
the transaction between Mrs. Rosa
G. Allen, the greater Houston Inn
provement Co, and the navigation
district In which the company, with
Ball as preidenst, purchased 1883
acres OF land and conveyed 484 acres
to the navigation district.
The transaction began in 1927 AMI
continued down to the time the
grand jury began an investigation
which resulted in the indictment
against ball.
Governor on Stand.
Three members Of the port COM
mission. among them Gov. Ross 8.
Sterling. at the time of the alleged
theft. occupied the stand in the
afternoon.
Gov. Sterling, who was chairman
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DELEGATES OF
" c 7 U NAMED

AUSTIN, Oct. 8. H9-The 50th
convention of the Texas chapter OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union was concluded yesterday
with election OF delegates TO the
national convention and a tea at
the governors mansion with Mrs.
r. S. Sterling as hostess.
Plans for a regional conference
Of w. G. T. u. chapters at Dallas
February IL and Is were made.
Louisiana. Texas, Arkansas, Okla
bona and New Mexico will parti-
cipate in the conference at which
presidential primary possibilities
will be discussed.
Five cities bid for the 1882 state
convention. They were Fort Worth,
Marshall, Midland, Palestine and
San Antonio. The convention city
will be selected by the executive
committee in January.
Plans for an intensive education
al campaign In the interest OF
temperance and to increase the
membership Of the organization
were completed.
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\ MOVIE |
@SlDEllGH7SD
CAPITOL

AhE11OL
Skyline" the Fox production
which opens at the Capitol Theatre
today. Is magnificent entertainment.
Thomas Meighan, Harlie Albright
and that dainty bit Of Irish femini-
nifty, Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna
10y and Donald Dillaway portray
the featured roles and Meighan adds
another personal triumph to his
string OF successful pictures.
Skyline" depicts the adventures OF
an ambitious youth OF uncertain
parentage, reared on a dilapidated
river barge, and dominated by rs
brutal captain.
On her death bed. the boys
mother tells him the captain Is not
his father, and gives him a brooch
that was presented to her by his
real father whom she never married.
The youngster escapes by swimming
to land where he finally gets a job
on a New York building site.
The lad meets and falls in love
with the daughter Of a fellow work.
er. but also becomes fascinated by
an alluring siren. To save him from
running his life, the boys father
manages to get himself caught BY
the o in a compromising situation
with the adventures.
At this point the climax OF the
picture comes with stunning forct
and in a most surprising manner.
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RIVER FORECAST

There will be no material change
In the river during the next "a TO
50 hours.
Flood Present 2i-Hr. x4-Hr.
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German tourists now favor Swt7-
erland. Italy, France and Czecho-
slovakia-