davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
PROPERTY TAX
RATE IS HIKED

AUSTIN, Sept. g. Rp-George
Sheppard, state comptroller. said
today that the state property tax
rate this year would be IA cents.
five cents higher than last year.
Sheppard stated the automatic tax
board. consisting of himself. Gov.
Ross 5. Sterling. and Charley Lock-
hart. state treasurer. fixed the rate
at a meeting today. The rate for
general revenue purposes was in
creased from ~ to 81 cents. The
rate for the school fund and con-
federate pensions remained the
same. IS cents and seven cents re-
spectively.
Members OF the tax board had
sought to avoid a tax increase. In
the first called session. Gov. Ster-
ling asked that the oil tax be in
creased to two cents a barrel but
the legislature di.- not acceed.
This session. he requested enact
ment or a law directing the tax
board not to incre e the rate. The
senate had not acted on the bill
and the house did not pass II by
the needed 100 votes.
This will be the highest tax rate
since 1925 when the levy was n
cents, the constitutional maximum.
This year the general revenue levy
will be three cents below the con-
stitutional maximum.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Scout Pledges
Drive Begins

A Valley wide drive for the pay
ment OF pledges mad to the Boy
Scout Valley organization will be-
gin this week. according to Z. T..
Mockbee Of Brownsville, vice-presi-
dent in charge OF finances.
The drive will get under way In
Brownsville on Thursday, In Mis-
sion on Friday, Harrington on Sat-
urday. San Benito next Tuesday
ami in Mercedes on Friday. the
local man stated.
Many OF the pledges which we're
made at the beginning OF the year
have not been paid and the pur-
pose OF the drive Is to get in just
as many OF these pledges as pos
sible. as well as to secure addi-
tional pledges for the work OF the
organization.
o. w. washington. Brownsville
district chairman, will cooperate
with Sherwood Bishop. finance
chairman. in staging the Browns
vile drive for funds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat
In Just A Weeks

Mrs. Mae West Of st. Louis, Mo-.
writes: I'm only Is yrs. old and
weighed ITO lbs. until taking one
box Of your Kruschen Salts just 4
weeks ago. ] now weigh $50 lbs. I
also have more energy and further
more I've never had a hungry mo-
ment."
Fat folks should take one half
teaspoonful Of Kruschen Salts in a
glass Of hot water every morning
before breakfast-an IS cent bo' e
lasts 4 weeks-you can get Kru-
schen at McKay's Pharmacy, Cis-
neros Drug Stores or any drug
store in America. If not joyfully
satisfied after the first bottle
money back.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Leeman Opposes
Special Taxation

Taxes imposed upon special in
terests, especially those which take
q toll on the natural resources OF
the state of Texas, are tending TO
drive new industries and new de-
velopments from the state 10 other
southern states, Ray Leeman. vice.
president and general manager OF
the South Texas Chamber OF Com
merce told the Brownsville Rotary
club Wednesday.
ct personally know OF n In
stance In which an eastern COM
pany was planning a 20 million dol
lar development In south Texas.
Just as the papers were about to
be signed word came from Austin
that a bill levying a tax OF &c per
thousand feet on natul i gas had
been introduced In the legislature.
Negotiations Immediately stopped,
and IL IS my firm belief that had
tina, bill passed the company would
never have located in T as" Lee
man stated.
More industries will help IN a
large measure to solve the farm
problem, Leeman Claimed, giving an
additional market to the farmer for
the products Of his farm.
Under the plea OF reduction or
abolition OF the ad valorem tax
demagogues are introducing these
special taxes, he stated. and then
pointed out that the average state
ad valorem tax in Texas amounts
to approximately &c per acre on
farm land.
"we must encourage industry TO
come to US, not wave the threat Of
the mailed fist in It's face" Leeman
said.
Formation OF a non-partisan tax
board which would make a state
wide survey and evolve a plan OF
equitable taxation was advocated
by Leeman. who Is concluding a
tour over the state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
WITHOUT CAL0MEL
And You'll Jump Out Of Bed in
the Morning Karin to Go

IL you feel sour and sunk and the world
looks punk. don't swallow q lot Of salts.
mineral water. oil. laxative candy or chewing
gum and expect them TO make you suddenly
sweet and buoyant and full Of sunshine
For they can't do t. They only move the
bowels and u mere movement doesn't get nc
the cause. The reason Tor your d~own-and-out
feeling Ii your liver. IL should pour out two
pounds Of liquid bile into your bowels daily.
III this bile liz not flowing freely. your food
doesn't digest IL Just decays In the bowels
Gas bloats up your stomach You have q
thick. bad taste and u breath IL foul,
skin often breaks out in blemishes. Your head
aches and you feel down and out. Your whole
system IL poisoned.
IL takes those good. old CARRIERS
LITTLE LIVER PILLS to get these two
pounds OF bile flowing freely and make you
feel up and up" They contain wonderful.
harmless. gentle vegetable extracts. amazing
when IL comes to making the bile flow freely.
But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's
Little Liver Pills Look for the name Carriers
Little Liver Pills On the red label. Resent a
substitute. Csc a. all stores. g 1891 G. M. Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Appointed

Appointment OF p. NJ. Lamberton
Jr-- as Brownsville agent for the
Seaboard Life Insurance CO.. was
announced here by T.. Z. Hadden OF
Mercedes. district manager.
I'VE believe that In the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Lamberton we have
secured another man who will live
up to the high standards set in
the Valley by the Seaboard Life
Hadden stated. "and we believe tina.
the company Is fortunate in having
secured him as its Brownsville
agent"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Butler Quits

QUANTTCO. VA. Sept. ~. Nrp-As
a spectator nc the last charge he
will command. Maj. Gen. Smedley
ID. Butler today came TO the end or
his official duties it'll the marines.
II was his farewell party. 50 he
was designed to sit on the side
lines ms 1000 men and officers whom
he has led STAGED " spectacular at
tack on the marine corps base here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Rex King Indicted

MARIN. Ark. Sept 23. Rt-Rex
King. accused OF the staying OF
Woodrow S. Wilson and Burton
Hensley. North Carolina school stu
dents near here list October, was
indicted by the Crittenden county
grand jury today on charges Of
murder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24

Style show events viii include a
complete showing Of all fall fash
ions on living models, chosen from
among Brownsville's younger set.
Entertainment features will be
provided for the entertainment of
the crowd between the various
events.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24

Enrolment in the Brownsville
Junior college set a new high mark
on Wednesday. when a grand total
OF 207 students was reported by @,
w. Gotke. superintendent of schools
A possibility that the student body
will number $50 before the year IL
I'D Is now seen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24
Man Found Dead

CONROE, Sept. %. R1--Coroner
G. T. Darby Of Conroe. was called
to Willis today to conduct an in
quest for a man found dead in a
field on the outskirts OF Willis
Identity OF the man had not been
determined. He was about IS
years old.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24

paign, a bathing display is ex-
pected to prove one Of the most
interesting portions Of the pr gram.
Few sections OF the United States
can with safety stage a bathing
revue as late in the season as the
frs. Of October, IL II pointed out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24

CHICAGO. Sept. 70. R,-Seven
robbers. brandishing shot guns and
revolvers. invaded lie Parkway State
Bank at 1850 North Clark street,
shortly after noon today and loot
ed II OF $l0,0 00.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-24

In 1929 there were 551 bank
failures in the United States: in
1890 there were 1345.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
he erection Of the Children's 81
arium."
Trained Head Named.

Fifty years ago the total money spent
on the Navy yearly was less than $l5,-
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
PARISH ANNOUNCES
ANNUAL CARNIVAL
st. GabrieI'S Event Is Slated
for Grant Circle July 6,
With Parade.

Plans for the eleventh annual car
nival and industrial exhibition of st.
Gabriel's Parish, to open July on the
parish grounds. at Grant Circle, were
announced last night by Carnival
Chairman James w. Gessford.
The inaugural feature of the carnival
will be a parade through Petworth and
the community with decorated floats
OF Washington business houses, groups
of parochial school children, half a
dozen bands and a contingent OF the
st. Johns College Cadet Corps in the
line of march. Among the bands will
be the 120-piece Overseas Band Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, which will
lead the parade; the Elks' Band, the
Washington Boys Independent Band,
the st. Johns Cadets Band and others.
The parade will be under the control
OF Walter d. Beller, chairman OF the
Parade Committee.
The carnival will consist Of so at
fractions, comprising booths. rides and
exhibits. A nightly band concert will
be presented with simplifying devices
carrying the music to the farther cor
ners of the grounds.
The committee chairmen assign
ments announced by Chairman Cess
ford are as follows: Grounds, James
Butler; Electrical Display, Leo Hanra-
han; Advertising, Frank Tobin; Pub
licity, James A. Sullivan, Daniel s.
Ring; Permit Signatures, James c.
Kraft; Entrance Arch. M. r. Grieve;
Booth Committees, John Daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
EMERSON CONFERS
DIPLOMAS UPON a
Institute Holds Commence
ment, With Dr.. Homer Coun-
CiIor Addressing Class.

Diplomas were conferred on A gradu-
ates-39 boys and girls-at COM
mencement exercises of the Emerson
Institute last night at the Roosevelt
Hotel.
DR.. Homer j. Councillor made the
commencement address. while Winslow
H. Randolph, president, presided and
presented the diplomas. The invoca-
ton and benediction were pronounced
by Rev. Luther B. FTanck, pastor OF
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Ed
win Alfred Wilkinson made the saluta-
tory address, and Miss Edith Rita Dono-
van gave the valedictory.
Those who received diplomas were:
Octavia Triplett Allen, Patrick Clifton
Bradley, Edith Mary Brahler. Duncan
Hesson Brooks. Robert Curtis Christie,
William Wallace CookSon, Roy Carlton
Dawson, Edith Rita Donovan, Theodore
r. Edfeldt, Henry Martin Eyers, Rob-
ert Moore Fauntleroy, Lawrence Fran
els FriScholz, Harry Edward Freer,
Kathryn Mildred Hand. Leonard Me-
redith Hays, Donald Leslie Hurd. Ethel
Amelia Johnson, Melvin James Law,
John Stuart MacBryde, John Angus
Macdonald William Francis Mac
Aleer, Alfred Ransom McGonegal. Orris
Frank Mlnar, FerQlnanQ dorsey MORAN,
Ernest August Mueller, William Wood
ruff Nusbaum, Nicholas Dimitri Poulos,
William Earl Perry, Richard Chauncey
Portch, Eugene Arnold Scharf, Aurel
Frederick Schneider. Merrill Severance
Schow, Raymond Ramsey Smith, Jo-
Seph Morris Tannenbaum, Francis
Bergh Taylor, Peter Joseph Turano,
Herbert Lyman Uppercue, Hendrix
Versluis Louis Edgar Weadon, Clifton
Robert Wallis, August Nelson Widmer,
Edwin Alfred Wilkinson. Walter Bennett
Wright and Anthony John Zikoski.
Letters for proficiency in athletics
were awarded to the following team
members: Foot ball-William Albert,
Joseph Buscher, Curtis Curtain, James
P. Draper, Robert NJ. Fauntleroy, Jo-
Seph Healey. Edgar Heflin, David Hen
derson, Richard Kelso. Joseph Longest,
Charles Millar, Josef thrilling. Basket
ball-Robert Christie, James F. Draper,
James H. johnson, Alton Rabbit.
Base ball-Patrick Bradley, William
Theodore Brown, James Campbell,
James F. Draper, John Band Ficklin,
Edward Fresr. Joseph Gehan. Irwin
Goebel, Joseph Mcpherson, Reuben
Moore, Joseph Trilling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TO-DAY,

TODAY.
Meeting, Epsilon Lambda Phi Fra
ternity, Hamilton Hotel, 4 to pm.
Hike, Red Triangle Outing Club, meet
end of Mount Pleasant car line, pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
FREE SWIMMING
LESSONS At 1Y'.
Star Joins in Campaign to
Give Instructions to
300 Men.
po vou KNOW how to swim2

Do you know how to swim?
II you don't, you should learn-for
sport and safety.
Believing fewer lives would be lost by
drowning in and about Washington II
more persons knew how to take care OF
themselves in the water, The Star has
joined with the Young Mems Christian
Association in Learn TO Swim" cam
paign for men.
The campaign will start on June "a
and continue through June 20. During
this period free swimming Lessons will be
given all men over Is years old by a
staff Of competent instructors, who will
use the pool of the Central Y. M. g. A.
as "class room"
Early Application Advised.
Beginning today and continuing this
week, The Star will print a coupon
G. A., 1885 q street, for a card emitting
the applicant TO five nightly swimming
lessons. Total enrolment for the course
will be limited TO 800 men, SO early APP
plication is advisable. Registration will
close next Saturday.
The 800 students will be divided into
10 groups of 80 each. Each group will
be assigned a definite reporting hour.
Glasses will be is minutes long, begin
ming each evening at o'clock.
The swimming course will be under
the supervision OF c. Edward Beckett.
physical director of the Y. M. G. A.
The instructors will be the "Y's" two
swimming experts, r. B. Morgan and
Bernard Phillips, assistant physical di-
rectors.
Free Soap and Towels.
Free checking service for valuables
and free soap and towels will be fur
nished by the Y. M. c. A. Each class
will take q shower before entering the
pool.
Prior to the public swimming course
the Y. M. @. A. will hold Q special
learn to swim" period exclusively for
"Y" members. Star coupons are not re-
quired for this members only" instruc-
ton course. Arrangements should be
made direct with Physical Director
Beckett. The school for members will
begin tomorrow and continue through
Friday. The Y. M. C. A. also is conduct
ing a life-saying course for members
only.
But one doesn't have to be a member
Of the Y. NJ. c. A. in order 10 receive
the five free lessons next week. Every
non-swim1ner in Washington is urged
to take advantage Of the opportunity TO
learn how to SWIM at the invitation Of
The Star and the "Y."
Clip the accompanying coupon, take
it to the main desk In the lobby of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A.. exchange 1t for a
schedule card and make arrangements
to attend a convenient class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
SPREAD Of DISEASE
|. BY PLANES FEARED
Sixty Nations Join in War to
Prevent Carrying of
Dread Germs.

Sixty nations are banding together
in a new war against the growing
menace in the spread of disease
through international aircraft naviga-
ton.
DR.. Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon Cen
eral of the United States Public Health
Service. has just returned from Eu-
rope, where he attended meeting of
the Permanent Committee of the In
ternational Health Office in Paris.
launching worldwide battle against
such spread of disease.
Yellow fever is threat which the
nations of the Occideut are anxious to
prevent from spreading, DR.. Cumming
said. A comprehensive list of new
regulations to guard against such a
spread by airplanes was promulgated
at Paris by the committee, DR.. Cum
ming said, and vigorous steps will be
taken.
Yellow Fever Feared.
Yellow fever mosquitoes are abun-
dant in the Orient, and every pre-
caution must be taken to prevent them
from being carried by airplanes to
other sections of the globe, DR.. Cum
ming explained.
The Western Hemisphere is most
afraid now of disease germs which may
be transmitted across. the South Al
lantic by planes Ayihgl from the Yves.
Coast of Africa to Brazil, Dr. Cum
ming said.
Under the new regulations issued by
the International Health Office Com
mittee, steps will be taken to survey
health conditions around all the avia-
ton fields, both in Africa and in South
America. The Rockefeller Foundation
will undertake to make surveys of the
areas in Africa, while in this hemi-
sphere the work will be done by the
various health Offices of the different
nations.
Represent Pan America.
Pan-American nations were officially
represented at the meeting in Paris by
DR.. AraQs Alfaro, Argentine director
general of health, and DR.. Cumming.
Arrangements will be made through
out Europe and Asia, also, DR.. Cum
ming said, to throw greater protection
around the airplane. This will be not
only for the benefit of the air trav-
eler. but also for the general health
of the country into which the air.
plane comes.
DR.. Cumming cited Persia as an ex-
ample, saying the people there are
afraid of the introduction of cholera
from India by way of airplanes.
Before leaving for Paris DR.. Cum
ming conferred with the heads Of the
health departments of all the govern
ments of North and South America
at conference held here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

Luncheon. Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity,
University Club, tomorrow, 1890 pm.
Dinner, st. James Catholic Church,
Eighth street between B and C streets
northeast, Thursday, 5 to pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
|STAFFS ORGANIZED
| TO SERVE AT CAMP
Senior and Junior CounSelors
to Assist at Y. NJ. c. A.
Resort in Maryland.

A group of IS young men from more
than a dozen universities has been or
ganiSed into a stan of senior counselors
to serve at Camp Let's. the Y. M. G. A.
vacation resort for Washington boys.
near Edgewater, Md, which opens for
he season next Friday.
Assisting the senior staff will be q
CORDS of nine Junior counselors, most
of whom are high school graduates.
The staff will be headed by James O.
Ingram, camp director and head OF the
boys department OF the Y. M. G. A.,
who has directed boys camps for the
past eight years.
Senior COunseIOrs Listed.
The list Of senior counselors. as an
nounced yesterday, follows: j. Sidney
Shaw, Duke University. associate camp
director in charge OF physical activities;
Hall Hopper, director of social and dra-
matte activities; DR.. James l.. Snyder.
University of Washington and George
Washington University Medical School,
health officer; William Knowles Cooper,
jr.. Springfield Y. M. G. A. COLLEGE,
camp crafts and publications; Robert s.
Bailey, Randolph Macon College, arch
cry and leathercraft: Carlos A. Gosnell,
Springfield Y. M C. A. College, ath-
letics; War;, n Moore, Dartmouth. track
events; John j. Hengstler. Catholic
University, nature study and aquatics;
Palmer s. Rutherford. Roanoke College,
sports; Robert A. Caffey, Vanderbilt
University, religious education; Don
Hammerlund, Maryland University,
swimming; Hermon Goodman. New
York University, steward; Harry s..
Green, University Of Florida, athletics:
James j. King, headmaster of the
woodward School. to conduct camp
Summer school: George s. Aldhizer,
Summer school; Wilbur d. Bailey, Will
liam and Mary College. instructor in
Summer school, and Jack Macdonald,
Valparaiso University, life saving in
Structor.
Camp Chef Appointed.
Junior counselors will include William
Fry, Woodward School graduate; John
Hahn Of Y. M. C. A. Leaders Club; Wat
kins Clayton, Woodward graduate
Charles Wenrick. archery expert; Henry
Bowles, Western High graduate; Harvey
Sargent, Charlotte Hall graduate; Will
liam G. Jones, Wilmington High grad
uate; Randolph Burrus. Woodward
School graduate, and Myron Smith,
camera expert.
Ogle Bell former hotel chef, has been
appointed camp chef.
Camp Let's occupies a 200-acre
peninsula on the Rhodes River, several
miles from Annapolis, and within sight
of Chesapeake Bay. Boys from 10 to
10 years old are eligible to attend. Reg
tstration is in charge Of Director In
gram at the ''Y" Boys Building, 1882 G
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
WILL INSTALL OFFICERS
Exchange Club to Hold Meeting al
Luncheon Wednesday.

Newly elected officers of the Washing
ton Exchange Club will be installed
Wednesday, when the club holds its
regular weekly luncheon meeting at the
Carlton Hotel. They were elected at
the meeting last Wednesday.
Dr. William Ballinger is new presi-
dent of the organization: M. v. Engel-
bach, first vice president; j. E. Smith,
second vice president; j. w. Ellenberger,
corresponding secretary and treasurer,
and u. C. Thurman, recording secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

New York, London. Hamburg Los
Angeles and Rotterdam are the five
leading ports in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
MRS. BLANKENSHIP'S
ESTATE $4,000
Will Divide Wealth Among Rela,
tives-Maid Receives
$500.

An estate valued at $4,000 is dis
posed of by the will OF Mrs. Frances
Harrison Blankenship, who died June
5. The National Bank Of Washington
Is named as executor and trustee.
requests Of 5000 each are made to
her brother, Francis w. Harrison of
IoWson, Md; Georgia Blankenship, Evie
3. Carter and Kate Blankenship, her
SiSters-in-law. and Frank B. Blanken-
snip, brother-tn-law. Robert M.
Morris, Robert M. Blankenship. John
M. Biankenship and Nellie M. Green
are each to have $1,000. A maid. Ellen
Marshall, Is remembered with $500.
The National Bank of Washington is
TO hold the remaining estate in trust
during the minority of nephew, Rich
ard H. Green, and a niece, Frances H.
Green. Each is to have an equal share
Of the estate on reaching majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
AID HUGUENOT PROJECT

At meeting of the council of the
Huguenot Society of Washington held
last week, a donation was voted toward
the Cross of the Huguenots whcih will
be dedicated June % in the Huguenot
Memorial Church on Staten Island, N.
Y. A delegation from Washington will
attend the exercises. which will mark
the 270th anniversary of the first per-
manent Huguenot settlement on Staten
Island.
The council will start soon to ar
range for its participation In the meet
ing of Huguenot societies in Baltimore
next October. DR.. Nicholas L. Deshiell
was made chairman IN charge of ar
rangementS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14
Carnival to Benefit Shrine.

Beginning tomorrow a carnival will
be held all week at Sixteenth and La
mont streets for the benefit of the
Shrine Of the Sacred Heart. The pro-
gram will include games and novelty
rides. ferris wheel will be installed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

day when acoustic engineers can take
a chart or graph of the hearing inn
pairmsnt, as shown in the. biologists
audiometric test, and prescribe the
proper corrective ear phone, somewhat
as the optician prescribes glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

Another HERZOG bargain scoop
>. another event that gives men
of Washington just what they
want .. when they want it -.
not a pre- or late season event,
BUT OPPORTUNE SAVINGS
THAT COME JUST WHEN YOU
ARE THINKING OF BUYING A
TROPICAL" AT REGULAR
PRICES.