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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
Smallest Shoe Output In Years

Americans appear to be patronizing the shoemaker
repair shops. Total output Of shoes In the United
States in 1880 was about sos pairs. or the
smallest production in something like 10 wears. This
compares with a total Of 56i 100000 pairs in 1929. the
peak year Of the industry. Thus the 1880 decline was
56.ooO.oOO or more than is per cent. There Is reason
for it. Americans are wearing out their shoe leather
before they repienish their footwear wardrobes. 1t
was different in the good old days"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
4 Is

MENOMINEE. Mich.-A trumped
nee warrants "A punched face. when
the ace happens to be PLAYED in
bridge. "a court has decreed here.
George Rolin. who was recently
brought into court. played a friend
Iv game or bridge az the home of
Mrs. John Ashley. Bnlin lrf the
zee or spades. His partner. Mrs.
Ashley. trumped ~ with the deuce
of trump. and a rival took the
trick with the five az trump. Bolin
slapped Mrs. Ashley in the face.
broke four windows and a mirror
and hit q policeman. The Judge
dismissed the case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
Brownsville Has:

/. A population in 1881 Of over $4,000.
2. A mean average temperature OF 70.
Z. bank deposits. Ss,O0o.000.
a. -Four railroads. seven paved highways.
S. International airport, five air lines
. "A $4,000. 600 deep water port financed.
=. The best climate, soil in the world
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
HORSE W. AUTO

ST. LOUIS.-The battle between
the horse and automobile vas re-
rewed here on n Of the city's
streets. The horse. n runaway. saw
Mrs. Longs car coming. The horse
Swerved nc the car and tried ~
hurtle IN. In was unsuccessful. and
its feet crashed into the windows
OF the car. Mrs. Long, sitting VI
the back of the car. was injured
BY flying glass.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
By THE POLITICAL ANALYST

ny AmE
Gov. Ross q. Sterling liz complet-
ing his first month ms Texas chief
executive.
Two things are obvious:
1. That he IA sitting steady III
the boat in a way that already
commands the confidence or the
people and instills q feeling or Sc
curity that the government Is in.
strong hands.
2. That IL has been "a lonesome
month for the genial business man.
Mr.. Sterling has isolated himself
within the office. not In idleneSs.
but in being extremely busy. He
meets the constant impact or many
people pounding In upon him. Each
visitor ia keyed TO a particular sub
jet. his speech well rehearsed. hts
proposal In It's most favorable light.
The condition Or holding high or
flee makes ID such. The governOrship
Is a lonesome lob Through the long
hours or its grind a governor Is on
the other side az the counter from
his visitors. He Is the one 10 whom
they must come 70 ask clemency.
appointments outlining OF state
policy. The job imposes much wear.
and tear upon some who hold IL.
IL is said one or later. when
a governor has experienced the
thrill or the extensive power or or
flee. granted pardons. appointed
people and used the various func-
tons OF the office. there comes 4
sort OF feeling OF emptiness about
i and particularly a longing for the
release OF the restraints of the off
cial position In the matter OF en-
joying ones friendships and the
easy camaraderie or ones intimate
friends.
Not meaning 10 say Mr.. Sterling
Is homesick. Nor that he Is tired
OF the Job. But for him. M for
others, there Is m aloof lonesome
ness about IL regardless or the huge
number of official callers.
SO quietly have the DAYS come
and gone. SO steadily and harmo-
niously have affairs moved forward.
50 much a matter Of course has
been Gov. Sterling's first month IT.
office that it is evidently reassur-
ing. Texas has both strength and
dignity III its chief office, regard
less OF what other states NAV be
going through. And Texas remains
happy In having outstanding men
OF high ideals at its helm.
Sen. Walter &. woodward believes
that the past years economic de-
preston has somehow cowed peo-
pies spirits. as reflected III 4 sort
of lassitude about the legislature
Not that there isn't work being
done. What ne talked of was the
leisurely approach TO the major
measures and matters Of the ses-
sion. an aonarent indifference "
the old fighting issues. an absence
q the sharp lines and the hitter-end
battles OF past years.
II Is conspicuous, come 10 think
Of IL.
on election matters. on public
utility control, m prison reform.
and relocation, the legislature two
wears AFRO fought bitterly 70 the
last ditch. This year. all the SQUALLS
ard flurries have heen NJ minor
nature, over minor trsnsitory mat
tiers.
Former Gov. Dan Moody. oit os
friendship to br an old William
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

Add SMILES. As disappointed as a man on a Flori-
da vacation who gets postcards from back home say
ing the weather is lovely.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

Louis wv. Hill. Jr.. grandson of
James J. Hill. the empire builder"
Ia working Az "A bank clerk ~ get
a practical education.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
Quiet In The Court

The Rotarians are proposing thlt jurors get more
pay. AL present al they get is three dollars a day.
The life wouldn't be so bad If the lawyers wouldn't
take to shouting every few minutes and wake a juror
Up.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
You Know the Kind

COOK wants position in an opulen
family. Address BOX DID, Herald."-Miami Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

Notes From a Miami Race PLAYER
a man for whom ! have 10 fancy
Is he who whispered 'Cinch for Tansey.
Is he who whispered "cinch for Tansy.
The afternoon I bet on rmpish.
! hope the guy1l not 20 10 heaven
Who said You can't lose on Replevin.n
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

friendship TO 10 an old Wiliiar-
son county neighhor, J. II. Hicks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

Polo matches for these who must have them whether
they ike EN- or not. The open-faced stores in Mi
ami. Y. "Cimarron" turning EN- away down here, too
w. The stunt-collision between two locomotives staged
TO make a tourist holiday II. Oranges. I. Grapefruit
80. Horseshoe pitchers. \. Racing tips. Drive your
own auto for SIS a week if you're q good b~argainer
SIS II you're not. =. Band concerts. crowds standing
in front Of radio stores every night between s and 7
waiting TO hear Amos n Andy. Northern visitors
looking 50 discouraged when getting letters from back
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
TWO IN RACE FOR SEAT OF
 DANIEL WEBSTER
New Hampshire Congress sionaI Election to Be
 Held Jan 5

Concord. N. H.-The only vacant seat in congress, once occupied by Daniel Webster. will be filled at . special election in the First New Hampshire district, Jan 5.
 The nominees to succeed the late
 Rep Fletcher Hale. rep, are for mer Governor John H.. Bartiett. Rep, of Portsmouth, and former Congressman c William N. Hogers'
 dem, of Wakefield.
 Both New Hampshire congress sionaI districts are republican by tradition. but because of the un- sattIed business conditions, Rogers IA conceded fair chance to win haclx the geat he held in 1922. The democrat is expected to
 poIl a heavy vote in Manchester. onfv, city in the district, which re- centiy deposed it's republican mayor. Arthur D. Moreau, electing Dr Damase Caron. democrat, by 1900 votes. It was the votes of delegates from the towns that gaye Rogers the nomination over John s. Hurley of Manchester at the democratic convention, but Hurley, after losing, pledged his
 support to Rogers.
 Rogers, e lawyer, is a wet. advo- eating repeal of the 18th Amend nnent and state control of the iiouor trafic. Bartlett, who has not defined his attitude towad prohibition, promises to vote to
 Submit to the states any proposed change in the law, provided they guarantee against return of the open saloon and cafeguard dry from wet states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18

Washington. D. C.-Twelve fa- nous portraits of George Wash ington will appear on the new series of postage stamps which will be issued in celebration of the George Washington Bicenten- nial celebration to be held next year. These stamps will be issued in denominations from one-half cent to ten cents. The artists from whom the designs for the stamps will be taken are as follows:
 One-half cent stamp Clark brown), Charles Wilson Peale. Shows Washington at the age of twenty-five years.
 One-cent stamp (green). from bust by Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor.
 one and one-half cent stamp (light brown) from portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, showing washington at forty years. .
 Two cent stamp (red). Portrait of Washington from famous Gil- bert Stuart painting.
 Three cent stamp (purple), from Valley Forge portrait by Peale.
 Four cent stamp (warm brown) ). Portrait given to Jonathan Swift and painted by Peale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
MONEY TAKES BACK SEAT FOR
 DIVORCEES
Desire for Freedom DOnli. mates Men and Women
 at Rena

Reno, Nsv-(UP)-Money is of secondary consequence, while free dom is everything. when men and women come here for divorce, records for the first seven months of the divorce regime under the six weeks law would indicate.
 Four thousand one hundred people came to Nevada between May 1 and November 1 and ob- tained divorces, a gain of more than 33 per cent over the same period of 1890. and yet more or them went to the cities, where di- yorces are more costly.
 Las Vegas and Reno, the two largest cities in Nevada both showed large gains. The southern metropolis had a A per cent in- crease in the divorce business, while Reno, "the divorce capital of America" showed a 34 per cent gain. There were 3,234 divorces granted here, an average Of about 1s d day. Las Vegas registered AZ divorces diring the period.s an av- craze of two a day.
 While the two major cities were gaining divorce business under the Six weeks law, many of the smaller counties showed a loss. Elko coun- tv divorces fell off 13, from 100 to s7. Mineral county lost 14. Per shing, five, and other smaller coun- ties like numbers.
 one of the noticeable gains reg istered was by Ormsby county where Carson City, the state capl- tal is located. This "almost" ghost town, which has dropped in popu- lation from 10000 to 2,000, saw S0 persons win their decrees in sev- en months, an increase of 57.
 On the strength of the showing Carson City is to have new Sbo,- 900 hotel, to house divorcees dur ing their indefinite stay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
Democrats To Re-elect
 Town Committee
Meet Tonight at Call of Crary-Select Officers at
 @ Subsequent Cases

he present slate of, 20 town com
 nittee members will be reelected at tonight's session. The twenty committeeman represent the 20 voting districts in Waterbury and direct the affairs of tue democratic party.
 Tonight's meeting of the dele gates is only to elect the commit tee members. The election of of- ficers of the committed will not be held until some time in January. Chairman Crary said today. He will issue the call for the commit tee meeting shortly after the start of the new year, he declared.
 Under the party rules. the dele- gates of the town convention in the election year have the power of selecting the town committee mem- bers. There has been on move to make any changes, hence the gen. -uI 1uessId eul 1Bu1 uoIuTdo reIs cumbents will be chosen for two~ year terms once more.
 At the meeting in January the present officers of the committee are also expected to be reelected. They are: Chairman, Mir Crary; vice. chairman, William Dunleavey; secretary, Dennis J. Clancy treasur- CT, William J. Downey.,
 Tonight's meeting of the dele- gates is expected to be brief. When the committee meets to organize ir January. though, 1t is expected that Mayor Frank Hayes, Controller Daniel ]. Leary and other leaders in the party'will be present as the guests of the committeeman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
MEXICAN PAPER
 HAS BIRTHDAY

Mexico City.-In commemora- ton of the 21st anniversary .of the revolution, El National, newspaper of the National Revolutionary pary. published a special edition Of 2O4 pages and ten sections.
 The edition treated of the so- cial, economci and political actavi- ties of each of the states and ter- ritories of the republic, and the federal distict, giving the history of the tremendous advance ana pogress under the revolutionary regime.
 The anniversady number was profusely illustrated, not only by photographs of leading political figures of modern Mexico, but also by photographs of public works, schools, buildings, roads and other tangible results of this era or progress.
 One of the features was an ar ticle by President Ortiz Rubio, Gt scribing the memorable events or october 19, 1913. It was on this date that he and group of other deputies loyal to the original pre- cepts of the Revolution were cap tured in the chamber of deputies and imprisoned by orders of Vic- toriana Huerta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
ARMY TO AID
 GUIANA MEN

Paris-The salvation Army has finally obtained the permission ol the French government to send a mission of army workers to French Guiana in May to organize reiiei work among the thousands of crim- finals of Devils Island, who have served their terms. but are com. pelled by criminal law to double the length of their term as free men" in Guiana.
 These free men," without work roam the colony in their hunt TOT food and shelter. Many of them are i'll and others rob to live. Thcy find work when a ship arrives m port at Cayenne. or elsewhere, but inc loading and unloading processes take but few days.
 The Salvation Army plans 10 erect a first welfare hut at Cay enne, install wireless to gather world programs and furnish these men with other comforts.
 On the books of the penal colony there were 2,393 freed convicts In July 1928, the last count, but at that time only 1909 answered roll call.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
Tuberculosis Still
 Big Death Cause
Dread Disease Leads All Others Between Ages of Is
 and AS Says National Assn Director

little difficulty to control of the supply" says Dr Emerson. "The erection of more than GOO sana- toria has prevented thousands of patients from spreading the disease among relatives and associates. These and other factors have con- spired to achieve a notable reduc- ton in the death rate--much of which can be traced directly to organized tuberculosis work.
 But man possesses two Is which SC not--ignorance and indif- ference" continues the editorial. "Cooperation of multitudes is need ed, and this is difficult to obtain. Indeed the problem is abstruse for general easy understanding; we must iterate and reiterate the fact that a condition in children obser- vable only on the x-ray plate is often the precursor of adult tuber- culosis. and that these children may be saved by a carefully ob- served regimen of rest and fresh air, applied even if they show no outward symptoms of the disease"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
New Washington
 Stamps Next Year
Most Preteatious Series Ever Issued to Include
 Twelve Famous Portraits of First President

Five cent stamp (blue), from portrait by Peale owned by the New York Historical society.
 Six cent stamp (orange), from full length portrait by John Trum- bull.
 Seven cent stamp (black). from Trumbull portrait in Metropolitan Museum of Art.
 Eight cent stamp (olive green), from portrait by Charles Saint Memin.
 Nine cent stamp (pink), from portrait by William J. Williams.
 Ten cent stamp (orange), from Gibbs Charming portrait by Gilbert Stuart.
 Amateur collectors of stamps may secure a set of these series, the most pretentious and unusual ever issued by the government, in first-day cover by addressing the Bicentennial Stamp Distribu- ton Service, 1911 Sixteenth street, N. w., Washington. D.. c. The value of the complete set of stamps is fifty-seven cents, the stamp on the envelope, two cents, to which a service charge of ten cents to cover cost of handling and ad- dressing cover is added, making a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
DOAK URGES CHANGES IN
 ALIEN LAWS
Would Forbid Naturaliza- ton Unless Applicant
 Adept at English

Washington, (UP)-Secretary of Labor Doak to-day urged, in his annual report to congress. a change in naturalization laws ito forbid citizenship to aliens who can not read, speak and write the English language understandingly."
 American citizenship should not be given lightly not accepted lightly" Doak said.
 The secretary also would exclude from citizenship those aliens "who are unable to give some evidence of an understanding of the insti- tutions of the government"
 Doak reviewed the years work of his department, citing in par ticular the restrictions placed up- on immigration by the bureau charged with that duty.
 Immigration is no longer a sub- stantial menace to our progress" he said, flor through the activi- ties of the present administration, supplementing legislation. fewer immigrants are now being admitted than at any time during the past 100 years"
 Doak said that, in his opinion. "there is no more important work before the government and the people to-day than the administra- ton of the immigration laws"
 He reiterated the intention of the labor department to deport ali aliens "who come to us by fraud, or deceit, or who seek to enter our shores by methods which are ques- tIonable."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
POSTMASTER
 GENERAL URGES
 RATE INCREASE

washington--A temporary three cent emergency rate for non-iocal letter mail was recommended to- night by Postmaster General Brown in his annual report to the presi- dent.
 At the same time, the Postmas- ter general reiterated his proposal of last year for permanent charge of two and one-half cents on all first class mail.
 In normal times, Brown believes, the two and a half cent letter rate would be sufficient. Due to di- minished volume of malls general ly, he suggests the three cent rate "pending the return of normal conditions" ,,
 An increase in first class mail rates Is the one practical method by which the post office can be made self-sustaining," according to Brown.
 The gross post office deficiency for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1881, was $146,066,1S9, as com pared to a gross deficiency of $9S,- 21B,9S7 for the previous year. When expenditures for non-postal objects, such as air and ocean mail subventions and the free mall service provided congress and the executive departments. were sub tracted, the remaining net deficit amounted to $9s,01S,S81, an in- crease of $39,472.612 over the net deficit of the preceding year. This increase Is entirely attributed to n shrinkage in mail volume. Ex- penditures for 1881 remained at practically the 1890 level, but the total receipts. of s65e.4eS,3S3, were $49, 100000 less.
 A two and one-half cent letter rate would add only $50,000.000 to the departments annual income, based on the present mall volume. and would fall short of making the post office self supporting. the roc port shows. The three cent rate. therefore, is recommended as an emergency measure, to be kept In force only until the mail volume increases sufficiently for the de- partment to operate without a de- fiicit at the two and a half cent rate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
MINISTRIES STAGE SHOW FOR VETERANS
Tribute to the Late Miss Dwyer
Contributed By One Who Had Known Her for | Many Years

There is ever a profound poig-
 nancy in the coming of death at
 The large circle of Miss Dwyer's
 friends was deeply grieved and
 shocked at her sudden and untime- ! ly demise while Christmas shop-
 ping in one of our city's stores this week.
 Miss Dwyer, a native Waterburi- an, resided during her childhood in the southern section where she
 was cherished daughter of an ideal American Christian home
 circle. After the death of her father, a member of our old
 pioneer families, she moved to
 Laurel street where her beautiful character manifested itself to a great number of new friends, through her admirable humane and spiritual qualities. Contributing her | talents for some time to the busi-
 ness world, she recently retired to the sanctuary of her home where
 her devotion and personal sacri- flee in caring for her mother were paramount to everything else. Her death removed from our city a be-
 loved and exemplary soul. The great grief consonant with her passing on can be assuaged only by the sweet solace of having been granted---even for so brief Q time the sacred and exquisite privilege of having shared in her enobling companionship.
 If the quaint and sustaining legends of old Christianity be re- vived-as they frequently are at the holy season of Christmas Tide with the believing and trustful
 eyes of all childhood, the writer
 chooses to behold in the busy marts
 of the Christmas shoppers, the Christ child. Himself with his ever faithful old St Nicholas. The
 writer chooses to feel the Omnis-
 cent Love of the Christmas Child was irresistibly drawn in that great and glittering mart to some thing so lovely of earth that He fastened His Tiny Fingers about it and would not let 1t go. That shining something was Miss
 Dwyer's equisite human entity.
 Perchance at that sweet clutch she died
 And went with Him at Christmas Tide
 Would we those wee sweet fingers tear
 From her away and earthward bear
 Her winging soul for our poor joy? Sweet Angel, clasp the Christmas
 Boy!
 On our side of the closing door
 A red-teared wreath hangs ever more. "A Friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18

Washington, D. C.-Although the death rate from tuberculosis has been cut in half in recent years, this disease still leads all other fatal causes between the ages of 15 and 45.
 This year marks the 25th anri- yersary of the Christmas tubercu- Iosos seal sale, which has made the flight against the dread disease possible, says Dr Kendall Emerson, managing director of the National Tuberculosis association, in an editorial in the December issue of Public Health Nursing" But the campaign for the prevention of tuberculosis. he points out, can be considered as only started.
 Certain types of tuberculosis among children have yielded with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
SEAWEED GETS
 us. PRAISE

Washington.--Salt water swim mers and boating fans should not curse the seaweed. which becomes entangled about their legs, or the propellors of their boat, according to the National Geographic society.
 Because" declares the society, ''seaweed has been consumed as food by the Chinese, Japanese and Hawaiians for centuries, while Irish moss and seaweed products have graced the American table in various forms since colonial days.
 The billion pounds of this 'an- moving" substance harvested an- nually is also used for fertilizer. knife handles, Oriental curios and as an ingredient for fine papers in various countries the world over.
 seaweed (dulse) was chewed in Scotland Ireland before tobacco. Scotch and Irish cooks use it to thicken and color soups: the Jap anese eat it in sandwiches, and call it sushi. In Hawaii. where fish and seaweed- are the principal foods of the poorer natives, 70 varieties are consumed"
 Seaweed ig also the source of many acids. one of which is used in the manufacture of buttons, combs and insulating material: other are used to dissolve shellac and to produce brown dyes.