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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-30
BurbS

Now that Wang has been SUPER
seeded As foreign minister, IL be-
hooves Japan TO know its China
from a 20 Sze.
Smile: AS downcast AS a taxi
driver On n rainy day.
Stage comedians have been warn
ed 70 soit-pedal depression humor.
Theater operators probably can't
stand II.
Holding I'D IA ONE In a bridge
party is a precarious business. In
fact, supporting IA women is O Job
any time.
And any husband IS likely 20 get
cooked I'D over a raw deal.
After at, the only way 70 spur
the market rs To get money out OF
check.
It's a safe bet that n gal who
takes a filler IN marriage is likely
TO make a forced landing.
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Quotations

American workers abhor the i'm
position Of a dole regardless Of any
guise under which it is bestowed.
William Green, president A. +. l..
Everything in life has a purpose,
but no one has discovered what Is
the purpose OF the AGO species of
fleaS.
DR.. <. Bardsley.
This depression flows largely from
Europe.
Pres. Hoover.
We can't cry ourselves out OF &C.
preston. but perhaps we can laugh
ourselves out Of II.
William r. Castle, Jr., undersec-
rotary Of state.
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TO-DAY rs TIE
Anniversary

On Oct. 80. 1917, the Units4N
States advanced to France O. loanl
OF slO.000,000.
italy formed a new cabinet, with
Professor Vittorio Orlando rs pre-
mier. With this. Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdco turned " Cd
the Italian government an addi~
tlonal credIt or $3.50. ZOO. 1000.
Ledebour. Independent Socialist
speaking before the ReichstaGp
said: we have 100000 dead.
1000 900 OK 4900. 600 wounded. OK
whom 100000 are crippled for llfe.l
and 100000 absolutely invalideds
That makes altogether 100000
men lost during three years"
Fire destroyed ~. 1000 worth or
war material on the water front
at Baltimore. Md This material
was intended for General Persh-
ing'S troops IN France.
The fire was declared 20 have
been started by German spies.
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New York
Letter

NEW YORK - Although Max
Steuer and William Untermeyer
occupy the spotlight as Manhat-
tan's most prominent legal lights,
still the legends and truths con-
corning q certain William Fallon
goes on.
Just this morning a note came
TO my desk announcing that the
cinema would use Fallon as a film
story character. And Gene Fowler
has done a biography titled, The
Great Mouthpiece."
Without having ever known or
seen Mons. Fallon, I think he
would have liked the notion OF
being perpetuated in the movies.
He appears to hav ebeen a show
man unto himself: a lawyer who
was a consummate actor with
Broadway as his stage and its peo-
pie as his clients.
One OF the favorite yarns con-
Germs his love for Gertrude VAN
derbilt. She showed no great in
clination toward returning his af-
lection, SO one day he urged her
TO come to court TO hear him plead
a case. Nicky Arnstein. one-time
spouse Of Fannie Brice, was on
trial. And Fallon was mailing a
double plea: for his client and the
heart Of a girl. He was successful
IN both instances.
Then there's the famous story
OF his own trial. Bribery had been
charged and Fallon represented
himself in one Of the most dramat-
ic trials on record. He was, OF
course, acquitted.
Back OF all this was the story OF
a lad who rose from the New York
streets 70 the status OF a great
actor-lawyer-a story that Is re-
peated year after year. Some be-
come builders OF SkyScrapers and
some become governors, statesmen
and great bankers.
The sidewalks Of New York ap-
pear to spawn ever-fresh material
FOR the high places!
AT Smith, OF course, has become
a symbol Of the sidewalks Of New
York" and a .erling example Of
how far a pavement kid al climb.
Or you can take almost any Of the
merchant princes Of the big town
and trace them back 10 hamble be-
ginnings. The theater. in partic-
ular, points to the struggle Of its
outstanding figures.
al Woods, they'll tell you. once
T oped out of doorways selling
sidewalk trinkets. The Earlangers,
Hammersteins and ShubertS came
up gradually from the bottom.
David Belasco was a poor kid from
the west coast who came TO town
as a ham stage manager.
Weber and Fields were products
Of the old Ghetto. So were Berlin
and Cantor and Jessel and a score
OF others.
And New Workers never cease
Boosting Of their native sons and
daughters, largely because so many
famous folk come from other Sec
tons Of the realm.
Harlem, even as Greenwich VII
lage, wearies Of being identified
with orgies, rent parties and high
life.
The negro section Of New York
keeps up an unending propaganda
for poets. artists and compos IS
who make the black belt their
home. Just now the huge negro
settlement Is trying to discover an
aviator Of consequence and a fund
is being donated toward a negro
flyer willing to hop the Atlantic.
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HAZEL Z
ROSS
HALEY
OH BY Ma Ssup Inc

coming In to lean Economically ON
the piano and she came out again,
sulkily. and sat down with her
dress high. smoking furiously.
Turning the pages OF a magazine
busily, she watched the hreathlesn
antics OF Dirk and Ethel out or the
corner OF her eye.
MARY simply sat. II was all q
" play 10 her. which did not
amuse her much. Perhaps TX she
looked sufficiently bored. Dirk
would take her home.
She had never liked her father.
in-law-to-be so much as when he
said. with a humorous quirk OF the
eyebrow which seemed TO make
them confidantes. They tell me
you're not a bad cribbage player?"
And brought out the board.
She was tired and sleepy enough
20 drop before the girls went home.
Cornelia won out simply by sitting
on the davenport until Dirk fell
upon II in sheer exhaustion. the
madcap Ethel and her grlm-faced
hostess having retired 10 effect re-
pairs on Ethel's shattered stockings.
Mary played cribbago mechanically
for what seemed hours. while Dirk
and CornelIa smoked and held low.
voiced commune on the davenport
Al last Cornelia rose.
"Drive you home, Com" Dirh
asked.
"No. thanks"
Well, he'd asked. and perhaps
that was all sho wanted. And IN
moonlight drive with the bright
eyed Ethel for companion would
have been sour fruit anyway. No
n mentioned the lighter, II II bad
ever existed.
Mary suffered Mrs. Ruyther's
good night kiss with good grace.
She thought there was q shade more
enthusiasm In that icy salute than
usual. but she couldn't be sure.
Hatless. under the dim porch
light. her coat laid lightly about her
shoulders. she looked like a nice,
sleepy child and not az all like the
weary. emotion-worn woman OF the
world she was feeling. But she
couldn't know that. No wonder that
her future mother-in-law's e.
rested on her with unwonted ge
tleness. Ii was hard 20 remembe.
az the moment Just what those "un-
desirable" matters we're that had
steeled her heart against the Eirs
until now.
Mary caught the glance and
thought ironically. Wouldn't X DO
funny Ii she began 10 like me now
that Dirk and | have ~quarreled?"
Her heart was heavy with Fremont
ton. Dirk's aloofness all evening
had utterly humbled her spirit. She
was sure now that he had stopped
loving her. that on the way home
che was going to tell her their mar.
riage would be a mistake. It vas
ridiculous. but how else could she
explain his terribly changed man
ner? She climbed into the little
coupe feeling like Marie AntoInette
going 10 her doom.
But they did not q~uarrel-at
least, not then. Dirk settled be-
side her with n comfortable sigh,
adjusted the window. and rave her
hand one hearty squeeze \ IRE set
ting the little engine 70 thunder
ing. ~
Sleepy" he asked.
Mary murmured assent.
"Well don't 90 10 sleep yet, kid.
You and 7 have got a lot TO talk
about"
Mary's heart skipped a beat. Now
what did that mean? They passed
the Jupiter gates as TX they had not
been there and Mary saw that Dirk
was guiding the a of the high
road ONO the small road that led to
the Point, which overlooked the
moonlit sea.
Ito he Continued)
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lesson. She had loved Dirk before
but never like this. Whatever she
must do to keep him. she would do
for II she lost him. nothing else
mattered.
"Oh. my dear, I've 50 much to
tell you." Cornelia burbled breath
lessly to Mary during n OF the
silences that fell like a blight on
the ~dinner-table. IL was ostensibly
an aside, but since a pin-fall could
have Deen heard Ia the room. she
might have been speaking into a
microphone.
The grandest man, my deari
Ethel met him, and she introduced
him." The two girls exchanged en-
chanted glances. Hes a marquis
or something. whatever 1t is they
have in South America. Handsome.
and $3.50 brutal He has what
they say Peggy Hopkins Joyce's
fascination Is. only the other way
round, OF course-he looks az you
as If you were the only woman in
the world"
Ethel nodded confirmation. "You
know it's a line. but you swallow
it-and my dear. you lore I'll Posi-
tivelyi" She sighed blissfully.
HoRNELIA'S yelled eyes held dis
- like. Mary was sure The strain
OF playing up to Ethel was wearing
on her. and no wonder. Vivacity
was not Cornelia's manner and she
did II badly. She abandoned II sud
denly and turned on her friend with
one OF those quick changes or feel
ing which were characteristic Of
her.
"She's ga-ga about him. Simply
gone" she smiled wryly around the
table. her yes lingering on Dirk's.
Il can't say as much myself. After
all. he's stony broke and he was
once a dancing teacher. or some
thing, wasn't he? Well, imagined"
"But he gave II up" Ethel pout-
ed. HE said the strain of holding
up drunken debutantes was too
hard on him. So now he just sits
In night clubs and sulks."
She seemed TO have run out OF
breath, and 10 be waiting for com
ment.
Mary was only half listening. She
had a funny. far-off feeling as II she
were not quite present. or were
dreaming. She was sensitive 70
every movement. every expression
OF Dirk's-the rest was merely a
backdrop for her own love drama.
Mrs. Ruyther d~utifully made con-
versation. You might have brought
him along tonight. / should like
to have met him." she remarked
surprisingly.
"Oh, be really doesn't rate that"
Cornelia laughed. ~ think he's a
gunman. There's something rather
sinister about him."
Heavens. thought Mary, he's
probably just some little gigolo OF
the speakeasies. some collegiate
"sheik" with a fair for dramatic.
ing himself. Had she ever been as
silly as these two girls now seemed?
She was exactly Cornelia's age. but
she felt much older-more like a
settled matron. nowadays.
He can't be broke IL the night
clubs take him in" MI. Ruyther OBJ
served.
"0h, well. not stony" Ethel re-
buked Cornelia's description. She
shrugged a sulky shoulder at her
friend. "She only says that be-
cause she's got bucketfuls herself.
Be Just like her to step in and take
him, just because she can. and
leave poor little me out In the
cold"
Ethels e~nervescence had its nadIr,
also, Mary noted with amusement,
in a sulky ill-humor which must
make Friendship with her a rackety
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business. Or was she merely fat
tering Cornelia cleverly? Mary
didn't know and really didn't care.
oh, let the time 20 by quickly SO
that she and Dirk could 90.
Il don't want him." Cornelia
sneered. She turned abruptly 70
Mary.
well, when are you going 70
have another murder at your
house?"
Mary was completely taken
aback. "My DEAR" Cornelia rat
tied on. don't apologize. I haven't
had such a good time in years"
She turned to Ethel with a resump-
ton OF her vivacious air but Mary
felt the sting underlying her words.
Searched. II you can believe t..
by the best-looking policeman
Nothing " happens at our house
like that" She sighed. I'VE have
10 be content with marquises and
such. Synthetic thrills. Just a
hollow life Of pleasure. nest &C
pas?" She laughed. aGd rested her
head against the back OF the chair
lazily. half-closing her eyes.
IN the uncomfortable silence that
= followed. broken only by Ethel's
giggle. Dirk spoke 70 Cornelia for
the first and last time during the
meal.
"Cut II. Con-" be said.
Cornelia's yelled eyes glittered
angriIy for a second. but she made
a quick recovery. She waved a
negligent hand in his direction. and
spoke through a mouthful or ice. as
IL she had just remembered some
thing.
"Oh, Dirk. don't let me forget 20
give you your lighter. It's In my
car" she said lightly and flcked
malicious eyes in Mary's face.
Mary felt herself flush. Did Cor
nelia Just think that up. or had
Dirk really been seeing her? She
would have liked to be a little girl
again and fly at that slyly trium-
plant face and scratch H. Instead.
she lifted her water-glass with
steady fingers and prayed that her
face did not betray the way she
felt.
Lighter" Dirk was saying. in
honest perplexity. But I don't
own a lighter!"
"Dirk. my dear," Cornelia pro-
tested, ia a small shrek. Il gave
it TO youi"
Dirk was obviously performing a
feat OF recollection. "Oh, that one!
It's been lost 50 long I'D forgotten
I eve had II. Thanks, Thanks a
lott"
IL was Cornelia's turn 10 flush
now. and from the way the angry
color beat IN her cheeks Mary felt
actual fear OF her. She looked dan
gerous. And when a dangerously
angry woman Is coupled with sew
eral millions Of dollars. almost any
thing can happen-though Mary at
the moment had no clear idea what.
nor had Cornelia. perhaps.
After dinner there was no oppor.
tunity for the lovers to be alone.
for Dirk was suddenly inspired 70
a coltish sort Of gayety with the
bubbling Ethel as playmate. They
walked imaginary chalk-lines with
a basket OF glazed nuts on their
carefully poised heads. while Mrs.
Ruyther pleaded for her expensive
rugs; they pummeled each other
with pillows and juggled minis and
wax fruits from the sIdeboard. Mrs.
Ruyther looked family gray OF
countenance. as X she thought her
carefully reared son was losing his
mind. Never again. Mary guessed
with amusement, would she give O
dinner OF this kindl
Cornelia played Chopin wistfully
in the mushroom. II finally be-
came apparent that no a was
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

EEGlN HERE TODAY
Rich old MRS. JUPITER IN
robbed and murdered during the
N cRgement party h gives for
her secretary, MARY HARNESS.
Mary's mcrnpeErace brother, Ed
DIE. was to have been admitted nc
b murder hour. No one knows
this but Mary.
She tells her finnce. DIRK RUY-
TIER, who hunts Eddie. Re ar
ranges N rendezvous with the boy
but ovcrsIeeps. BOWEN Of the
star drives Mary there Instead.
Eddie In run down and killed nm
he crosses the street On meet Mary.
INSPECTOR KANE drops the
case. believing Eddie the muir
derer. When Harry protests he
tells her MIR. JUPITER n Dirk
believe the same. Bowen tells
Mary there In n rncetrack gam bier
called THE FLY 90 whom her
brother owed money.
He gives Mary a ont he fccnd
In the Jupiter house the highs OF
the murder. IL In her brothers.
The Jupiter butler recognizes IL 90
having been worn by N agate
c~raNher" he elected the night OF
the murder. Dirk forbids Mary to
30 on with the Investigation he
cause his family objects TO o
toriety.
NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
AT the door Dirk turned back
hesitantly.
Mothers expecting US for din
ner. Can't we postpone talking
about this until later?"
He couldn't bear to quarrel
either. his eyes said.
"0f course" Mary replied, ant
got her wraps and followed.
They were very quiet on the way
over and 1t was not until Dirk haC
fooled the little car up the abrupt
winding drive and under the por
tico. and put on the brake, that hi
kissed her quickly and said I'm
sorry"
I'm sorry. too" Mary had timt
to whisper before they went int,
the house.
1t was an awful dinner. Ever,
n was silent and depressed. ex
cept Cornelia and the girl. Ethel
who was inspired to unbelIevablt
heights Of kittenishness by tn,
situation. Of which she ~apparentl,
had full knowledge. That mucl
was evident in every twinklinl
glance she sent from Dirk to Cor
nelia to Mary. and back again.
Even Mother Ruyther." as Cor
nelia persisted in calling her. sool
looked as il she regretted her in
vitation and her thin. aristocratil
nose began to look a bit pinched a
the nostrils. as II she were holdinl
In her feelings with an effort. A
a matter Of fact only consideration
for Cornelia, to whom she wishes
to be kind. prevented her givinI
the blond chit a verbal spanking.
Dirk had said he was sorry. bu
his spirits did not rise with tn
knowledge OF their having mad
up" Mary noticed worriedly. Fl,
was quiet and ~abstracted durinI
dinner. and his conversation wa
confined chiefly to batting the dar
ing Ethel with q venom whicl
passed right over her pretty yellow
head.
Mary was suffering an attack o
intense loneliness OF spirit. Sine
she had rushed out OF Mr.. Jupiter
presence to hide her tears at hi
remarks about her brother 1t hat
been coming on. And when Dirl
turned to 60. for one terrifying
instant she had felt utterly alon,
in the world. Dirk had turneI
back, Just in time 10 bring tn
breath back into her lungs and sc
her heart TO beating again. Blu
that one instant had taught her
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The condition does not occur so
frequently as to be a constant men
ace, but cases have been recognized
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sufficiently often to give the dis
ease the special name OF weaver's
cough.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
DEATHS

u5nn!Etrr HeDr6 p IA. Tsmi5I, Is years 's17 New
Ella J. Moreland. 70 years. 1888
Quincy st. y. w.
James Nolan. So years. GslllnEer
Hospital
Hilda chllds. 81 years, 1905 Emsr,ors
St. N. F.
william H. Knowles, s5 years. Prov
idence Hospital
Emily c. Vernon. So years. 1889.
Bennings Rd. N. E.
Guy H. johnson, 5S years, 1912 Wood
saIuda V. Franklin. so years, ST.
Elizabeths Hospital.
Eva N. Beard, 40 years, Emergency
Hospital.
william $. Keister. 40 years. walter
stefsnis DiGiiulian. 4: years, SSc1
Thirteenth ST. N. W.
Fred D. Paxton. 80 years, Garfield
Hospital.
Ernest voelcknsr. 25 years. Tubercu-
loss Hospital.
Reginald NJ. Updike, II years, 4o7
Eleventh st. n. f.
Richard W rilley month 1911
James D. Norfesi. days, Casualty
Mary Washington, so years, ae4 Bry-
Johnson Mobley 81 years, ST. Eliza
beths Hospital.
Masgte DaShiel. SO years, Freed
mems Hospital.
Edward L. FsgEans, 40 years, 1910
Vermont Ave, n; W. .. .
Anney NJ. Jones, % years 1925 Third
St n w.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
MAI. GEN. DRUM
To PRESENT
COLORS
275 at Fort Myer Camp Will
Take Part in Ceremony on
Polo Grounds at Va. Post

In a colorful ceremony, Maj.
Gen. Hugh A. Drum, inspector
general of the United States
Army. will formally present the
camp colors to the 275, young
men who are attending the Citi-
zens Military Training Camp at
Fort Myer, Va, this afternoon.
The ceremony is to be held on
the polo field at the fort at AIS
p. M, following which General
Drum will give a brief address.
The oath of allegiance will be ad-
ministerea by Col. Arthur w.
Brown, senior officer Of the
judge advocate generals depart
ment.
This is to be the first mass
formation at the camp, which
started last Thursday. Troop F
will form guard of honor. es-
corting the distinguished guests
to the reviewing stand, under the
leadership of Col. Harry N.
Cootes, camp commander.
The following Washington
young men are enrolled in the
camp; Joseph Meg. Michaelson,
2548 University Pl. N. W.; Will
liam A. Connolly, 1905 Belmont
st. N. W.; Louis E. Every, 1905
F. st. N. E.; Robert j. Foley, 1918
T'hirty-fifth st. N. W.; William A.
Arehart, 1923 Connecticut Ave. N.
W.; Mckee G. Gather, 1886
Porter st. N. W.; Jack S. Jones,
160 Todd Pl. N. E.; Charles M.
Mathews, 148 Todd Pl. N. e.; El-
Wis r. Patterson, jr., 1925 FIT
teenth st. N. w., and Franklin
r. Sibert, 1908 Florida Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
LOHN M. M'DONNELL

Funeral services for John M.
Mcdonnell, 81, of 1854 Columbia
Rd. N. W.. who was drowned Sat
urday at Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
will be held tomorrow at $50
a. m. from Zurhorst's underUak-
ing establishment. 301 East Cap
itol st. Mass will be said at 8
a. m. at St. Joseph's Church,
Third and C SITS. N. E., with
burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Born in this city, Mr.. McDon-
nell was formerly employed at the
Western Electric Company plant
at Newark, N. J. He is survived
by a. sister. Miss Catherine Nc
Donnell, and an aunt, Miss Ma
mie Mcdonnell, with whom he re.
sided. He was graduated from
St. Johns College here and he
was member of st. Pauls Cath
olic Church.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
BUCKY BRINGS
BACK VISIONS

Bucky Harris appearance in
the lineup at Philadelphia the
other day brought back visions
of that young players sweep
through the American League to
win the first pennant for Wash
ington and later to defeat the
Giants in a sensational world Sc
ries.
Bucky a Fighter
Players still in harness and
older than Harris always knew
him as a pretty game ball player,
able to mix with the best. a
fighter for every point and a
man who studied his own play
ers' ability as well as that of
the enemy.
Few managers out of action
for close to three years would
have had the temerity to get
into a uniform and go back at
second base.
But Harris was always like
that. He saw the crippled Tigers
plunging for the cellar. He could
not figure on Gehringer, one of
the best ball players in the
league, coming back early. He
went about getting into condition
himself. He knew that he had
some men on the team who had
ability to get into a winning
stride. He was courageous enough
to play himself. Harris was a
smart keystone performer. He
had a strong arm and knew how
to back up pitcher.
No SIugger
Harris was no slugger, but he
could hit in the pincheS. Pitch
ers feared to see him coming up
with the game at stake, for he
would crash a hit invariably to
settle the issue.
When Harris was engaged to
pilot the Tigers three years ago
he lost no time in announcing
that Gehringer was a better Sec
Ond baSeman than he ever
hoped to be and could hit
harder.
Harris said that he would be
a non-playing manager, and kept
his word until the sudden c0l.
lapse of the team.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
REV. HENRY p. HAMILL

The Rev. Henry Phelps Hamill,
7s, retired minister Of the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church, South, who
died Saturday at his home, 3517
New Hampshire Ave. N. W.. will
be buried late today in Monacacy
Cemetery, Beallsville, Md, follow
ing services at the Francis Asbury
Church, Sixteenth and Lamont
Sts. N. w.
The Rev. Hemill had been ac-
tive in the ministry for more
than half a century, and was
formerly presiding elder in the
Alexandria and Winchester dis
tricts.
He held pastorates in Keyser,
Charles Town and Martinsburg.
w. Va; Staunton, Buena Vista
and Blacksburg, Va, and Rock
vile, Md. He was treasurer of
the Randolph Macon Training Col
lege, at Lynchburg, Va, and sec
retary.treasurer of the Christian
education movement in his con-
terence,