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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Interest On Govt
Deposits Reduced

WASHINGTON. May 26. UPl-Tne
treasury announced today II had re-
duced interest required on govern
ment deposits from l 70 1-2 Of me
per cent per annum on daily hsl-
ances effective June |.
II was explained that the action
was taken to aid the general econo-
mic condition and because banks had
found IL necessary 10 reduce The
interest rates paid on deposits by
them.
The order affects all general and
special deposits of government
money and applies to about l00. 000.-
600 held as deposits by BANKS
throughout the country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Girl Is Dead
Following Accident

N~ACCGDOCHES. Tex. May 20 n
Mis- Ann Workman. Is. daughtef
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Workman u
Nacoedoches. 6ied in a hospital here
early today CT injuries received sun
day IN an automobile accident near
Appleby. She was a granddaughter
Of the late Col. Louis j. Workman. OF
Fort Worth. pioneer Texas publisher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Mrs. Barmore Now
Reported AS Better

Mrs. r. L. Barmore. San Benito.
who underwent a major operation
a. the Mercy hospital Tuesday
morning. was reported recovering
rapidly and out OF danger By Sisters
Of Mercy.
She will be confined 10 her bed
ir the HOSPITAL for at least a week.
&c vas said
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Friends On Faculty
VIII Investigate

COLUMBUS. O.. May &c. p
Professor Herbert A Miller, OF Ohio
State University announced tcdav
that certain members Of the faculty
had decided to request the Amcrl-
can association OF University pro-
lessons to investigate in an Cffcrt
to ascertain why the university
dropped him as a teacher.
Professor Miller said his friends
on the faculty would ask the inyesti-
CATION. The board of trustees and
president George w Righmire noti-
fed tho professor several days ago
mat his teaching contract for the
1912 school year would not be re-
Tewed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
May Remove Queen
Helen's Portraits

BUCHAREST. Rumania. MAY %.
Pl-Incidcntal 10 her reported ex-
pulSion from the royal family. Qucen
Helen's portraits may be removed
from beside those Or King Carol.
Patria. official organ or the pea
SAINTS party. has followed ND It's
announcement OF the exclusion 1e-
cree with the statement that the
cabinet had issued n confidential
order that the pictures ~ taken
down from government offices In
which they have hung since she
married the young Crown Primes IN
1921.
Political circles regard these dis
closures as highly embarrassing IL
view ol the fact the Queen still -
III Rurlania, although she probably
vii 60 into exile shortly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26

ID. Sandell. Pan-American Always
division engineer. a buddy at Kelly
Field during the war. and later a
comrade in the Philippines.
The captain, who stands In the
foremost rank OF aviation experts.
made one of the first goodwill
flights from the United States TO
South America. and made the flight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Accident Victim
Sent to Saginaw
staff Correspondents


HARLINGEN May 26.-Tne body
OF Henry @. WirSlng. killed instantly
III an automobile accident Sunday
night near Sebastian. will be sent
to Saginaw. Mich. Tuesday night
for burial there.
Thompson Mortuary Is handling
arrangements.
Others injured IN the same &C
cident are reported improving. al
Though an opertion was necessary
on Mrs. vii ie Barlow. Lyford. who
suffered a fractured knee. Those
injured In the accident and nov in
the Valley Baptist hospital. Harlin-
gen. are Emil Schultz. r. 0. Rob-
erts and w. c. Roberts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Autogiro And Pilot
Going To Amarillo

PAMPA. Tex. May 20. IL
JOHNNY Miller of Poughkeepsie. N.
". sniraled his autogiro into the air
a. TIL a. m today and after hover
ing over the city a few minutes.
turned westward toward Amarillo.
he spent the night here en- route
10 the west coast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26

This Is a
Chamber Of
Commerce Yarn

They grow tall corn IN kansas.
They also grow big NOS
quitocs.
Positive proof OF this comes
on the back OF an envelope re-
celved at the chamber Of COM
merce today from Eureka, Kan
SaS.
Flattened out against the
envelope. apparently caught
between two OF them. is A
mosquito which will measure
about two inches from tip 10
tip. or bow to stern. including
the feet in the measurement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Jewelry Stolen From
Drug Store Monday

ROTAN. Tex. May Is. Prob
bers entered the Williams Drug
store here last night By climbing in
to II from offices overhead and OBJ
tanned jewelry valued at $500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
WOMAN SOBS
INNOCENCE PLEA

In the cases OF the WOman's hus-
band and nephew. DR.. Meuhlberg
said examinations indicated the
poison had been administered or
taken IN small doses oYe q period
or time.
Mrs. Summers sobbed from be-
hind the bars OF a police station
cell.
The trouble with me i5 that
I've always been too good 70 every
body. They're saying I poisoned my
husband. Thomas. Why. we never
had any trouble.
The way this insurance business
started, Tom was a friend Of A.
Taylor. an insurance agent. ana
always recommended his policies 10
help Taylor out. That's how Th0m-
as flanagan and William ReImer.
the two roomers who named me IN
the policies. happened 70 buy inSur-
anCe.
why did they name me? Because
they didn't have any relatives and
they knew ! would help keep up
their policies If they couldn't Why.
for five years 7 paid So a week pre-
miums on policies.
las for my nephew shaved
for that boy, took care ny him when
W. vas orphaned I did everything
for him and always had him under
a doctors care.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
Husband, Nephew and
Two Roomers Were
Poisoned
10 POLICIES
Payable to Accused Taken
Out On Lives OF
10 Persons

CHICAGO. May 26. -CFl-MrS.
Margaret Summers. 4~7-year-old
widow. was held 10 the grand jury
on four charges Of murder today at
the recommendation OF a coroners
jury which heard evidence that
tour men who died IN her home
were victims Of slow poisoning.
CHICAGO. May 26.tPl-Four or
the five men who died recently In
the home OF Mrs. Margaret sum
mers and who were insured In her
favor came TO their deaths through
poisoning, DR.. Clarence Meuhlberg,
Corontr's chemist, reported today az
the opening OF the inquest.
one Of the victims was Mrs.
Summers l7-year-old nephew. n
other was her husband. 81, and the
other two, william Reman and
Thomas flanagan. were boarders.
For the past several days Mrs.
Summers has been questioned by
officials OF the states attorneys
office. the coroner and the police.
The authorities said Mrs. sum
mcrS also was beneficiary IN -
policies on ten persons.
She has asserted her innocence.
telling police the policies we're made
cut to her in gratitude for her
kindness to them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26
THE WEATHER

For Brwonsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy. possibly with local
showers; not much change IN
temperature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-26

Due notice will be given OF the
election. and every voter in the
city will receive a copy OF the
proposed amendments prior to the
election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24


ence on the part of independence advo-
Gates will in all probability bring the
question out in the open.
Senator Halves stands in the front
rank of those in favor of independence
for the islands. He was in Manila
during the past summer. Filipinos
were stirred to wild "Mabuhays!'
("Long lives!D by his speeches to them.
Halves long has been interested in
independence for the Philippines. The
most casual reference to the question
in the Senate will send him scurrying
from his Office to the chamber In
fact. Senate attaches have a standing
order to notify him the instant the
subject is mentioned On the floor.
The fact that he is the last ranking
member on the Territories and Insular
Affairs Committeeman body which
must report the question to the Senate
proper-fails to dampen his enthusi-
asm At all public hearings thus far
he has taken a leading part.
This is not the first time Halves has
been found on the side of insular
possessions of the United States. Before
he was 80 years old he had an i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Wind-Wafted Wanderers.

The ornithologist goes after the
specimens with a net, chasing the bugs
over the fields and through the for
ests, but the modern scientist goes after
them for somewhat different pur-
pose in airplanes. He wants to see
how high they travel Insect speci-
mems are trapped at different attitudes
as the bug hunters climb toward cloud
land in their airplanes by the brief
exposure of sticky glass slides smeared
with an adhesive. The research has
been carried on both by night and
day in order to determine all the eff
fects of weather fluctuations and tenn
perature changes on the derelict bugs.
The experimentation will be continued
until the Government scientists find
out all there is to know about these
wind-wafted wanderers Of the upper
air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Profit in the Failure.

There is hardly any risk in ordinary
life against which You cannot insure,
and the variety of risks against which
the people of England do insure them
selves is emazing.
A Scotsman was attracted by tie
prospectus of new bank, which offered
10 per cent interest On deposits. He in
vested. But feeling a little doubtful
about the matter. he took out special
policy to insure his deposit
The bank did close its doors, and
man not only got his capital back, but
cleared about per cent on his money
after the insurance premiums had been
deducted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

portant legal assignment as one of the
counsel during negotiations for the an
nexation of Hawaii to the United
States. He represented the Islands.
His friends ascribe what they term a
genius for organization as the reason
for his success In politics and in the
numerous civic enterprises with which
he has been identified in st. Louis.
At 30 he was head of st. Louis po-
lice organization and ever since has
been prominent in public life. He
served three terms in the House, before
entering the Senate, from district
normally Republican. The broad
shouldered Halves is perhaps the most
ardent lover of the out-of-doors In the
Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
Cannot Find Ghost.

OF all the queer hobbies, the queerest
is probably that Of an Englishman
named Reid of Withdean, near Bright
on. He has spent great many hours
of his life in the search for ghost.
This began" he said, when I was 10
years old. but so far I have been I'M
lucky I have never seen one, although
I am now Sc"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24
It will be in con-

nection with the
move in Congress
to grant freedom
70 the Philippine
Islands. it is gen.
orally believed in
the Capital that
there is no escap-
ing this problem
in the approaching
Congress. S o m e
disposition must be
made of the mat
ter,
Of course. the
press of business
facing the coming
Seventy = S e C o n d
session may inter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

YOU'LL probably hear a great deal in
the coming months from that good
natureda Senator from Missouri-Harry
Barlow Halves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-24

Across.
/. A mettleSome horse.
g. Clothes box used when travelling by
palanquin.
IS. Regret.
16. A mean amount.
IT. To work.
49, Form of insurance policy.
10. Because of.
90 Those who play on the links.
D. Stripping.
23 Egyptian goddess.
25 Flower.
26. Epoch.
81 Light beats as Of a clock.
80 Wagon track.
80 One who locks up.
81. Elevated wharf for shipping coal,
etc.
SO. Closeness.
IS. Wandered.
81. Building for reception Of the i'll.
40. Erstwhile German emperor.
a.. Pale.
as. Make free.
Al Measure.
48. Employed.
40. Sea eagles.
81. Liquid food.
So. ConducteG
So. Easily broken.
SIS. BuStle.
Sc. Hebrew deity.
81. Quaduped.
So. Dry.
go. Exists.
81. Set free.
So. Having left a will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

tween the increases in costs of apart
ments and single family houses during
the past decade.
The effort to make apartments more
like homes has resulted In increasing
costs for the apartment Eight-inch
walls are adequate for house. Thicker
walls to provide for sound-proofng
must be used in the apartment build
ing. The costs Of planning to secure
sunlight must be covered in apartment
Continued on Second Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

The demand for housing has been so
ever-present and man has been so anx-
ious through the centuries to improve
his home that the tools he developed to
supply shelter have been the chief
agents in his civilization, the National
Association of Real Estate Boards states.
The association quotes today DR..
Henry C. Mercer. Sc D., LII. D., who
declares that Psychologists have over
looked the importance of home building
tools in explaining human progress,
especially during the past 200 years.
DR.. Mercer describes the evolution of
saws, axes. nails, planes and variety
Of other implements put out Of use with
the spread of factories, but nevertheless
significant in recording mans own de-
velopment.
It was mans endeavor to perfect
these tools, designed first solely to pro-
vide housing, that step by step i'm
proved mans world AS he made better
tools, he widened the scope of their
use and made it possible to work on
new materials These tools brought the
first cities, were responsible for the first
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
EVOLUTION OF BUILDING TOOLS
HELD BIG PROGRESS FACTOR
Authority Says Archeoogists Have Overlooked Impor
lance of Devices in Development.

American factories, and finally, pro-
duced the skyscraper.
The skyscraper had not been dreamed
of, but its coming was assured when,
first in one place. then in another in
ancient Europe, the old, old wedge for
making boards was discarded for the
more efficient, more rapid saw. DR..
Mercer calls this great forward step
In civilization. Later man built saw
factories would bring sweeping new
standards.
DR.. Mercer says that practically every
home building tool invented by man
had an effect on his progress and that
Psychologists could explain many
phases of human effort If they would
search further for implements in
Assyria, Greece, Italy and Egypt. His
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
LEAD
BUILDING EFFORTS
Director of A. |. A. Predicts
Future Work Will Join
Designer and Seller.

Real estate men are recognizing that
design is the primary factor in building,
according to Frederick w. CARRIER of
Cincinnati. a director of the American
Institute of Architects, who predicts
that the future of group housing will
be a combined effort of the real estate
man and the architect.
Not only from the standpoint of
economy, but from the more important
standpoint Of design, real estate men
are willing to concede that the plotting
of subdivisions is becoming more and
more the function of the architect" de-
clares Mr.. CARRIER.
when I first began practice it was
rare for an owner to consult the archi-
tect before he acquired site Today
invariably the wise owner consultS his
architect before a. purchase is made.
The architects judgment is sought.
Good design was never so important
as now. 1t has a real money value to
the investor. Every branch of the
building industry, and those outside,
have come to a realization of this fact.
In all branches of the industry,
large and small, the architect is expect
ed by the owner and contractor to fur
nish the leadership. This makes it
necessary for the architect to be a busi-
ness man capable OF managing all the
necessary diverse branches created by
his design. He must also have q knowl-
edge of how his clients work can be
financed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

research was chiefly concerned with
the tools of the eighteenth century,
which he says affected American de-
Yelopment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
Owning Building Section Washington and Suburbs
ONE-FAMILY HOME STILL
LEADS In BUILDING TREND
Increasing Number of Those Demanding ssHOuse
and Lott Expected for Next Decade-Interest
of Child of First Consideration.

MEXICAN city prefer living family houses
and the coming decade will see increasing numbers OF them
conclusion drawn by the Home Building and Home Owning
States Building Loan League from
production
looking
financing
The familys continue revolve around the
consequently the odds will be heavily in favor
family against the dollars
the condition
that committee holds The trend to apart
10 has been due almost entirely to
there result Of extraordinary postwar cond
which no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
SEES GAIN IN BUILDING
California Architect Says Fall i
Permit Totals Has Halted.

Indications for San Francisco are
that the four-year building decline has
stopped and that the trend is definitely
turning upward. according to William
I. Garren of the Northern California
Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects.
year since 1925 reveals that, except for
1929, 1881 is the first year to show no
decline from the figures Of the previous
year,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
Home Building Cheaper.

1--WE are returning to a normal pro-
duction of homes. Town-lot prices are
now approximating normal values in
the opinion of experienced appraisers.
The greater efficiency of building labor
today results in an estimated Is per
cent reduction in the cost of building
home. Building materials are at bargain
prices. All these conditions should go
far to even up the discrepancies be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

Figures Of Previous Years.
More families were provided for by
new single-famiy houses in 1928 than
in 1921" says the committee through
its spokesman, Ward B. Whitlock.
Springfield, ILL.,. first vice president of
the league. Studies made by the In
stitute for Economic Research, under
the direction of Prof Richard T. Ely
and Coleman Woodbury.. show that
136,890 families were provided for in
1928 by new single-family residences
IN 255 cities. This compares with $780,
729 families provided for in the same
cities in 1921. according to the studies
These figures show definite survival
of the desire for one family under one
roof in the face of the mounting costs
of the home at that time as compared
with the apartment
The average building cost of one
family house increased 24.3 per cent
from 1921 to 1928. according to the
only available figures. During the same
period the average cost of an apart
ment increased a little more than 2
per cent This was a period of mass
production methods to take care of the
abnormal housing shortage after the
war. The situation today. standing in
sharp contrast to the past period, is
notably more favorable to the single
family unit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
HOME FINANCING PLAN

Charles O'Connor Hennessy, New
York City. a past president Of the
United States Building and Loan
League, proposes establishment of a
new system Of home financing in this
country.
The proposal would involve an act
OF Congress to provide for the optional
re-incorporation under Federal charter
OF existing building and loan institu-
ganization for these associations.
The general objective, it is explained,
would be- the effecting of standard
ization In home financing agencies and
increased service to the home buyers
and home builders Of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
HOMES DOMINATE WEEKS
LIST OF BUILDING PERMITS
$865, 900 Total Includes Only One Major Project
100000 Aparlment-37 New Dwellings and
Specifications for ID Others Filed

building operations, mostly
construction approved during the
"A by Oehmann, District building nspec-
project of large size included in the
estimated of all being computed at
$865,00
largest approved was for the
be erected
Construction headed by Max CORN from plans by M
Connecticut between Rodman and SedgWck
Plans for the building private dwellings included
building projects comprising the large majority
those which permits
were issued specifications dwellings placed file
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

CONTINUED on. Second Page,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19
FRANKLIN THEIR MODEL
Building and Loan League Mem
bers Adept Thrift Preaching.

Benjamin Franklin. already honored
by numerous groups for his accomplish
ments in varied fields Of endeavor, now
loan"
In recognition of FTanklin's preach
ing of thrift, the United States Build
ing and Loan Leagues conferred this
tribute upon him recently, thus claim
ing a special section of Poor Richard"
Systematic saving and home owner
ship are the fundamental principles of
the building and loan association bust
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-19

Nine-year-old William Bell Of Glou-
cester, England. who learned to swim
this season, has Just saved his third life.
He saw Dolly Bird. aged H. fall into the
River Severn and, jumping in fully
dressed, got her to the bank against a
strong current and took her home. His
previous rescues this season were Of q
boy CT and a girl of Z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-02
ALCOHOL FOUND
TO Be PART OF
BODILY NEEDS
Psychologist Says Fluid Is
Supplied to Brain by
Nature.
BnEnited Press

BIZ United Press
BUFFALO. Sept. EVERY one
can think clearly with alcohol on
the brain, according to DR.. Alex
ander o. Gettler, noted New York
toxicologist.
He announced today his claims
that alcohol is present in the brain
and liver of every human being
whether drunkard or total abb
stainer.
DR.. Gettler, here to attend the
American Chemical Society con-
vention, told of discovering alcohol
in minute quantities in animal or
gans.
II have taken as much as half
drop of pure ethyl alcohol from
the brain of a man who never
touched liquor in his life" DR.. Gett-
Ter said, "by employing a new
method of multiple distillation with
out the use Of condensers."
DR.. Joseph r. Niederl, DR.. Bene-
detti-Pitchler and Or. Gettler dis
covered the new method, he said.
alcohol is a normal part of the
brain, not only of persons, but of
animals as well. I have found it in
dogs, pigs and other animals.
"At present, while the discovery is
new, we can not say much more
than that alcohol is normal to the
body. However, it is there for a
purpose. Nature produces nothing
without some purpose.
What part Of the body this alco-
hol is made in, and why it is made,
are things we have yet to determine.
1 hope to be able to answer those
questions in about two years.
Meanwhile, we can know more
certainly than ever before that the
body can handle moderate amounts
of alcohol-and I mean moderate
without injurious effect, and prob
ably with some degree of advan-
tage"
DR.. Gettler, noted for his work in
100000 autopsy cases, including that
of Starr Faithful, describes the re-
suits of his work as rather star
Ting"