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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13
Initial Meet
OfMew Year
Club

WESLACO. Set. Ia The
Mothers club or the Stephen +.
Austin Grammar School held the
first meeting Of the year Wednes-
day. Mrs. Phil Dixon, president was
IN charge Of the meeting. Plans for
the program for me year were dis
cussed BY Mrs. w. r. Barbee. vice.
president. 1t was decided that the
club would furnish food and cloth
ing TO the needy children In school
this winter. Each teacher was prom
ised q first aid kit to be furnished
BY the Mothers club.
Mrs. Baker, county health nurse
made q short talk. announcing that
she and the county health doctor
~-re examining the children at the
scnool this week. She urged the aid
q. the club in her work and In
supplying the school with a room for
a health clinic. M Dixon gave a
nor talk, welcoming Prof. q. c.
Williams IN the school and Mrs.
Williams in the Mothtrs' club. Mrs.
sam Jones was appointed chairman
OF a committee to see about buvinq
a screen for the moving picture
machine, Mrs. Bryan James an
nounced that she would teach A
music class and would have a studio
close 10 the grammar school and one
close to the high school. Mrs. III. y
Wright announced that she wouid
nave a class in expression. There
were about rs present.
MID WEEK BRIDGE
CLUB ENTERTAINED
Miss Katheryn Schiller was hos
tess to the Mid-Week Bridge club
wednesday afternoon. High score
favor was presented to Mrs. Frank
Rooster. second high to Mrs .Johr
=. Lane. and low to Mrs. j. "
WOoif.
An ice course was served 10 Mes.
danes z. y. Ballard. Frank Rooster
y. p. Willmoth. John 3. Lane. .
w, Woolf. z. F. Pepper, A. II. VI.
rich. G. G. Gum.
Mrs. w. III. Miller or San Antoni,
Is the guest Of Mrs. Harry Solethcl
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Surginer O.
Floydada are visiting at the hon.
Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. II
Gound.
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Port Isabel
Church Group
Has Meeting

PORT ISABEL. Sept. u. Mrs
Ed Warren, assisted by Mrs. II. T.
Tandy, was hostess 70 the No.
mans Missionary society OF the
Methodist church Wednesday.
Mrs. e. A. Potts lead an interest
ing devotional. Mrs. G.. +. Gail
rendered an appropriate reading
by Edgar A. Guest and Mrs. S. O..
Mcdowell held the Bible study,
using the first ten questions on the
book Of st. Matthew.
After forming words from the
word Mother, the hostess served
refreshments.
Mrs. S. A. Prentiss was the guest
Of honor and was given the en-
trance prize. Those participating
in the shower were:
Mesdames VIM. Myers, Bill Ut
ter, Guy Carpenter, Bob Holman,
Mable ID. Dickman. s. @. Mellow
ell. A. +. B~rowder. II. L. Tandy.
II. G. Mason, +. N. Irwin, @. j.
Weikel, Hugh McGilvray, Blaine
HOlcomb. II. w. Bryant, ". II.
Tumlinson. Mable Rosenberg, Ben
Cowell, +. A. Potts. NJ. 4. Hall, II.
G. Hanson, q. F. Gail, r. B. Nc
Leash, Norris Bobbitt, Ed Warren,
N. v. Govro ard Mrs. j. d. Keene.
The society will hold the next
meeting Wednesday at the home
OF Mrs. ". II. Tumlinson. Mrs.
Gail will direct the second lesson
Of the Mission study The Chal-
lenge OF Change.
A cordial invitation Is extended
to everyone.
SCHOOLS ARE
OPENED MONDAY
The Port Isabel public schools
opened Monday with a total en-
rollment OF 275. an increase OF
about IS more than was enrolled
last year.
Teachers are ". II. Tumlinson.
Supt.; Lawrence Ayers, principal
and director Of athletics; Mrs.
Harriet X. Wood. English: Mrs. c.
ID. Odom. 9Th and 5th grades: Miss
Mary Wathen, 4th and 3rd: Miss
Neomia Blanchard. End grade; Mrs.
Mable ID. Hickman. Mrs. Ina
Shinpaugh and Miss Margaret
Hughston, primary.
PLAY PRESENTED
is SUCCESSFUL
The three-act play Farmer
Browns Conversion to the Doc
trine OF Stewardship" directed by
Miss Deshazo Simpson. which was
presented by the B. Y. p. u. last
Sunday at the church. wa most
impressive and vas well attended,
Rev. c. ID. Owen lead the Bible
study on the life Of Moses at the
regular meeting OF the Women's
Missionary society of the Baptiss
church.
Next Tuesday the ladies will be-
gin a new mission study entitled
From Over the Border, The
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PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Ted Barr aid w. Fl. Hollon
motored TO San Antonio the first
OF the week.
MI. and Mrs. w. G. Kerr Re San
Benito were guests Of Nh. and Mrs.
M. G.. Chatelle Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Richey and
children who have been visiting
relatives in Chicago returned Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Carroll mo-
tored TO Yoakum for the weekend.
MI. and Mrs. j. j. Patterson re-
turned from Guthrie, Okla, Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ID. Patterson OF
Weslaco were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Patterson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Sheets and fam
lily returned Sunday from Wau-
kesha. Wis, where they spent the
summer.
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CLUB +

Members and friends of the
Woman's Service club met at the
home Of Mrs. Russell Bingley with
Mrs. s. ID. Baker, co-hostess.
After a short business meeting, a
program on parks and memorials
was given with Mrs. Cilley as chair
man.
During the business session, plans
for a teachers reception we're dis
cussed. The next meeting will be
held at the home Of Mrs. GENEVA
Palmer with Mrs. o. ID. Jennings
as co-hostess. The program will be
on the value Of education, with
Miss Gertrude as leader.
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OUTINGS
ENJOYED

Several Los Fresnos residents
held a fish fry OH the banks OF the
Arroyo Saturday evening. Present
we're Messr& and Mesdames S. S.
Sappenfield. c. o. Peterson and
c. l.. Chatelle.
A weiner roast was enjoyed at
Lake Olmito Saturday by Misses
Emily Gobar, Dallas Critchett.
Mrs. L. Kerr. Bernard Gobar, Har-
Ian Baker, Truman Smith and A.
l.. Smith.
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Brownsville Club
and Social Activities
Los Fresnos
BIRTHDAY DINNER
HONORS THREE

Blk DINNER
HONORS THREE
Mrs. p. c. Peterson very pleas
antly entertained with a dinner
party Sunday honoring her hus-
band and two sons, the occasion
being their birthdays. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Ped
erson and son, Mr.. and Mrs. FL
win Peterson and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Peterson and
three children and Miss Ruby Ped
erson and Z. K. Hollon.
SCHOOL OPENED
WITH PROGRAM
The Los Fresnos school was
opened Monday with a very inter-
esting program. Pupils and parents
assembled In the auditorium 10
hear songs and talks by Supt. Z.
ID. Kramer. Cal Surtees and d. d,
Steel. Teachers Of the system
were introduced at this time and
include Supt. Z. D.. Kramer. director
Of science; Cal Surtees principal
and director Of athletics; Mrs,
VIM. Anderson mathematics; Nell
Meyshaw. English and Spanish:
Miss Hartman, typewriting and
bookkeeping; Miss Ruby Taylor and
Miss Ruby Peterson elementary;
Mrs. Kramer, Mrs. Wallace and
Miss Helen Coble, primary; Miss
Rose Thorton, Citrus Gardens
school and Miss Evelyn Devers,
Alene Coates, Merle Mills, Dali
las Critchett and Mrs. Stuart in
the Mexican schools
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ALTAR SOCIETY
AT RYAN HOME

The members OF the Altar So
ciety held a special meeting We'd
nesday at the home OF Mrs. r. S.
Ryan. A business and devotional
meeting was held. Next hostess
will be Mrs. j. Kretz.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

hope to sell" the Democratic party In
1882, just as the Republicans will en-
deavor to "sell" Mr.. Hoover.
Senator Robinson also complained be-
cause the President is seeking non
partisan action on his program, while
his Secretary of War is seeking to make
party capital out of that program. The
President offered a program to the last
Congress on which he sought, it may
be said, bipartisan action. He did
not get it, from either the Democrats
or the insurgent Republicans. He had
the support of a strongly Republican
House at that time, which proved too
much for the Senate to overcome. But
now the case has changed. The Demo-
Gratis have control in Congress. They
cannot afford merely to be obstruc-
tionists and the situation is CALLING
them bit.
Senator Robinson very properly said
that it was the purpose and policy of
the Democrats to make every improve
ment possible in the measures brought
forward on recommendation of the
President. He added: This does not
mean that we shall become non-parti-
san or that we shall fail to take fair
advantage of the mistakes of our ad-
versaries. 1t does mean that we recog-
nize the perils which threaten our peo-
pie, perils which if not brought about
by Republican measures and policies
have certainly ccme into existence while
the Republican party has been in COM
plete control"
Why, If the Democrats are not to be-
come non-partisan, should the Repub-
licans be non-partisan? This is mys-
terry which the Democrats have yet to
explain. The Democrats probably do
not like Secretary Hurley to call atten-
ton to the fact that the billions of dol
lars loaned the foreign nations by this
Government, over the repayment Of
which there is now bitter controversy,
, were loaned by a Democratic adminls-
tration. But that is the fact, never
theless.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Uncertainty as to Taxation
Continues Despite Message

| There is no such method known to
man. The new taxation will hurt
more than the old, but the old hurts
TOO. II you have income prepare TO
share 1t now generously with the Ma
tlonal Government" The Charlotte
News Democratic) believes Congress
has the most aggravating problem of
the sort that it has faced in half
century"
The Mellon method however pain
ful,' in the judgment Of the New York
sun lndependent), seems as scientific
as circumstances permit. If there is
basic fault in it, it is that of not
collecting from a greater number of
persons. Nothing would be better than
to have every Garner in the United
States realize the condition to which
his or her Government has been
brought by extravaganza In the period
OF false values relative few paid the
cost OF running the country; the others
did not care what the bill was. But.
even if the low brackets are not very
low, the nuisance taxes should remind
the people that the fiddling must be
settled for. Bureaucracy and bonuses
piled up the bills to the point where
the Government could not pay them
from current revenue. Let this be re-
membered if the Mellon medicine has
bitter taste"
The revenue measure, In the opinion
OF the Portland Oregon journal (inde-
pendent, reveals the Presidents
aloofness from actualities." Attacking
the increased taxation as proposed. the
Atlanta Journal (Democratic) advises
that the Democratic and liberal forces
of Congress will doubtless find some
thing better to propose" The Daven-
port Democrat CDemocratic) contends
that 1T is now up to Congress to find
a sane and economical, sound way out
of the difficulties" and the Pasadena
StarNeWs (Republican) stresses the
public finances, Of taxation systems
and of governmental budgets" The
Milwaukee Sentinel Republican, warns:
There should be no rushing through
of great tax increases that may defeat
their own purpose and impede the
normal recovery of business. which in
the last analysis is the only real and
permanent unemployment relief" The
Morgantown Dominion-News Demo-
cratic) suggests that "a combination
of the administration and House pro-
posals may lead to the adoption of a
comprehensive program of real benefit" !"
This thought also comes from the Salt
Lake Deseret News independently, i,
while the Charlotte Observer Gndepen-
dent Democrat) thinks that "the coun-
try will give the Democrats encourage
ment to dig into the situation, and
wish them Godspeed in shaping up
something better than the admins
tration program"
Economy as the best means Of fight
ing the deficit is the remedy Endorsed
by the Chicago Tribune Cndepedent
Republican,, the Oklahoma City Times
independently, the Baltimore Evening
Sun independent Democrat) and the
Providence Journal independently.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

ed from taxation IN the various cities,
together with statement of "the
amount of contribution, from any
source, because Of such exemption for
193o"-and for Washington, one finds
that the amount of contribution be
cause of such exemption" is $4,000. 900.
Has anybody yet maintained that
the Federal Government contributes
$s,5oo,Oo0 to Washington because Of the
exemption from the tax lists Of some
$589, 900, 900 according to the commit
tee fgures) worth Of property on which
no taxes are paid?
Will the committee kindly present the
evidence upon which it based this state
ment? Will the committee please re-
quest the person or persons who state
that the Federal contribution to Wash
ington Is based on $589,00O000 worth
of tax-exempt property to come for
ward, raise their right h.nds, and swea,
that what they say is the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Evening star., 1931-12-19

An instructor at Cornell Universit,
has proposed a new auxiliary tongue
called basic English, to consist Of $50
words.
English is already an internationa
language, it Is pointed out, but the
more than 100000 words in the die.
tlonaries make it unwieldy.
since there is undoubtedly much
merit IN the plan, the working out viii
| oe watched with interest by those who
use ana admire our mother tongue.
IN the meantime, those of us who
ing language need not fear that our be.
loved speech is being attacked in any
| way.
And especially we need not feel that
we are In danger of losing our inter
eStlng Latin derivatives. Some persons
nave particular spleen against them
of course.
Give me strong Anglo-Saxon words,
such man will say, with a certain
smugness.
NOW one may admire vigorous Anglo.
SaHonlsms to the hilt, without abatine
one lot his love for the resounding, good
words which come to us from the Latir
and the Greek
Rome and Greece played a tremen.
uouS part IN the lives of every one Of
US. one subjected us physically, cen.
turies ago, and later made us its spirit.
udi neH; Inc other guided our In
Between Latin and Greek, with 6
oaSn OF french, mixed with all tLt
OCner languages OF the earth, the Eng
| llsh tongue stands today as the qreat
assimlator of the good words Of ali
races.
What would we do without act
action, active, actor, agent, agile, cogent
| enact, transact? Could we get alone
without agltate, actual, actuate, count.
eract, exact, eXlgency; or without ami.
able, amlty, amicable, inlmical ANA.
| teur?
Where would English be, as a mod
ern. living language, if it had to dis
pense with core, cordial, concord. dis
cord, record. courage; If it were forced
to give up civic, civil, civiliza. civiliza
ton. civilian, to say nothing of capital
precIpice, precipitate?
We might get along with Just Anglo
! Saxon words, but it would be rather
hard, after We have been brought ur
on corporal, corporate, incorporate, cor
roratlon, corpulent, corpuscle, corps,
! Oh NiNtu' lAtulDlt, CTeQlC, creQulOuS dis
credit; on crime, criminal recriminate
| All of these words are good English
| too
Why should any one give them upc
Thos" terrible. terrible roots! Con-
slider the Latin roots. fact-fect-
flclent. With facio, factum, to do o,
maxi. we can do a great deal. indeed
! We can make fact. benefactor, male
fator, satisfaction. affect. effect, defect
infect, perfect, efficient, deficient pro.
| f1cient-good words one and all. and nc
| more difficult to handle than eooe
Anglo-SaXon words
| Consider lego, lectum how they Civ,
us collect. elect, intellect, recollect
select. The root means to gather O,
| choose
Intellect, then, means that which
chooses between things; not a bad sor,
OF definition, after all.
Consider, again, ludo, lusum. to play
| There are pictures here: Allude. to play
| 10. hint at; delude, to play of, deceive
elude. to play out. escape: prelude. thai
which comes before the play.
The interlude is that which come,
| between; an allusion is the act Of nllud
ing, or playing to, limiting at playfully
delusion is the act Of delusion, playing
! of, deceiving deception.
* N
Would the English speaking world
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Commendable Promptness.

Not only the country, but the world,
will feel like saying, Bravo, we'll done!'
to the House of Representatives today
for enacting last night after a long
session the measure approving the one
year intergovernmental debt mora
torium. President Hoover is entitled
to view with special satisfaction the
vote by which the resolution was
passed-317 to 100. Considering the
partisanship which the moratorium has
engendered, three-to-one adoption OF
the Presidents plan represents a sub
stantial victory for him and for it.
At the White House the vote should
be regarded as a complete reputation OF
the disgraceful charges leveled against
the Chief Executive by a Pennsylvania
Republican. Congressional immunity has
its uses, but they were never intended to
serve the purpose of members who. ut
terly proofiess, accuse the President Of
the United States OF selling out his
country" to a foreign power.
Not the least gratifying aspect Of
moratorium ratification by the House
is the fact that the demand for it was
led by the new Democratic chairman
Of the Ways and Means Committee,
Representative Collier Of Mississippi.
Thus far the Seventy-second Congress
has revealed little or no evidence Of its
belief in the efficacy of political
truce, with another national campaign
beckoning temptingly just over the
horizon. The words of Chairman Col
lier are, therefore, the more welcome.
This is no partisan measure" he
said in asking House approval Of the
moratorium. 1T took no committee to
determine that. 1t Is a measure that
was primarily designed to relieve a de-
preston which exists in this country
and which exists to a much greater
degree in other countries, a depression
which was primarily the outcome of the
greatest war in history-a war in which
it is conservatively estimated that over
two-thirds of the worlds wealth and
resources were wasted"
The House reacted promptly and de-
cisively to the statesmanlike argument
of the Mississippi Representative. BY
doing so it has taken a definitely con-
structive step along the stony path the
world is treading in its anxious march
toward rehabilitation It would have
been incredible that the American Con-
gresS by an adverse vote should seek to
undo the curative work instigated by
President Hoover last June. The re-
sultant branding of our European war
debtors as defaulters on payments due
December Is would have been a mere
technicality, leaving no tarnish on their
credit escutcheons. What would have
been an irretrievable blemish would be
the reputation of the United States
plighted word on the moratorium, with
the even graver consequence of re-
tarding the desperate efforts now in
progress to enable Europe and Amer
ica to grope their way out Of economic
darkness
The Senate, 1t is safe to predict will
concur in last nights action by the
House without undue delay. The new
year should dawn with the United
States slate on the intergovernmental
debt issue clean, while leaving us with
out entangling further commitments.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
The Sensitive Democrats.

No Republican may praise the Presi-
dent, while every Democrat is at liberty
to throw mud at him. This is the
| burden of the songs of Senators
Robinson of Arkansas and Harrison of
mississippi, who arose in the Senate
Wednesday and attacked Secretary Hur-
| ley because of an address which he made
at political gathering of Republicans,
the meeting of the Republican National
Committee. But it was not, in all
probability, so much because Mr.. Hurley
praised President Hoover in his speech
as because he threw several barbed
harpoons into the Democrats that these
champions of democracy made reply,
with the Senate as their forum.
What Mr.. Hurley told his Republican
brethren was that the Democrats had
no program, despite the fact that they
attacked a very sound program worked
out by President Hoover and submitted
to Congress. The Democrats have for
months been promising to produce
program. Mr.. Hurley was quite right
when he said it had not been presented.
A policy committee" representing the
Democrats of the House and of the
Senate Is now working on program.
But when that committee will report
and, indeed, whether it will report-are
matters for the future to disclose. The
Democrats have now virtual control of
the Congress-in the House by reason
OF an actual majority and in the Senate
by means of coalition with Repub-
lican insurgents who are antagonistic
to the administration. The Democrats
may not desire to share responsibility
with the Chief Executive, but, because
OF the situation in Congress, they can
not avoid it. If there is delay on legis-
lation of importance, If there Is re-
fusal to act on remedial measures, the
Democratic leaders will have to bear
whatever blame the country may be
disposed to lay upon those responsible
for national procedure.
Senator Robinson pointed out that
partisan Democratic measures cannot
prevail under the conditions that exist,
with the President having a veto power
and the Republicans In control of the
Senate. He is correct about the veto
power of the President, but his sug-
gestion that the Republicans control
the Senate is humorous, though it is
not intended to be so. The situation,
however, does not relieve the Demo-
Gratis from the necessity Of showing
their wares to the people to whom they
Evening star., 1931-12-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

It Can't Be Done"
The man who misses all the fun
Is he who says 1T can't be done!"
In solemn pride he stands aloof
And greets each venture with reproof
Had he the power, he'd efface
The history Of the human race;
We'd have no steam nor trolley cars,
No streets lit by electric stars;
No telegraph nor telephone.
We'd linger in the age of stone,
Where when some keen barbaric brain
OF life's conditions dared complain,
And planned wheel on which to roll
The load his arms could not control,
Sneers rose from all the mighty crew
That ever SCOTS at what Is new.
The world would sleep If things were
run
BY men who say, 1T can't be done!"
Evening star., 1931-12-19

acter analysis Is followed as In the
other biographies of Maurois.
Clara Clemens, in her biography Of
her father, MY Father, Mark Twain"
says: Father was always ready to
make jokes at the breakfast table.
Everybody was present at the breakfast
table at o'clock, but don't think
anybody wished to be. would say that
my father was the only one present ct
the table who found any real Joy in
life so early in the morning, and, Of
course, he didn't ind It; he created ttp
Evening star., 1931-12-19

The fact that no fewer than ten out
of the eleven men composing the first
all-America foot ball team, that of 1899,
are still alive and WELL astonishing
though it is, has no bearing on the fact
that some thirty-odd players of 1881
are not now alive.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

The librarian Of the Weather Bureau
is at work on an encyclopedia weather
dictionary which will contain about
$4,000 terms applied to weather
throughout the world, Washingtonians
have used easily that many in the last
two years
Evening star., 1931-12-19

1t appears now that no one stole"
the six brick houses, after all Just a
bunch of helpful persons doing the
work of wrecking company for moth
ing-at least, nothing for the wrecking
company.
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Something He Missed.

From the New London Day
Reinald werrenrath. noted baritone.
says that Americans are losing their
interest in music because good beer Is
rarely obtainable. He wouldn't think
so if he could hear some of the quar-
tets inspired by poor beer.
Evening star., 1931-12-19

Trinidad has voted to help out Great
Britain by donating sl25,Ooo to the
royal exchequer in the present crisis.
Why does not Yap do something hand
some for Uncle Sans home folks?
Evening star., 1931-12-19
Fate by Mail-Payablo In Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States and Cahada.
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication of all news DIS
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
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Evening star., 1931-12-19

A Lorain, Ohio, woman, who has just
lost her twelfth husband, is to be "ques-
toned by authorities. How swift to