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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-21

WANTED-To care for grove. Best
references given. Also want 10 rent
good place. "A. L. Hall, General Del
livery. Harrington. Pi50
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SERVICES OFFERED

Observation-Disclosures class fancy
and plain. Alterations in mems
clothes. Josephine Farias 1925 JEFF
ferson st. PS0
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Financial

FARM LOANS-Five year straight
loans on improved irrigated farms
In cultivation IN Hidalgo and Cam
eron Counties. Refinance vendors
lien. Watts a. Watts, Phone %.
Donna. Texas. Pal
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WANTED
Frigidaire Statesmen

This Is vi rush season. We need
four men to sci. Frigidaires in Hi
dalgo and Starr Counties. Call in
person Monday, June 22nd
FRIGIDAIRE SALES a. SERVICE
2l4 South Main-McAllen, Tex.
Pi52
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Flu MANCHU-The Severed Fingers-Fste OF Fu Manchu?
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MARRIED MAN Is years old wants
job in Brownsville. Good education.
Seven years experience meeting the
public. Have good autc.lobile. Will
ing to start at $500 per week. Per-
sonal interview will be appreciated.
Address Box Pl36 Herald. Pl36
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Employment
HELP WANTED

WANTED - Eligible men-women.
1880, qualify at once for govern
ment positions. sl05-250 month. Ex-
p~erience unnecessary. Steady en-
ployment. Write. Instruction Blu
reau, $50, st. Louis, Mo-: today. OILS
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Employment


POSITION WANTED by steno-
grapher experienced in legal and
banking work. Address p. o. Box
657. Brownsville. PA
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A MAN WANTED

To represent Sterling Penny-A-Day
Accident and Health Policies. Every
type s--ident covered. Pays up 70
s5.000.00. Men earn IS 10 SIS daily.
Also renewal commissions. Full or
pert time.
STERLING POLTCIES-Dept. 80
Kirby Building-Dallas, Texas
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MAN WANTED

MAN WANTED
for Rawleigh Route Of 800 custom
ers In Brownsville. San Benito.
Edinburg. Rio Grande. Reliable
hustler can start earning S35 week
ly and increase every month. Write
Immediately. Rawleigh Co., Dept.
Tx-AE-60-S, Memphis. Tenn. Pl43
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WILL TRADE flying course for
good light used car. Airplane rides.
Sl.00. Learn TO fly $4,000. Les
Mauldin. Brownsville Airport. Pl22
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ROOM AND BOARD
ROOM AND BOARD nm private
home for gentleman. III 81.
Charles. Phone $50. Pl2l
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Rentals
LARGE
SOUTHEAST ROOM

Private bath and entrance, screen
mi porch. Suitable for couple or
two men.
Phone i65 or Gas.
P146
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FOR RENT-Two modern houses.
furnished or unfurnished. BOX l65.
Alamo, Texas. Pl33
ID.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
Health Contest For
 Connecticut Cities
State Dept Finds Interest in Competition-New Haven
 Won Last Year

cording to population. It was in the third group. cities between 100. .00o and 250.OOO, that New Ha- ven and Hartford won national recognition last year.
 A fact-fnding schedule, which includes questions covering the items on which the contending chambers are to be graded. is sent 10 all entrants at an early date and returned to the national body as soon as possible after the close of the year. The main items consid- cred in the schedule are the or ganization and equipment of the local health department for dis ease control; financial support of healthr, both from official and vol untary sources; facilities for health information and education: water connections; sewage disposal; and milk supply.
 These returns are carefully an- alyzed and graded by q grading committee which rates the cities and places their records before a board of judges for final award in each of the six classes
 The state department of health realizing the improvements in dis ease prevention and health conser- vation that have been accom- plished by those cities which have competed in the first two years oi
 the contest, is urging the chambers
 of commerce of all Connecticut
 communities to enter the 1881
 race; and states that additional
 information may beobtained by ad- dressing the insurance department of the United States Chamber of Commerce at Washington, D. C.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28

Hartford. Aug 2s-Several Con- necticut citiest this year are ex- pected to enter the annual inter- chamber health conservation con- test, held nationwide annually un- der the auspices of the United States Chamber of Commerce, &C., cording to an announcement to- day by the state department of health, which has found largely increased interest among ciciv of- ficials and public spirited citizens since New Haven and Hartford won first and four tn places in their class in the 1890 contest.
 The health conservation contest was initiated first in 1929 and has proved so successful that the com petition will be continued. Not only have the number of entries steadily increased and the inter- citly rivalry waxed more heated, but in the 1890 contest every city winning an honor place showed a decided increase in score for the second year of competition, the gain over 1929 in many cases be- ing as great as thirty or forty per cent-an indication, the health de- partment points out, that the pco- pie of those cities have far supe- rior health protection than ever before.
 The object of the contest is to enlist the interest of local organ izations in health work and there by assist in reducing economic losses in the United States due to unnecessary illness and premature death. It is in no way designed for the local chamber of commerce to u3urp the activities being carried on by local official and non- official health agencies. It merely serves as a means of interesting business men in these activities with the intent of serving the general health objective.
 In order to make the contest as fair as possible, the cities compete in six different groups divided ac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28

Barber shops of the city will continue under the same policy of remaining open every evening ex- cept Saturday, until o'clock, ac- cording to action taken at a meet ing of the Master Barbers' associa- ton held Tuesday evening in Frank Caters shop in Exchange place. On Saturday evenings the shops will remain open until 9 o'clock.
 Vernier Baron, proprietor of Caters shop and chairman of the committee in charge of the clos- ing time, announced today that shops have been operating under the o'clock closing from the first week in June. Up to June the shops were open every evening during the week until 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock on Saturday evenings. It was voted in June to close the shops at o'clock during the sum mer months.
 The time to go back 10 the 8 o'clock closing was due next week. but the association decided to keep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
96 and Still
 Hale and Hearty

Robert Maton of Court street. has reached the advanced age of 96 years and is still hale and hearty. Maton was born in Edin- burgh, Scotland. He came 10 Wa terbury in 1874 and obtained a position as his trade of black smith with the Blake X Johnson Co. Later he was employed at Plume & Atwoods and the Farrel l'oun- dry & Machine Co. remaining at the latter place, from where he retired at the age of cighty-three.
 The surviving members of the family include William J. Maton. manager of the Farrel Foundry; Albert Maton of New York; Thom- as A. Maton, Waterbury; Mrs Adam Wilkie. Waterbury; Mrs Christine Wellman, South Gate. Cal; Mrs Margaret Brown and Miss Belle Maton of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
FOUR ALARMS
Stubborn Blaze On
 Freight St. Gives
 Bremen Trouble
C0e Hay and Grain Warehouse Damaged-Tw0 Calls Sent Simultaneously Alarms Add to Troubles of Night

Four alarms were registered at fire headquarters last evening within a few minutes of the an- other. Two were sent simultan- eously for a stubborn fire caused possibly by lighting in the hay and grain warehouse of the H. 5. Coe company on Freight street. While several companies of apparatus were battling to subdue this blaze. two false alarms were recorded from the northeastern section of the city. Apparatus held in reserve covered in" on these two calls, So no serious confusion resulted. A police investigation was made of the false alarm incident.
 The two larams for the actual fire were received at 8:41 o'clock from Box 37 at the corner of Grand and State streets and box 72 at the corner of West Main and Meadow street. As the various companies arrived at these inter- sections no fire was visible to the men, but spectators attracted by blasts from railroad engine quickly discovered the location of the blaze and directed the firemen to Freight street. The fire was centered in a wooden wing of a two-story warehouse. It proved a very difficult fire to reach owing to the dense smoke. Thousands of spectators attracted to the center of the city last evening to get the returns of the primaries watched the efforts of firemen and provided plenty of work for the police de- tail in establishing order and maintaining fire lines. Firem"n were on the scene for over an hour.
 While still on the scene battling the flames, firemen heard the blasts of the siren indicating another alarm. Box 253 at the corner of East Farm and St Paul streets registered a call at 9:05 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
Barber Shops To
 Stick To Schedule
Will Close to 7 P. M. Except Saturdays-Were Sup.
 posed to Change to 8 P. M. Closing

the shops under the present o. clock schedule indefinitely. A meeting will be held again tonight in Caters shop to confirm the action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
PORTUGAL HAS LICKED REVOLT
 VERY QUICKLY
Rebels Are Scattered, But Lisbon Was We'll Dam- aged From Shots and Bombs
By WILLIAM II. LANDER United Press Stan CorrcspOndcnt)

(OnItcu I'TcSS StuH SOFrcSIOHucHtI
 Lisbon, Aug 2S-CUP)-Portu- guese rebels appeared to be scat tered and defeated to-day as Lis bon surveyed the damage done by machine guns, artillery, infantry. and bombing planes in the brief but determined uprising.
 Latest estimates were 50 killed, 300 injured, and 500 arrested. Property damage was extensive. especially in the vicinity of Edward Seventh park and San Jorge fort ress, 1t was expected to exceed $25O,000.
 The military retained strict con- trol of the capital. Reports from other cities indicated that the re- volt did not spread, although there were numerous arrests at Oporto.
 Among the dead were four wo- men killed by an aerial bomb. Sev- eral children were killed. Resi- dents generally retreated to their homes when firing began. although many were caught In the ram or bullets.
 The main battle lasted almost nine hours and included bompard : mpnfS rom drtllIcTy, bieh"NS" ''''' bombs. There was violent hand 10 hand fighting between rebels ana members of the republican guard.
 Many injured were reported m dangerous condition. Thirteen per sons died yesterday from wounds received in the revolt.
 Sarmento Bcires, former major in the army flying corps who made n trans Atlantic flight 10 Brazil Tn 1927. was arrested as leader. or the revolt at the Alverca airdrome: Many of his fellow reheis escapen to Spain by airplane. Torres yea ras was held as one of Beires ac- complices.
 A number of officers surrendered at the airdrome.
 The government reported that the last well armed band of renels was retreating from the capitai toward Caldas da Rainha. anout 60 miles to the north. They were nurused by infantry, machine guncrs and republican guards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
|COL LINDBERCH HEARD OVER THE RADIO TO-DAY
He Responded to Speeches By Japanese Officials and Ministers at TOkiO

New York, August 28 -UP)-- Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was heard by trans-Pacifc radio in America today as he responded to speeches by Japanese officials and ministers of the government at a welcome dinner in Tokio.
 Colonel Lindbergh expressed the gratitude of himself and his wife at the reception given them in Japan, saying that "the true char acter of Japan was most impressed upon us when we landed in the foS in the heart of your country. We were unknown. We spoke a strange language. They came out in the rain to assist us, and took us to 8 village for a dinner of rice. We have spent only two days in Tokio since we first entered your coun- try. Were we to leave tomorrow we would take with us from Japan the experiences worth many times the efforts of the flight"
 The speech was rebroadcast in the United States by the National and Columbia Broadcasting com panies.
 The colonel spoke of the ad- vances made by aviation and radio 'as an indication of what will be done before the century Is over.
 with the advance of radio and aircraft" he said. 'the mystery oi distance can no longer exist. We are interested in many of the same things and confronted by similar problems. The ideas which we have inherited from past ages be- come insignificant when we look at people from the sky and speak to distant people through the radio"
 We look upon a distant coun- try as being of no concern to us' There are no longer distant coun- tries. The distances of past ages have become less significant to us today. The distances of today will become just as insignificant in the years of future generations.
 Colonel Lindbergh was intro duced by w. Cameron Forbes, the American ambassador to Japan, who paid high tribute to the aVi- ator and his wife for their achieve ment
 He was preceded by Matajiro Koizumi, minister of communica- tions, General Giro Minomi. min iSter of war, ana AuHllTdi NlSOhh Zu Abo, minister of the navy. only the last of these was heard in New York, and static. which had pre- vented reception of the earlier part of the program, interfered with this speech to some extent. The latter said that Colonel Iindbergh and his wife had mot disappointed the finest expecta- tions of the Japanese people Tn their remarkable flight across the top of the world to Japan. He hailed the flight as introducing q new era in relations between the United States and his own coun. try, and especially complimented Mrs Lindgerbh for her work as ra dio operator. "They have made lasting I'm pression on the people or Japar r and the people of all the world. he said as he proposed a tosat tt their health.
 Translations of the Japanes' speeches was made by l.. komatsu n Japanese business man and grad uate of the Harvard University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
THE SCOVILL MFG co
 DECLARED DIVIDEND.

At a meeting of the directors Of the Scovill Manufacturing company this afternoon a cash dividend of 50 cents was declared. It is pay able october 1. All stockholders as of record on September 15 are affected. by the decision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28

Apparatus had scarcely returned to their quarters when an alarm was sent in from box 252 at 9:21 o'clock. This box is located at the corner of Walnut and Division streets. a three-minute walk from box 253.
 Fire officials were unable to af- fix the cause of the fire either last evening or today, but were inclined to suspect that the building. which was badly damaged, was hit by a bolt of lightning. This is not giv- en as the official cause, but merely as a deduction in the absence of more positive evidence.
 An inventory was in progress to- day to determine the loss. Con- siderable stock was damaged. It is possible that the final estimate Of the loss will be several thousands of dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
Many Notables
 Attended Funeral
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Cowles Buried Yester-
 day in Pennington

The funeral of Mrs Anna Roose-
 welt Cowles took place yesterday
 afternoon at the family residence
 in Pennington. The deceased was
 sister of former President The adore Roosevelt and wife Of the late Rear Admiral William Shef- field Cowles. Among the relatives were Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the former president. Mrs Franklin ID. Roosevelt, wife of the New York
 governor, her daughter, Mrs Curtis
 R. Dall, and Governor Rooseyelts
 mother, Mrs James Roosevelt; Ker- init and Archie Roosevelt. sons Of the president, with their wives: Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daugh-
 ter of the president and widow of
 Nicholas Longworth: Mrs Ethel
 Roosevelt Derby. daughter of the president, and her husband. pr
 Richard Derby; Philip Roosevelt
 nephew of Mrs Cowles: Mrs J. R.
 Roosevelt; Mrs Douglas Robinson.
 sister of Mrs Cowles, with her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson and his wife. ogden Reid. publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, was among the family friends who at- tended. Rev Quincy Blakely. pastor of
 Pennington Congregational church conducted the simple service. Blu rial was in Riverside cemetery. Farmington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
THE NEW ENGLAND
 ORDER OF PROTECTION

Thomas J. Meany, grand warden of the Connecticut order of the New England Order of Protection. will visit local lodges during Sep tember. The visitations will be made on the following nights: Fri day, Sept II, Sheridan lodge; Thursday, Sept 24, Anchor lodge: Friday, October 2, Brass City lodge; Wednesday, october 2S, Waterbury lodge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
JUST THE MAN

MAGNATE: The man who mar ries my daughter will want lot of money.
 SUITOR. (hopefully): Well, sir. nobody wants 1t more than l do! The Humorist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-28
BURIAL FLAGS FOR
 WAR VETERANS

A supply of regulation burial flags for use in draping caskets of war veterans has been received by Postmaster A. N. Colgrove from the United States Veterans bureau. These are used to drape over cas- kets of war veterans and are then presented to the next of kin after the funeral.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08
A Muddled Case

The board of finance in cutting from the school department budget the salary item of the proposed dean of girls at Wilby High school ends a situation that must have proved serious embarrassment to the desig mated appointee It evidently could have been avoided with little forethought and action upon the part of the school officials It certainly looks as if they did not investi- gate very thoroughly before creating the position of dean of girls Had they done so they might have found out at the begin ming that there would be no money avail able for additions to the teaching staff.
 And had they secured this information they might have spared the appontee con- siderable trouble and perhaps expense. If criticism is to be directed at any one indl- vidual or group it certainly must be aimed at those responsible for the appointment. We should think that it would have been far better to create the position and to fill it only after the extra salary had been ap- proved by the proper officials. Then would have been time enough to have named some body to be dean of girls at Wiby. And not until then
 As it stands now the appointee is with out teaching position. The school de- partment has been denied its new office. And considerable antagonism to all concerned has been aroused throughout the city by pub lished reports of the matter. We presume the school officials are eognizant of the fact that the name of the appointee has been bandied back and forth by the Waterbury Republican. and American in an effort to supplant her in the office of dean of girls. If that is any credit to these officials then we view it in an entirely different light. It would be far wiser in the future to spend the city's money after finding out whether or not we have it to spend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

when the Presidents special commission re- ports on it. Congress will probably be glad to know that However. Mr Hoover can rest assured that whatever he decides should be done with Muscle Shoals will receive scant attention from Congress. We think the President is right in exhorting Congress not to authorize more veterans expenditures. Perhaps with money SO tight now Congress will agree for once. Presidential messages are at best cold things It took an execu- tive like Woodrow Wilson to infuse into them the living spirit that is often necessary to secure cooperation. Perhaps Wilson's personal reading of the message to both Houses accounted for this. We anticipate no hearty response to President Hoover's message other than legislation to carry us through these perilous times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

The vets aren't the only ones to intro duce measures pertaining to prohibition into this session of Congress. Senator Morris D. Sheppard of Texas, co-author of the 18th amendment. is preparing to reintroduce a bill that would make the buyer of intoxI- cants as guilty as the seller. If anybody considers the act of denying peoples the right to buy or decline spirituous liquors presumption this companion bill is just bit beyond that. Federal legislation is steadily advancing to the point where there is no personal liberty or guarantee of 1t. Isn't this nation founded on such tenets as are de- feated by sumptuary regulations like the 18th amendment? State control of liquors may not secure the ends desired by abstemious persons, but it is much better than chaotic conditions over which even government has no control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-08

Reading about Washington's route through Connecticut to take command of the Continental army in Cambridge back in l775 recalls to us Waterbury's part in the Revolution. A short time ago there was a rededieation of monument at Southing- ton where Rochambeau and his French army were supposed to have eneamped while en- route to the Hudson. Rochambeau's army passed through Waterbury on that occasion They also passed through the city some months later when they were returning. That was in 1781, according to Dr Ander- sons history of this city. Some time it might be well for the city and state au- thorities to map out Rochambeau's route with an appropriate series of monuments. There are only few now.