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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
GOVERNMENT
SPENDS half
MILLION HERE
Old Buildings Will Be
Raced, Says Col.
Glover
BEAUTY SPOT
Spanish TYNE. Rriek Con-
Spanish Type, Brick Con-
struction In Planned
For Brownsville

Plans for the complete rebuild
ing OF Fort Brown, AZ an estimated
cost to the government of approxl-
mately half a million dollars. were
announced Tuesday NY Col. Fran
els Glover. commander " the 10
cal post.
Practically every building now
standing Will be Eazed. and new
brick quarters Will nv erected.
The present arrangement ~ the
post will be- altered almost beyond
recognition, If present plans are
followed.
IL was revealed today that plans
for a permanent layout AZ Fort
Brown have been contemplated wv
the war department for some time.
and architectural plans were sub
mitted TO Col. Glover late last
week for approval and for recon-
mendations.
The local commander studied the
plans carefully. and suggested al
terations IN war Department de-
signs and sketches
Structures now i'm use which
will be RACED include the exchange.
headquarters. hospital. service club,
officers quarters mems quarters
etc.
Spanish Type
Il suggested that all buildings hm
o. Old Spanish type architecture
Col Glover said today. 'All of the
new buildings Will Nv Constructed
OF brick. and the old Spanish type
a architecture like the present
hospital, lis We'll adapted 10 this
climate and rs gracefully beauti-
full.
"A large officers building two
stories I'M height. will be built un
the island. facing the mainland.
The ground sl0ping to the horse
shoe resaca Will NY landScaped. and
palms, tropical plants. flowers. and
grass will be planted. "A band
stand Will be built near the reaara.
and a picturesque fOotbridre Will
be constructed across the lake.
The parade ground will Nv plant
cd IN grass. and will be well kept.
Where the present officers quar-
tiers III are, there will ha huils
two rows NY brick buildings. one
facing the parade ground ard the
other facing the resaca. These
buildings will be Spanish type. two
stories In height.
Paved Roads
A large service club. including "a
gymnasium, boxing ring. etc. VIII
be erected. but the site has not
been definitely decided upon.
The new exchange. much larEer
than the present building. will bs
built at the northeast end OF the
parade ground
a chapel IS ID be built. near the
entrance w Fort Brown. on the
vacant Tot near the tennis courts.
The beautiful drive that follows
the curve M the river Will be paw
ed, and dirt roads will he con-
structed for cavalry training.
Fort Brown Will br w show
place. Col Glover continued. HAlI
land Will be properly l-andscaped.
and We plan M plant palm trees.
flowers, and tropical trees. plants
and flowers everywhere"
There will br. however. one re-
Frettabie but necessary change.
The drive in front OF the officers
quarters, parallel n the parade
ground. must be moved. and the
large shade trees that form Browns
ville's most beautiful drive must be
Continued on page i0l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

IN OUR
VALLEY

The ROMANCE OF yesterday,
where OH where has it gone? On
the same day We read that Cap
tain Frank Hamer opines that the
crying need OF the Texas Ranger
force Is not more men. not better
guns. not faster horses. but-auto-
mobiles; and that the var depart
ment Is planning or the mechan-
ization and motoriza.ion o! It's
cavalry units.
Let's be thankful for one thing
the rangers roamed the state long
enough on horseback. the cavalry
clinked Its sabres and tinkled It's
spurs long enough. TO furnish a
sufficient number OF plots for the
movies and the thrillers for some
time 70 come.
The last war pretty well shot 10
pieces the so-called romance OF
the battlefield, with It's gas and
lis tanks-the next war will be
fought by the pressing OF buttons
behind the lines.
And as for the Rangers. II they
are TO catch these high powered
bank bandits in their eight and
twelve cylinder automobiles. they
certainly can't do II on horseback.
not even If mounted on a covey OF
Twenty GrandS and Mates.
CHEERING NEWS, this eman-
ating from the market news SER
vice in Brownsville that the tomato
blight appears TO have been check
ed. An increased demand may be
expected after the good word
reaches tbs market centers, and
there is a probability that the price
viii hold firm and perhaps in
crease a trifle-
INTERSTATE Commerce Com
mission orders a hearing on the
much discussed tariff imposed on
green beans. a subject IN which the
Lower Rio Grande Valley IS vital
ly interested.
We have not heard. but We have
no doubt but that Valley interests
are girding their loins for the hear
ing. Florida interests Will carry
the brunt of the fight to keep the
tariff rate Just where it Is, but that
Is no reason al all for Valley ship
pers and growers laying back and
letting George" do 1t al.
The more quarters heard from.
the greater the chances Of making
an impression on the tariff board.
WE LIKE THIS idea which will
come before the directors Of the
Brownsville Chamber OF Commerce
tonight Of running a Brownsville
excursion or whatever YOU want 70
call IL. to Monterrey and Saltillo.
In fact. 1t would be a good idea for
every Valley city of any size 10
consider the same idea. The more
the merrier-let's have Valley ex-
cursions and Valley community
excursions into this rapidly devel-
oping section which should be trade
territory for the Valley.
And while we are on the idea.
we would like 70 see Monterrey
and Saltillo run an excursion or
two to the Valley. These two rich
territories should know each 9TH
er even better.
TAG DAY FOR the benefit of
Mercy Hospital ended with $3.50 in
the fund which will be used as a
nucleus for the purchase OF addi-
tional equipment for that institu-
ton which stands ready TO render
aid IN times Of trouble
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Amendment to
Peddlers Bill Fails
To Pass Senate Vote

Lower Valley interests who have
been disturbed over the possibility
OF passage Of the Poage amendment
to the peddlerS license bill may rest
easy, as the amendment which
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

LAS VEGAS. Nevada. May 10
R-More than eighty persons were
under bond or facing arraignment
today as a result Of a series OF raids
on liquor dispensaries of this desert
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Valleys Newest
City Has Gone,
Someone Stole 1t!

The Valleys newest city Is
gone: someone stole il.
bonneville. located between
Brownsville and Boca Chica.
has completely disappeared.
bonneville was = construc-
ton camp erected by Dodd and
WedegaItner when the Boca
Chica road was being built. II
baas,ei Of one magnificent
e6ifice.
Someone took the e6ifice and
Tocnervllte is no more.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19


ed. RAIN.
American:
Boston at St. Louis postponed.
wet grounds.
ROLAND GARROS STADIUM,
Auteuil. France, May l9-P-
George Lott and Johnny Van Ryn.
American favorites 10 win the
French hard courts doubles cham
p~ionShip. won the.i -rst match in
easy fashion today IN the title play,
defeating the French pair. Louis
Leven and Jean AuEustin. 60. So.
6-2. Rain fell steadily throughout
the match.
STMLA. India. May %. P-Five
persons were killed and fifteen in
jJed today in a crash between
villagers and the police al Khuyan
Sarwa- in the Ferozepo-e district
Of the Punjab.
PENSACOLA. Fla. May la-P
Second Lieut.. r 3. Sullivan. Jr
marine corps student flier. was
killed today as his plane crashed
near German field. naval training
grounds here.
AUSTIN, May l9-P-The Finn
bill prohibiting the highway COM
mission from rerouting previously
designed highways around towns OF
200 and more population without
consent OF county commissioners
court vas passed by the senate to-
CAV. The viva voce vote for en-
groSsment was is 70 Z.
AUSTIN. May Ie. p Tom
Hickman. Ranger captain. who has
been investigating bullet lombard
ment Of Dallas cut price Glenn
ing and pressing shops. conferred
here today with Governor R0ss s.
Sterling and william N Sterling.
adJutant general. Details Of the
conference were not revealed
VALPARAISO. Ind. MAY ie-P,
The state completed today the
evidence bv which IL hopes TO send
Virgil Kirkland 10 the electric
chair for the murder Of Arlene
braves during q drinking party IN
Gary last November. Just after the
state rested. Judge Grant Crump-
packer overruled a defense motion
for a directed verdict OF acquittai
on the third ana fourth courts.
charging murder bv rare. Y was
the contention OF the defense tha.
the evidence was not sufficient 10
support the charges.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

M14A4 AA4NG A1N1A AAAN RAANAA1~1AG Va
cotton and other agricultural pro-
ducts VAS killed in the senate last
night. according 70 the Associated
Press.
AUSTIN. May 19-P-After the
most tumultous meeting OF the
present session last night, the SEN
ate came back today 10 consider
the same bill which caused all the
turmoil.
The bill originally was styled the
peddlers' tax. but peddlers were
seldom mentioned in the long dis
cussion yesterday and last night.
As passed 70 third reading shortly
before | o'clock this morning. the
bill carried a Is cents a ton tax on
sulphur and a 40 cents a barrel
levy ON cement. The present tax
on sulphur IS IS cents and there is
no cement levy. The two levieS
would raise an estimated additional
5000. 900 annually.
HOLBRooK CALLS
WITT UNFAIR
The session last night reached
its climax when Senator Holbrook
Of Galveston. vigorous opponent Of
the bill. charged Edgar Witt. the
chairman. with being unfair. Sen
ators rose to the Lieut.. Governors
defense. Holbrook stated he did
not mean anything that he
thought Witt had made an incOr-
Continued on page l0D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
MARKETS
AT GLANCE
NEW YORK

NEW YORK
Stocks irregular Leading l5-
sues rally in late trading.
Bonds irregular. MI. 6 Cow
ernments make new highs
CurD heavy. spccIal-ies soft.
Foreign exchanges irregular.
French franc says sterling
firm.
Cotton love- local selling.
Sugar lower. easier spot
market
Coffee lover, European SELL
Ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
CHICAGO

Wheat firm. urfavcrabIc
weather and better export de-
mand.
Corn firm: frost IN Iowa and
firm cables.
Cattle irregular.
Hogs steady 90 higher
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
THE r

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight,
possibly with local showers: We'd
nesday partly cloudy or fair and
continued cool.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19
Wire Flashes

American:
Washington at ChiUst postpon-
ed. rain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

CHEERING NEWS, this eman-
atlng from the market news SER
vice in Brownsville that the tomato
blight appears to have been check
ed. An increased demand may be
expected after the good word
reaches tbs market centers, and
there is a probability that the price
will hold firm and perhaps in
crease a trifle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

SIMLA. India. May %. P-Five
persons we're killed and fifteen in
jdled today in a crash between
villagers and the police al Khuyan
Sarwa- in the Ferozepo.e district
Of the Punjab.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-19

INTERSTATE Commerce Com
mission orders a hearing on the
much discussed tariff imposed on
green beans. a subject IN which the
Lower Rio Grande Valley IS vital
lY interested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
Spread the Butter Thinner

Less work for one man and more work for all is an increasingly popular suggestion for enticing the sun from behind the eco homie clouds. The latest person to recom- mend this scheme is Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland. who holds that a four or five-day week should be made compulsory by law Even four days work week would be much better than any dole now paid or that could be collected and would be quite equivalent to six days wages in Europe" said the representative. "A de- presson occurs, cutting down the normal work by one-third :. The management gives four men six days week instead Of .. six men four days week of work. The management has no moral right to dis criminate in this way against one-third ot its men,
 The American Federation of Labor has long advocated the five-day week. Even last year. when the depression was not felt as tragically as now, John J. Raskob, chair man of the Democratic National Committee and James Watson, Senate floor leader of the g. 0. D., spoke within week of each other on the same subject. They did not. how ever, directly propose that such a plan be enforced by law. Representative Lewis would put teeth in his suggested legislation by imposing on an employer an excise tax equivalent to the money value of the exces- sive time granted any one employe.
 A five, or even four-day week, might not cure all the industrial ills of this de- cade but it sone of the most commonsense ideas put froth for shortening the bread lines. It is typical, too, of the Marylander who will return to Congress this December as keen and energetic as when he left 1t IA years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
Balanced Combat

A sporting writer finds that in baseball a balance seems to have been struck between offense and defense. Batting and pitching are about equally strong in the big leagues. For some time the offensive was emphasized. Then emphasis swung to the defensive. Nat urally batting in general has improved. and pitching and fielding are probably not qiute so good as they were. Now professional ball is less lively than it used to be. It offords more intellectual interest, perhaps, to cluose students of the game, but it loses in spectacular appeal.
 Thus baseball follows the fate of the greatest and oldest of human sports - war. The last big war gave remarkable demon stration of equality in offense and defense. The most powerful aggressive tactics ever and perfected trench warfare. When that used were futile when the defenders dug Tn balance was reached, 1t became a question of the endurance of the civilian populations behind the trenches. Economic power was mobilized. Noncombatants were assalled by starvation and propaganda. In the next war, these weapons will probably be so per fected that there will be a balance struck In them, too, between assault and defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16

Trisection of the triangle, geometrical feat which had never been accomplished is now announced from two different sources. Earlier this summer there was claimant to this honor. Now Fayetteville, Arkansas, high school instructor says he did it ten years ago but couldn't get any attention, so dropped the matter. Here is the way he trisects the angle Given the central angle in circle O. AOB. Draw chord SD perpendicular from to 40. On BID construct an equilateral triangle BDE and on the opposite side the isosceles triangle BOX. Join the remote ver- tices E and K. the line FIX intersecting cir conference at C. Then angle AOC is one third of angle AOB.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
Champion Embezzlement

It's curious how one thing leads to another. especially if it's vice or crime The manager of the coupon collection de- partment of Chicago bank has confessed to being the champion embezzler of American banking. And all because of one little flyer that he took, l2 years ago. with the bank s money. For that modest speculation he borrowed $500 from the till. Of course it was only loan. He would pay it back in a couple of days, and there would be no harm done to anyone. He would have enough profit then to get real start for himself.
 But somehow it didn't work that way. The amateur speculator found he needed more money for his stock and grain opera tions. And more and more and more! lie could never get ahead enough to pay back what he owed His borrowings of cash and stock became larger as the need became greater When the bank authorities finally closed down on him, and wormed the amaz- ing story out of him, he reported total de- faleations of S3,666,929.06. He hadn't been swelling around or dissipating. either = just a quiet. decent. home-lovng chap. Think of that. young fellow, when your meditating the first wrong step.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
PEEL. TAN OR FRECKLE.
(Hartford Times)


 With vacationing drawing to a close, there is the perennial com harrison of skin appearances and the exchange of explanations of how they came to be. There will be exhibits of many shades Of hue and no end of discourse as to what the color scheme was at previous stages. It will be agreed that the perfect tan Is still rare. It Is hard to cultivate and still more difficult to hold at just the right degree of "tannishness."
 Sympathy may be expressed for the skin that simply perishes un- der the raps of the summer sun. We are not speaking of those instances where the first layer peels away. as if shedding a winter coat, 10 expose a tougher and more tan nable skin, but we refer to those delicate surfaces which turn rev. erishly red at the first and every succeeding exposure to the sun. Their owners have apparently evolved completely out of the stage of being able to receive the sun light without dilution. In terms of happy vacationing at the shore they are handicapped. but at all other times they are likely to have the loveliest of skin.
 The skin that freckles Tn re- sponse to summer weather is an- other problem. It will blossom for whether on land or sea with i;s protective armor as soon as warm winds and bright sunlight sweep It's surface. Freckles seem to be a kind of half-developed tan. If only the little blotches could be brought together the uneven design would no longer be a vexation. Mean while there is this comfort that the wearers are almost uniformly jolly spirits whose speckled ap- pearance heightens as by contrast the attractiveness of their beam- ing smiles.
 The perfect tan is gift. The skin that takes 1t on without pain or patches is like a covering from the gods. It's owners may well be grateful. They should not be proud. For aught they had to do with the endowment they would be buying cold cream and apply ing 1t in large doses-too late.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
Quotations

It is striking fact, though seemingly little recognized, that the death rate in the United States has been barely holding it's own since 1920, in spite of all the ad- vances in sanitation, surgery and medicine that have taken place.
 Henry Pratt Fairchild. in
 Surgery Graphic.
 The small town which wants more industries must dress up.
 -J. s. Blue, of American Gas
 and Electric Company, in
 Nations Business.
 If the president would talk at his press conferences as do at mine he would not have any trouble.
 Secretary of War Hurley. A country is like an individual. It can not keep in a solvent posi- ton forever If expenditures exceed income.
 Philip snowden. I venture the opinion that when we look back to the present time a few years hence, We will see that the great industrial and business machinery of the nation has mere ly paused to make necessary read. justments, gets it's balance. and then proceed with a healthy bal- nnced prosperity based on sound economic and common sense. -J. S. Crutchfield. president or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 O-O-O
 NOW ANT THAT NICE OF
 LUCY Now ain't that nice of Lucy! She wants me to write more, And, of course, I'd like to do it. But the wolf is at the door! And, so, must keep plugging To earn my daily bread, And, believe me, that's no sinecure, When all is done and said. But, gee! You know I get kick From pleasing other folks With just a bit of crazy verse, Or, maybe, some bum jokes! But, do I please so many? l have no way to know Unless some of them should write me
 And frankly tell me so. If I thought enough of them Enjoyed the things l write I would not mind the work nor time
 In fact, I'd just delight 10 fSL Illy muSC So SOaAihe Through the realms of mystic dreams Where time nor space have mean ing And nothing is as seems. I could tell them of the dOdo Gle used to chum with mel And the pretty little phyg-mi-gal That grew upon a tree Whose roots were drawing nour- iShment From such lofty height That the little gal got much too fat And went upon diet. I could tell them of the ancient days When up there on the moon A frog he made banjo And used to sit and crOon The most beautiful of love songs Oh! but that was long ago, And, perhaps, t'were best forgot Who made the first banjo. Now. you who like to ramble i By the Mystic rivers brink, Drink the waters Ol NcpeHtHc | (Now. night "Printers Ink'D Just drop a line and tell me And I feel sasfe to say I can secure first class cabin On the. good ship Day by Day.
 M. J. M., Waterville. o-O-o
 Texas and Louisiana are having a battle royal. A little while ago 1t was Texas and Oklahoma. Evident ly the old lone star state doesn't want to be left alone. o-O-o 1 There's nothing in life. quite so dramatic as life itself. | o-O-O Famous men who die should make sure before hand that they're bust proof. In this way they can ! avoid having busts of themselves stuck in so-called halls of fame. | o-O-o The man who wrote Home. Sweet Home," would never
 have been so inspired, had he
 lived in three room apart 1 ment. | The chap who is in love and in- sists on carving his initials in a tree, certainly has no love for the | tree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-16
JAMES PARSONS WOODRUFF

(New Haven ournal-Courier)
 The death of Judge Woodruff removes from the life of Connec- tiuct and of, his native town or Litchfield a man of great social charm, versatile talents and varied achievement. For almost a century the Woodruff family of Litchfieid has been a fascinating tradition for public service and social ex- ample. Of old English ancestry.
 the first of the Woodruffs came to this country in 1885 and settled at the Hartford Colony. The father of Judge Woodruff was for years A member O the railroad commis- sion and to his judgment and fore- sight the growth of legisiation aI- fecting the regulation or these lines of transportation IS largeiy due. His brother George, who dieo year ago, retired from the mn istry to become editor or The Litchfield Enquirer for which ne gained national reputation among the weekly papers or the countrdy for its vigor and mae pedence in the discussion Of public affairs. The last of this distin- guished trio, Judge James, cover ed during his active life almost every conceivable community and state vocation and avocation. His efficiency and industry became rec. ognized in banking. judicial and political circles, and to each ne brought sound judgment. free dom from narrow prejudice. iib- erality of thought and a knowi- edge of human nature that won for him the confidence and affec- ton Of all those who whom ne came into contact. He was the first to take out an automobile ii-