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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

Just how closely interlocked are the lives of the one
half of the world with the lives of the other half has never
been SO forceful illustrated as by events of the past few
months.
The congress Of the United States passes a tariff bill,
raising a higher wall against imports from other coun-
tries than had been in effect. Immediately retaliatory
Tariff measures are passed by practically every other
country with which the United States does business, and
we find it harder and harder to maintain a trade balance
Of respectable proportions with those countries.
Coming closer to home, we find a small economic
war being waged between one of our prominent automo-
bile manufacturers and the fruit and vegetables growers
and shippers of his state.
An ultimatum issued by the magnate to his employees
was the wage of battle. This ultimatum specified that
employees who during the year 1882 did not raise a home
garden would be discharged.
Right away sounds Of protest were heard. The
Brownsville Herald, far removed from the scene of this
new economic battle, even received letters from its readers
protesting the unfairness of such an edict.
It remained, however, for a Michigan fruit grower
and shipper to carry the fight into the enemy's territory.
Charles P. Repp issued an ultimatum of his own.
Said he, in effect, "any employee of mine who buys the
car manufactured by the company controlled by this man,
loses his job
Further, he stated, IF he is going to bully his en-
ployees into keeping a garden and further killing the
market that fruit and vegetable growers have a legal
right to supply, / have a right to demand that my en-
ployees buy some other car manufactured by a firm that
is willing to live and let live"
Continuing our probe, we find right here in the Val
ley the same spirit that has actuated nations and that
pctuated Mr.. Repp.
Passage Of an ordinance by one Of our Valley cities
f~orbidding the sale of milk within its city limits that has
not been pasteurized in that commissioners precinct has
set other cities in an ordinance passing mood.
Retaliation is urged. That much talked of spirit of
Valley unity and cooperation seems about to go by the
boards, all because we are failing to realize that one man,
no one family, no one city, no one state, not even any one
country, can live unto itself alone.
Live and let live. Recognize the Importance to our
selves of the welfare of our neighbor. Hustle for bust
for business.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
New York
Letter
NEW YoRK-A vast No-Man's

NEW YORK-A vast No-Man's
Land in the very heart Of Manhat-
tan IS staging daily the big towns
greatest free spectacle.
There, in q great confusion Of
| machinery and men, Of flying dust
| and assorted noises. they are build
| ing the fabulous sounding $780,
| OOO. 900 Radio City. Or rather, they
| are clearing the arena; they are
| knocking brownstone houses over as
a child would tumble q structure OF
play-blocks; they are digging piss
that fast become miniature canyons,
| preparing for the foundations Of this
greatest building project: they are
leaving the mid-section OF q metro
polls pock-marked with excavations.
Just q block away Broadway blinks
sleepily. Just q block away Broad
way goes about its daylife and night
life with customary indifference TO
everything but itself.
But the thoughtful ones ask:
What will this giant do to Broad
way? And. indeed. what will 1t?
Here will be q center of entertain
ment and music and cinema and
theatricals such as fabulists have
pic.ured in thei- fictional predic-
lions Of the future. There viii pe
park life roof gardens, swung high
toward the clouds, with fountains
and trees; there will be street level
parks and walks and little worlds
built at many levels. The visitors
from over the world will come to
r-~t- - -~~- onH -nndnr
Already some are asking: Can
Broadway stand such competition?
Is the famous thorcughfare making
its last stand?
incidentally, never before has
public opinion SO completely changed
SO vast q project.
When the rockefeller City. or
Radio City, vas originally planned,
an architects exhibition Of the
working model was staged. Within q
few hours. loud protests were be-
ing heard. This was wrong and that
was wrongl This building W.
too m~odernistic and that too
suuattyi a.. This one lowered out
Of proportion to that! Writing gents
sat down at their desks and COM
plaints poured from the pages OF
magazines and from newspapers.
The original planners and hackers
grew worried. They went into
huddles They grew lore worried
They went into more huddles. They
called in artists and some agreed
and some disagreed. The fate OF
something Ike $3.50. 900 900 hung in
balance. To this day. members OF
the original planning group insist
that they had sound. practical reas-
cns for every idea presented.
But the change has been ordered.
The "city" that will rise In the
middle Fifties between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues has been radically al
tered.
And SO. behind low fences through
which millions or curious one stor
TO peep. the spectacle Of man and
machine In q vast arena Is to be
| seen daily an arena covering many
large city blocks-hundreds Of men
hundreds Of machines in a ballet Of
modern achievement.
Each day the scene changes slight
". and so 1t will change until the
| steel monsters begin to rise. It's the
greatest show In New York. I advise
you not to miss II, II you visit Man.
haitian.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
Quotations

We must not scorn. but study
Russia. We must think along new
lines.
President Farrand Of Cornell
We are not "jerry builders" and,
therefore, cannot produce miracles.
Ramsay Macdonald.
I doubt II the war could have
been won without American aid.
Marshal Petain.
Numerous acts that are consider
ed innocent in all other civilized
countries r made criminal In
America.
Brand Whitlock, former ambas-
sador to Belgium.
Our nation must either 20 ahead
or 90 to pieces.
Nicholas Murray Butler.
I am convinced that when conf
dence has been established amongst
all nations of the world, the pres
ent capacity of all industrial coun-
tries viii not be sufficient to sat-
isfy the demand. -Oskar Sempell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
TO-DAY rB THE
Anniversary

BIG GAIN BY ENGLISH
On sept. rs, 1917. the English
made q smashing drive On = stx-
mile front from O half q mile 70
a mile deep In Flanders.
South OF the Ypres-M enin road
the English home troops complet-
ed the capture OF the Tower
Hamlets Spur. and gained their
ob:ective-the German concerts
works on its further slope. lnAthe
center some companies or ~
and Sutherland Highlanders met
with q stubborn resistance. -
that the assault further north Wa
carried into the afternoon with
the Australians earring the TO-
mainder OF the Polygon Wood and
the English. Scottish and Welsh
battalions accomplishing their re-
mote obiective-zonnebeke. q mile
away
on the extreme left the North
Midland and London Territorials
reached their objectives ON both
sides or the Wieltje-G ravenstafel
and st. Julien Gravenstafel roads,
This advance reached half IN mile
through q maze or fortified farms
and concrete redoubts-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

evolved by the eminent British
psychologist. A. v. Hill. In many
track events and other athletic
performances the ability TO win Is
not a matter Of muscle strength
but rather OF muscle sense. This
mean correct timing, skilled per-
Torrance and vital capacity. The
practiced pitcher can throw almost
as well with his eyes shut. A
practiced rifle or revolver shot can
aim without sighting. "A good mile
runner can tell you the time 1t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

general stimulation of all body
activities. Carried TO excess exer-
else results in dangerous over
stimulation Muscle activity pro-
duces fatigue poisons. The average
man thinks he has exercised well
when he Is terribly fatsgued. stiff
and sore after his efforts. williams
points out that that exercise Is
most scientific which produces in
creaSing amounts Of fatigue sub
stances, causing increased resist
ance To fatigue. but at no time re-
sulting In soreness or Stiffness
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

takes him to run his flrst lap with
out looking at his watch.
Skill Is thus an essential part Of
accomplishment, and when asso-
ciated with endurance means sue
cess. Hill points out that one can
not be a good runner unless he can
expend energy rapidly, and the
reason that women cannot run as
fast Is men Is simply that they
cannot exert the same amount Of
force and energy.
The chief value OF exercise Is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
.Burbs

with the wheat situation what 70
Is. maybe there's something to this
Baker President mov after all.
Mayor walker. who posed for .
bust I'm Paris. probably knows what
u Is. by this time. 10 be on one.
New taxis I'm New York are feAtyK-
ing free peppermint lozenges.
The sort or strategy which gives
some ~veracity TO the famous Man.
haitian greet: Hello sucker"
Mayor Jimmy walker OF New York
reveals his ambition to become q
III. .. senator. Possibly ne hasn't been
able to get away with sufficient
vacations as mayor
Mahatma Gandhi. Indian leader.
shivered from cold In London while
he broadcast mn appeal to America
from London. Could II be that ne
lost his shirt in England7
The faithful are worrying II
Hoover can be renominated- Then
there stIll are faithful.
Divorce Is worse than polygamy
says an English bishop. But not
half 80 expensive.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
! q, :, |. !
9lvol BY NANNStRvllt M.

| Stone. Understand he's q relative
OF yours. Stone vas the girls
lawyer"
Her lawyer she's not entitled
oh. I see! You mean about this
thing here. Hollis Stone. eh?"
He pressed an electric button
while be was speaking and a dark
haired young woman appeared In
the door.
-See II you can get Hollis Stone
for me-" Travers instructed her.
Rush the call. It's important"
As he turned from giving these in
structions he said to Mccormick.
You've got to plan this thing.
There's got to be no slip-upl BY
God. when l think OF tt"
Mccormick began speaking. His
voice vas lower pitched. controlled.
They we're still together nm hour
later when there was a knock on
the door and Travers' secretary re-
appeared. mir. Stone Is here" she
announced.
Tell him to come IN"
A LMOST Immediately a slim.
"A well-dressed man appeared In
the doorway. He glanced at the
group about the desk. pulled the
door shut behind him and came
forward.
"How do you do" Stone said
shortly. How're your" This last.
with q nod implying more personal
interest. was addressed to Travers.
Understand there's something you
want to see me about?"
How n you. Hollis?" Travers
said "Glad you could get here.
Have this chair over here" He
waved toward a fourth seat a little
distant from the others.
When Stone was seated the older
man turned toward Mccormick.
Tell him what it's about. will
your" he said.
Kelsey Mccormick cleared his
throat You know. Mr.. Stone" he
began. that Mark Travers a few
months ago contracted a rather
er-unfortunate marriage II was
after q quarrel with his father. "A
head-strong. impulsive thing to do,
They soon spent their money and
Mark went to work In a department
store Several weeks ago his father
offered to take him back In his own
business II Mark would show he
could make good. He went to Paris
on q mission that is-er-likely 10
demand his presence for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Travers took the girl
into their own home but she ran
away.
Through the efforts OF Mr.. Crom.
wells agency" Ia wave toward
Cromwell here) -she was soon To-
Gated. A little further ~investiga-
ton on Mr.. CromweIl's part un-
covered the fact that this girl. Nor
ma Kent-er-Norma Travers rs
she Is known now-three years ago
was arrested and convicted on q
vice charge and that you were her
lawyer. We have here the police
report"
Hollis Stone was on his feet But
she was snnocent!" be exclaimed.
Look here. I don't know what
you're driving ut but that girl was
innocentls
-Innocentf- Travers exploded.
why was she convicted then? why
did she serve two months at Mount
Florence homer
Stone leaned forward. The whole
thing was q frame-up.- he insisted
Every scrap or evidence they had
against her. Why she was IL years
cldl Shed only been In town three
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Pretty NORMA KENT. 2O-year-
old secretary. maFries MARK
TBAvERS. son OF ". m. TRAv-
ERS, millionaire real estate denl-
err. In spite OF the fathers threats
10 distnheris Mark.
The story opens In Marlboro
middle western metropolis. Mark
sells his expensive roadster % Get
money for the honeymoon and he
md Norma "a 90 fnshI0nab bile Blue
Springs After two weeks their
money r. gone. partly due 20
Marks gam bling. with $500. bor-
rowed. the couple return 20 MARI
boro. Mark sets out ON . round
OF pleasure seeking instead Of
seeking work. when their funds
dwtndie again ne I'M Norma move
10 = cheap apartment.
Mark gets one job nnd loses II.
Then he becGmes n Goorwafker In
BiOssomdnie's department store
In spite of poverty the young ron
PIE nre happy. After a few weeks
Marks father sends for him.
ouers 10 take him back into his
business orEnnixn ton IN Mark will
prove he can make good Ills
hrst task involves n business trip
60 France, Norma II a. remain mt
home. she heEs him not q 20 hut
In spite Of her protests Mark de-
parts.
Norma, treated rudcIy NJ her
extraordinarily home. slips away
leaving NO trace of her where
nboufs. n AXE n room In n
cheap lodging house. CHRIS
SAUNDERS. her former room
mate. helps Norma dnd a fob NJ
.~eerctnry Tor FREDERICK STU-
All. literary agent. The days
oraE slowly for Norma.
Detectives whom Trnyers has
employed find Normn'~ name nnd
photograph In police files.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXIv
THERE were three men arount
the desk. II. nj. Travers wa.
hunched forward. arms folded ant
resting on them. His face wa.
rudy. his chin set and determined
They were in Travers' Office. Tn,
man at his right would have beer
recognized In any legal gathering
In the city-Kelsey Mccormick
chief counsel for several importanl
corporations. including the Traver,
real estate organization. Facinr
both OF the others was Stanle,
Cromwell.
Several sheets or paper wer,
spread before them. Traver,
glanced at the sheets. then shrugged
di~stastefuliy. The picture or Nor
ma Travers came to view and h,
reached forward and turned II fac,
down.
"It's-it's more than l expected
he said thickIy.
Neither OF the others spoke
Travers turned TO Cromwell
There's no doubt about the an
thenticity Of this thing?" he de
manded.
"Oh. absolutely none. That's I
copy from the files at headquarters
Picture. Fingerprints. Everything
You can see for yourself it's thu
same girl. Three years ago. under
the name Of Norma Kent. she wa.
sent to Mount Florence Home
Served her two months and was re
leased. There's nothing against hel
but this one charge-and convic
ton"
Kelsey Mccormick put In. TT,
enough to give your son a divorce
T. NJ. No doubt about It. AS goot
In q French court as It would b
here"
Travers eyes glinted- That.
IT, he exclaimed divorce! 81
God. the young whipper.snappeI
will believe me nowl He cant deny
what's before his eyes. Oh. but It'll
dirty business. Vice charge! WIZ
didn't ! guess? Why didn't I have
him locked up In q mad housef"
The other men watching hin
grew uncomfortable. Cromwell
said. III you want anything further
you might get IN touch with Hollis
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

| BROOKMAN
Author Of
MAD MARRIAGE"

morrow II you possibly can"
"Ill telephone" the lawyer prom
ised.
That night Travers said to h.
wife. We'll. my dear. the news
too good TO keep. McCormick's
sailing for Paris Friday. Flo says
the case Is perfect"
You mean-a divorced But
what X Mark refuses?"
Travers pursed his lips. Its an
unpleasant story" he said. Il don't
think you'd care 10 hear II. Mark
nor any other man would want
such a wife when he knows the
truth. Besides Mccormick is clever.
I've worked with him a long while
and he never fails"
Divorce seems no wretched!-
Mrs. Travers protested Il hate TO
think about It."
"You needn't. No one In Mari
boro needs to know a thing about
II until the matters settled. That's
the beauty OF handling the whole
thing abroad. When Mark hears
wber ~ Iaa~ns No. ~. 80, -
awnv hon y. r-a.sor,hla
.L-,
po 90 nus suppoSe SUES
nim
90 ss np'ean-
Uns sn ~ NJ saiu nv
49,. matter u 49,
mai,,an ~" ules nas zen
mains ~ ieIters Dach W me@
49, 1870 sno o'ner uay- w
-a-s A4 Zen RECEIVING ~
WV
-
Iln1 we're - crosses On
mas calendar. AZ was not the
eaienuar ADORNED wit the head o.
NV nirtatious young woman La req
ms was new one. quite fresn.
m me month was not December
va. january.
ne" calendar. a new year.
$3.50 elosses 70 snow tnat MAR
ase's nau oeen gone nearly eisnt
49,
-. ~as alone 40 ner bedroom
snv uiu NOT 'oo wen. Inere "ers
uarA shadows under me girls eyes
anu ner race was coioriess. Sne
q on the sioe OF the BED. one foot
tuckeu under ner' mending ~ run
ner IN oeige stocking. she went
ABOUT tno ask fumnlinEly, %
tnougn sne could not see the
s',.cnes.
mere was y rap NJ the door nuf
the girl ala NOT move. The rap
came \ secono ume' louder.
VINO - ~ pieaseT
It's Mrs- blxpy. MISS TraverA
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

with the wheat situation what 70
Is. maybe there's something to this
Baker, President move after al.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-27

New taxis In New York are featVH-
ing free peppermint lozenges.
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stoolpidgeons took her to an East
Side place she thought was a res
taurant The girl hadn't any idea
she was getting into"
+. nj. Travers had arisen. Look
here. Stone" he said coldly. 1T
seems to me the time for you to
have tried this case was three years
ago. In II was framed. IL the evil
dence was full Of holes. why wasn't
she released?"
Because you know as well as l
do that the municipal ~iudgeships
r rottenl Because she happened
to employ me as her lawyer instead
OF "a OF those greasy court hang
ers-on who split feesi"
Travers' face was livid. Before
he could speak Kelsey Mccormick
had .aised a hand. Gentlemen
Gentlemen" he said This Is no
place for accusations against the
municipal judiciary. We called
you here. Mr.. Stone. 10 make GER
tain a few particulars In the case.
II il laudable for you to defend
your client but surely such an out
burst is unwarranted! AS a lawyer
In good standing"
Stone interrupted him. Il am
not that" he raid. Il gave I'D my
plactice six months ago and for ex-
actly the reasons I've stated. Be
cause | know Marlboro's courts are
rotten with bribery. Because Nor
ma Kent's case In only one OF q
dozen others I could name. You may
be an officer OF the Bar Association.
Mccormick. but IN you don't know
these things as we'll az I do you've
been going around with your eyes
shut"
THERE was q hush. Mccormick
= said In bis most judicial tone.
IF you know all this why don't
you make your charges In the
proper way?"
Stone smiled CONTEMPORARY.
Because I realize how much good
Il would do. Cromwell here can
tell you-how much II common COS
sip"
There Is nothing 10 be gained"
Travers interrupted. from any
more talk OF this sort am sorry
to have troubled you. Hollis. Don't
let us take more or your time"
The younger man stood bis
ground Shouldn't have lost my
temper" he admitted. IT'S because
I know this girl you're talking
about and because l know she got
a raw deal that l said what I did.
She's-she's a fine grill"
"Oh? suppose you know exactly
what she's been doing eve since
she left Mount Florence7"
mo. as a matter OF fact I don't.
| only saw her q couple times be-
fore her trial-and two months ago
with Mark at Blue Springs. IN
there were ever two youngsters
genuinely IN love I'd say It was
that pairi"
Travers nodded. He appeared to
have complete control OF himself
again -rhank you. Hollis he
said. Thank you for coming over.
Drop In at the house and see us
some time soon.-
IT was dismissal Enthusiastically.
Stone nodded q curt. Good after
noon." and turned toward the door
As n closed behind him Travers
arose.
WELL he said with a sigh. that
seems TO be- all for this afternoon.
You'll let me know. will you. Nc
Cormick. how soon you can start
for Parish Make AZ day after TO-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
MACDONALD PARTY
RETAINS CONTROL
Government Appears Assured
of Power at Least Until
Next April.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, January 29-Safely past
the most formidable obstacle placed in
its path in months, Premier Ramsay
MacDonalds Labor government today
appeared assured of power at least until
presentation of the new budget next
April
The Labor members, singing "Auld
Lang Syne," ganged into the govern
ment lobby of the Commons just be-
fore midnight last night and repulsed,
with 81 majority, Conservative at
tack on the trades dispute act, up for
its second reading. The vote was 277
to $50, Sir John Simon and seven fellow
Liberals voting with the Tories. A gov
eminent defeat would have meant resig-
nation.
A few minutes later abstaining Lib
erals voted with the government to de-
feat a second motion of Stanley Bald
win. Conservative leader, which would
have sent the bill to committee of
tire whole instead of small standing
committee The ote was 800 to 244.
The critical division was preceded by
q scathing attack of Winston Churchill
former chancellor and Conservative
stalwart He commented that as child
his parents had forbidden him to see
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the sideshow freak known as the Bone
less Wonder" but now, after so years,
his curiosity as to what it looked like
had been satisfied. He pointed to Mr..
Macdonald.
He turned his sarcasm on the appar-
ent alliance between Mr.. Macdonald
and David Lloyd George, Liberal
leader We've never been friends" he
had the prime minister say to Mr.. Lloyd
George-"at least rot holiday friends
but we've both been prime ministers. and
dog does not eat dog. Just look as this
monstrous bill which my fellow trade
unionists have foisted upon me. Do me
this service and I'll never forget it.
Take it upstairs and cut its dirty
throat
The upstairs was a reference to
the committee room. where the Liberals
will be able to modify the bill to such
an extent that the prime minister, who,
in his own party circles. is understood
to have opposed the measure, will have
an excuse to drop it without too strong
objection from the Labor left wing.
The bills intention is to better the
status of the trade unionists, whose
right to strike was curtailed by the act
of 1927, which followed the general
strike of May 1926. Its enemies have
claimed that it would make legal
repetition of the 1926 strikes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
ST2,00O,O 900 ON LIFE

NEW YORK, January 20 (P).-The
New York American yesterday said Wal
ter P. Chrysler, automobile magnate, had
taken out life insurance policies total
ing $12,00o.000, the largest amount
ever issued to an individual.
The policies were issued by five
companies within the past month,
the American said. Pierre S. du Pont,
manufacturer. previously headed the
insured with policies aggregating
S7.000,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

gun to end strike Of $50 longshoremen
among the sugar centrals of Occidental
Negroes Province, Megros Island.
Labor troubles in the central Philip
pine Islands have been going on for
several days. The longshorennen were
understood to have demanded better
wages and other recognition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

In Siam doctors who fail to discharge
their obligations after a given time are
forced by law to work for their credit
ors until the debt Is settled.