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season to the most popular debu- tante, had married lovely little Karen Hummer. Suddenly q sen- tence from Ralph Hammond story of his engagement to Nita Leigh Selim popped up in Dundee's mem ory: And once l got cold sick because I thought she might still be married. but she said her hus- band had married again, and wasn't to ask questions or worry about him"
 If Ralph Hammond had reported Nita accurately she had not said she was divorced. She had merely said her husband was married again. Why was Ralph to ask no questionsr Divorced wives were not usually so reticent.
 Had Nita planned to commit the crime of bigams'? If not, when and where and how had she secured q divorce?
 To Serena Hart, years before she had denied any intention of getting divorce, for two rcaSons-because she did not know where her husband was. and because. being married all though husbandless. was a protec- tion against matrimonial tempta- tions.
 To Gladys Earle. q yea, ago in April, she had confided that she could not marry again. because she was not divorced and because she did not know the whereabouts of her husband.
 And so far as New York reporters had been able to find out. Ni,a Leigh had cone nothing to alter her status as q married woman dur ing the paSs year Moreover. 4 Nita had secured ei5heE d t51ogle or legal separation he1 mta15 Lydia Carr would certainly 2la.se known oF $. And Lydia h41 Ee.le- mently protested gH0r- rham ro1es 10 Bonnie Dundee sgu4s she saae. .@ nothing of NlEa's r9eln6. alr4a0uga1 she had vorket for The ssoaas5c.a3 comedy rceE fcr five years Surely # N.-a, iSgGn2 and trusting Lydia q she d5d had entered into negotiations Of any Kind with or concerning Ter husband during the last year, her maid would have been the first to know Of them. And yet
 Suddenly Dundee jumped to his feet and began to pace the floor of his hotel bedroom. He was remem- boring the belated confidence that John C. Drake, banker. had made to him the morning befOre-after murder. He recalled Drake's re-
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR DUN- DEE believes that JUANITA SELIM and DEXTER SPRAGUE weF0 murdered by blackmaiI victim, while the police theory is that they were killed tO avengc 6 racketeer whom Nita Is thought to have betrayed. Of Dundcc's six possible suspects JUDGE MARI SHALL, owner Of the death wca- pOn; POLLY BEALE and CLIVE HAMMOND, who manfred suddenly after Sprague's death: JOHN DRAKE. JANET RAYMOND, in love with Sprague, and FLORA MILES - his case is strongest against Flora.
 He thinks it possible she killed Nita in desperation. and that TRACEY MILES killed Sprague to protect Flora from charge of bIackmail In New York, Dundee learns that there are vague rumOrs of scandals involving Flora and Ja- net, which Nita might have known. From SERENA HART, stage star and graduate Of the Forsytc school, which these girls attended and where Nita. on Scrcna's recommcn- dation, directed the Easter play, he learns that Nita was married early m 1913, and that the dress In when she was crematcd was her wedding dress, as he suspected. Nita was quickly deserted, however, but not divorced. Serena says that q picture of Nita was printed accidentally in . story about ANITA LEE.
 Dundee Is about to leave, when Serena asks him if he knows PENNY GRAIN. saying that she met her and ROGER GRAIN who later failed in business and disap- peared, at the FOrsytc school. Dundee fmpulsively tells Serena that Penny and her mother would liko to have Grain back again. After wiring Penny, Dundee learns that on the ninth of February, when Nita tried to kill herself. Spraguc was rumorcd engaged, but that q de- nfal was printed two days later. He receives an answer to his wire to Penny.
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ADDITIONAL
 SOCIETY

The Notre Dame Alumnae asso- citation will hold a supper meeting on Monday evening, February2 at the Rainbow room of the Hotel Wa terbury. The committee in chare in clude Miss Mary Phelan, chairman assisted by Misses Mary Lawlor, Mary Freney and Mrs Martin Bergin.
 Miss Aldona Laukaitis of West Main street has been entertaining her cousin, Miss Agnes Meskell of New York city.
 Miss Olga Hansen of Cheshire Is attending the convention of the Or der of Eastern Star which is being held in Hartford to-day and to-mor- row.
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and a hundred other questions over and over in his too-active mind, and slept at last, only to awake Satur- day with plan of procedure which he was sensible enough to realize promised small chance of success.
 And he was right. Not in Man hattan. or in any of the other boroughs of New York city. did he find any record of marriage license issued to Juanita Leigh and Matthew Selim. Not only was it en- tirely proba ble that Juanita Leigh was a stage name and that Nita had married conscientiously under her real name. but it was equally possible that the license had been obtained in New Jersey or Con necticut.
 When he gave up his quest at noon Saturday and returned to his hotel. he bought at the newsstand q paper whose headline informed him that Sergeant Turner was, at that moment, even more discour- aged than himself. For the big type told the world:
 JOE sAVELLI GETS" BROTH FRS SLAYER.
 And smaller headlines informed the sensation loving public:
 "SWALLOW-TAIL SAMMY" SA VELLPS DEATH AVENGED BY BROTHER WHO SURRENDERS TO POLICE; SLICK" THOMP- SON. ALLEGED MEMBER OF sAMMY'S GANG. SHOT TO DEATH ON SIXTH AVENUE.
 Still smaller type acknowledged that Joe Savelli. after giving him self up, with a revolver in his hand had disclaimed any knowledge of or connection with the murders of Juanita Leigh Selim and Dexter Sprague.
 Two hours later. Dundee received q long telegram from District At torney Sanderson:
 INFORMED BY EVENING SUN AND CAPTAIN STRAWN THAT SAVELLI ANGLE IS COMPLETE WAsHOUT STOP HAVE YOU MADE ANY PROGRESS ALONG OTHER LINES STOP HAVE IN FORMED REPORTERS YOU WORKING INDEPENDENTLY WITH STRONG CHANGE DF SOLVING BOTH CASES STOP WOULD LIKE YOU HERE FOR ADJOURNED INQUESTS ON ROTH MURDERS MONDAY STOP MOTHER IMPROVED AM ON JOB AGAIN.
 Since Dundee felt that there was little chance of following through either on the scandals which Gladys Earle had hinted at, or on Nita's strangely secret marriage of 12 years before, he immediately dis patched wire to Sanderson. assur- ing him that vital progress had been made and that he would leave New York on the four o'clock train west arriving in Hamilton Sunday morning at $50.
 Sanderson's wire. with it's confes- sion of an interview on Dundee's trip to New York, had upset him and left him with a cold feeling of fear that. stumbling half in dark ness. the district attorney had un- willingly warned the murderer of Nita Selim and Dexter Sprague that his special investigator was on the right track.
 An hour before he reached his destination on Sunday morning he went into the dining car and found copy of the Hamilton Morning News beside his plate. And on the Front page was photograph of dead Nita. her black hair in a. French roll. her slim, recumbent body clad m the royal blue velvet dress. Beneath the picture was the caption:
 What part does the outmoded royal blue velvet frock which Nita Selim chose as shroud play in the solution of her murder? That is the
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLIE.


 With a sharp exclamation of ex- citement and triumph. Dundee fin ished reading Penny's telegram: DATE OF MAY FIFTH NINE TEEN TWENTY TWO PUB LISHED STORY OF SUICIDE ANITA LEE ARTISTS MODEL BUT PICTURE ACCOMPANYING WAS NITA LEIGH SELIMS STOP NO CORRECTION FOLLOWED STOP WHAT DOES IT MEAN.
 What does it mean" Dundee re- peated exultantly to himself Tt means, my darling little Penny, that anyone in Hamilton who had any interest in the matter believed Nita Leigh Selim was dead, and that the spelling of her name was wrong, not the picture itself: The question is, who read that story and gazed on that picture with vast relief"
 Two hours before he had dis missed as impossible or highly inn practical his impulse to investigate the 1l-year old scandal on Flora Hackett, who was now Flora Miles as told him by Gladys Earle of the FoSsyte school. Even more difficult would 1t be 10 find out why Janet Raymond's mother had taken her abroad for a year. Of course-he had ruefully told himseIf-Nita Leigh might have been lucky or unlucky enough to run across docu- mentary proof of one of the scan- dais of which Gladys Earle had told her. or had dared to blackmail her victim by dark hints. as Miss Earle had unconsciously suggested.
 But this new development could not be ignored. A picture of Nita Leigh as a suicide had appeared eight years ago in Hamilton pa per. and the paper had either re- mained unconscious of the error ol. had thought 1t not worth the space for a correction.
 Eight years ago in June three weddings had occurred in Hamil- ton; The Dunlap. the Miles. the Drake weddings And within the last year and half Judge Mar shall, after proposing season after
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WOMEN,S CLUBS PLANTING

The General Federation of Wo- mems clubs in. session at Denver set a fine example 10 it's thousands of members when it planted a George Washington bicentennial tree in that city. The tree has been registered on the. national honor roll of the Amer ican Tree association at Washington. which is conducting the bicentennial tree planting plan to mark the birt h of George Washington.
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question which Special Investigator Dundee, attached to the district at torney's office, and due home this morning from fruitful detective work in New York. is undoubtedly prepared to answer"
 Dundee was still seething with futile rage when he climbed the stairs to his apartment. on the living room floor, touching the door. he found an envelope -un- stamped and bearing his name writ ten on a typewriter.
 Gro be COntinued)
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GARAGE EXHIBIT PLANNED

Berlin An International gar age exhibition is being held in Der lin in 1881. The garage exhibition will form part of the German build ing exhibition and will be arranged by Professor George Mueller. a lead ing German expert on garage build ing. The exhibition will last from May to August
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By VIM. E. MCKINNEY

Secretary American Bridge League
 Players often complain of poor cards and bad breaks when in real ity game Is lost due to carelessness and poor play. There is nothing diff ncult about the play given in the following hand, but the declarer will easily lose game if he does not stop land think.
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Fashion Plaque

THIS IS the colorful zouave beach pajama ensemble of linen consisting of a navy blue bolero with white braid trim. red trousers and white blouse with
 red stripe down the front.
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1.-The Rifl6in0

South, the dealer, opened the con- tracing with one no trump. While the hand contains a count of seven teen and all four suits stopped, the spades and clubs are a little toe hollow to ask partner to raise to three no trump if he has count o, seven, which would be the case if West passed. As two diamonds would be 6 warning bid requesting partner to discontinue the bidding, but as the hand contains two high card tricks and long diamond suit, Norths proper bid is three diamonds. South then takes the declaration to three no trump, which closes the contracting.
 The Play.
 West opened his diamond suit fourth best. leading the three spot, dummy plays the four, East shows out and decides to protect the spade and club suits, discarding the six of hearts, declarer wins the trick with the king. Declarer should now stop to count his tricks before proceed ing with the next play. If he grants his opponents one diamond trick, he can make five diamonds, two clubs and the ace of hearts-eight tricks in all. If the heart finesse is right. he can make game, or if he can get q good lead back from West to either the spades or the clubs he may pick up an extra trick there.
 The queen of diamonds is led, West following with the deuce and dummy must overtake with the ace so as to be able to set the diamond suit and still have an entry with the ace of clubs. Another heart IS discarded by East. The ten of dia- monds is returned, East discarding another heart, declarer the four of hearts, West winning with the jack.
 Rather than give the declarer an advantage, West returns a diamond to dummy, dummy winning with the nine, East discarding the nine of hearts and declarer the deuce of spades. Two more rounds of dia- monds are continued from dummy. East discarding the jack of hearts and three of spades, declarer drop ping the four of spades and three of clubs, West discarding the three of hearts on the second diamond lead.
 Dummy shifts to the heart suit, East discarding q small club, de- clarer going right up with his acc of hearts and returning the queen of hearts. throwing West in the lead West is forced 10 lead the jack of clubs which the declarer wins in dummy with the ace. The deuce of clubs is returned from dummy. declarer finessing the ten spot, which holds the trick and then cashes his king of clubs.
 By overriding his queen of dia- monds and immediately setting that long suit in dummy the declarer has made his contract of three odd. Copyright, 1890, NEA. Service. lnc)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03

cessor TO Samuel Palmer Brooks June 26. They voted
70 defer action until September. Board members are
said to have expressed the fullest confidence in the
present temporary organization Of the university
under the leadership Of DR.. w. S. Allen, acting presi-
dent. Pres. w. 2. Bizzcll OF the Oklahoma State uni
versity is said to be in the running. Many champions
In September.
Or. Bizzeil is a native Texan. He won his spurs as
an educator and college executive In Texas. He has
won additional laurels as president Of the Oklahoma
university. However. 1t is said that Bizzel and Gov.
Murray have declared a truce and are dwelling to-
gether as harmoniously as two turtle doves. Pres
BizzelI stepped down and out OF the "A. a. NJ. college
when the Fergusons came in the last time. He had
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nm11N

a lifetime to balancing on hand2
Or balancing on a chalr2 And
there they are. with no n 70 see
theml Imagine. spending "a life
time learning a double somersault,
or somethinglr
We'll. don't we all in one way or
anc.her?" I reply. Sometimes we
have an audience; sometimes we
From which you can see what an
abandoned amusement park does To
you On q rainy night.
And all about YOU. the most in
c~ongru0us and ridiculous sights
Two h0och dancers. from Nine.
Rajah's dancing girl" show. run
from their tent-like structure, bare
legs stopping through tiny puddles
and scant skirts partially covered
with a piece OF burlap tent cloth.
A single car on the precipitous
coaster. rumblr past intermittentiy
Finally, from somewhere CIT
Of the rain, come four OF the 'TCRl
SamOans.' Their bodies are bare.
but for trunks and leis.
Sorry. but most Of the troupe
are laid UP with bad colds. They
can't stand this weather after the
tropics apologies the soft-voiced
and intelligent chief who wears
striped white trousers, a silk shirt
and an orange lei.
He turned out to be a former mem
Der Of the postoffice department In
San Francisco. He comes from Page
Page. and-of all things-he's writ
ing a book.
You see. Americans and English
men have always been coming down
10 the island and then writing about
our lives" he explains. I'm going
20 reverse the situation. I'm going
TO have a native write about his
adventures In America. And it's
going to be nv own story
You see. you never q tell what
you'll run into when you get 10
Coney in an intimate mood On a
rainy night
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air-oh. I don't know-as IL some
thing were just about 10 happen.
Something big"
IL know said Lame dreamily.
II know just what you mean but
II seldom does happen"
~NeFer can tell" Elsie winked
deliberately Believe IL or not,
there are plots Matching around
here that don't meet the eye"
Lame. thinking or her adventure
that afternoon. shivered q little
Elsie. not noticing. continued,
That Muriel girl. for instance. Is
she a fast worker? Believe II OF
not. she has little Boy Blue eating
out OF her hand. Wait till the scan.
dal columns get hold OK that. Which
Junior Lacquer is that way about
what drama starr"
-She only met hfm this after
noon." Lame protested
Yes. | know. But what that
dame does with "a hours I'm no
body's business" said the cynical
Elsie. Mrs. Blues little boy may
be hooked before he knows IT, He's
not used I'd these high-powered
d~ebutantes. | don't mind" she ex-
planned. IF she'll lay or my Give.
But Muriel's a natural born poach-
err. and II she thought she could
burn me up ny going for him. she
would"
Lame had heard q great deal "a
this In the past SO she lent a mildly
InattentIve ear. Il wouldn't worry.
she said. ahsently. Yes. Mrs. Grid
ley. or course I've got your tickets
ready"
Elsie took the hint and drIfted
along III the direction on her dress.
ing room.
-Muriel's supposed 70 be helping
me tonight. What a fake she ~ a.
a working girl" Lane grumblec
resentfully 20 herself m she EmIIed
her set smile. punched tickets and
made change. Poor little rich girl,
playing at being useful. that's
what she is.- Muriel's role or Dor
Office assistant had been mostly a
picturesque fiction. She appeared
late and left early. She never All
lowed business to interfere with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03
Providing Funds For Jobless Men

A plan whereby the city Of San Antonio will use
approximately $4,000 collected in corporation court
fines IN the next year to provide jobs for the unem-
ployed has been figured out by Mayor @. nj. Chambers
Of the Alamo City. Remittance OF fines assessed BY
the court will cease automatically as n result Of the
new plan. It Is said the city court provides a monthly
revenue OF approximately $4,000 over and above ex-
penses and this will be distributed to various city de-
partments to enable the employment on a part time
basis OF men now out OF work. And there are politi-
clans who wonder why Mayor Chambers retains his
grip on the loyalty Of working men in the Alamo city.
They know their friend.
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LETTERS to
the EDITOR


10 bA1E Editor
Brownsville Herald.
Please accept my sincere o
CALCULATIONS on your splendid edit
0rial Sunday emphasizing the need
for a unified Valley ADVERTISING
campaign.
During the past few years more
than one hundred successful cam
palgns have been conducted by
cities and communities throughout
the nation, and 1t Is interesting to
note that such communities have
shown more rapid growth and sub
stantial progress in normal times
than have communities where no
campaign has been conducted. The
advertising communities have been
affected by the depression 70 q far
lesser degree. There are few. IL
any. communities in this country
that car offer greater advantages
TO the tourist and to the permanent
resident. yet these advantages or
climate and opportunity have not
been brought home To the great
majority OF people living in the
North and East.
When a practical advertising plan
Is developed and put into execu-
ton every individual In the Valley
will benefit and II IL to be hoped
that the time Is not far away when
the Valley will utilize the great
force Of advertising TO attract resi-
dents. tourists and industries %
this section.
Undoubtedly the time has arrived
when the Valley should discourage
the attempts Or individuals u bring
publicity to this section BY freak
methods and every citizen ~ the
Valley should give thoughtful con-
sideration 10 the need for a COM
~prchensive campaign that would
command the support or every in
terest and every individual in the
Rio Grande Valley.
Your editorial is a step In the
right direction and I sincerely hope
that your efforts will be continued
Please accept my congratulations
also on the approaching THIRTY
ninth birthday OF the Brownsville
Herald. You have a just right 70
Be mighty proud OF your publication
which Is entitled 10 A great deal or
credit for the DEVELOPMENT and
progress Of the Rio Grande Valley.
Cordially yours.
r.. ~ MFEKER. President
James Advertising Agency, Inc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03

COMFY ISLAND-For an intimate
chat with the worlds greatest play
ground, l always choose a rainy
night. Or n Monday mid-aftcrnoon.
Then you have Coney 20 yourself.
On the way out you can read how
2.00O. 900 people somehow got there
and back just the day before.
But now a chill. drizzling rain
blows in from the sea. The board
walk glistens with strangely shaped
reflections from the abandoned miles
CT bulb-studded parks and carnivalia.
Ticket sellers for the hundred-ard-
one attractions squat under gayly
striped umbrellas and shout gossip
TO each other. Ballyhoo men pick
on lone stragglers with an intensity
Of craftsmanship that IS nothing
short Of hypnotic.
Only a few dozen people are a.
broad. And yet. all the tinsel and
Illumination beck0n as alluringly
as though the millions were pushing
and Growing about.
In Luna Park a great spotlight
plays suddenly on four figures perch
cd high in the air on LADDERS and
trapcze. Their audience consists az
a few relocated musicians from the
Slovakian band, some park employees
and a dozen hardy visitors.
Yet. with that disciplined routine
that marks the circus act. they risk
their necks for "the big free show"
The white tights must be rain
soaked: in fact. the drizzle forms a
sort OF fantastic screen that often
makes the figures seem like those
jumpy scenes in IN old-fashioned
moving picture. What II the slender
bars on which they balance should
prove too slippery for their grip.
and they should fall2
Without a crowd around. a cir
Gus act becomes a more intimate
matter. Given a cheering crowd. tho
free show" has the im~personality
OF most public exhibitions.
But nov, with no n around. the
philosophic young lady Oh my right
watches q white figure swing against
the night. and comments:
Did It ever occur to you that
those people have probably devoted
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03
Resaca City Kiwanis
Invited To Meets
1Bv Staff Corresnondrntl

tBy stair correspondent
SAN BENITO, July 3.-San BenitC
Kiwanians were invited to attend
two different Valley meetings when
they met this week.
Homer Maxwell or the Harrington
club invited them to attend the
Harlingen-San Benito twin-city
banquet there Thursday night. July
9. and announcement was made OF
the banquet 20 be held TUESDAY
night IN Brownsville in honor Of
Bob Storey OF Dallas. governor Of
the Texas Oklahoma Kiwanis dis
trict.
II. Fl. Meyer told something OF
the activities Of the Altoona. Pa.
Kiwanians. He now resides at La
Feria.
Eddie Werner entertained his
fellow Kiwanians with piano selec-
tions.
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Brownsville Has:

l. A population In 1891 Of over $4,000.
2 A mean average temperature OF 70.
.. bank deposits. $4,000. 600.
a. -Four railroads. seven paved highways.
s. international airport. five air lines.
v "A $6.p00.OOO deep water port financed.
7. The best climate. soil in the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-03
Tax Levies on Texas Railroads

Texas railroads viii pay intangible asset taxes on
sos. 100000 this year. according to figures released BY
the state board. This will be IS. $500 less than the
total on which taxes were paid last year. and the
largest on any Texas railroad VIII be paid by the
Texas and Pacific or sill 0e1. $40. This was the same
as the total on which the road paid the taxes last
year. All assessments against the railroads have been
completed. These figures would be interesting to the
champions Or bus and truck transportation companies
or individuals.