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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
John u. Observes
His 92nd Binhddu

TARRYTOWN. ". y. July 8-R
Within the walls Of his 8,000-acre
Pocantico Hills estate, which oil
millions built, John d. Rockefeller
today observed his 92nd birthday In
excellent health.
The usual band music, fireworks
and distribution Of dimes we're lack
ing for "Neighbor Johns" birthday
program. Messages OF c~ongratula-
tons poured In from the worlds
leaders in business, finance and
philanthropy, but the actual celeb
ration was a family affair.
In a birthday message 70 the
world, Mr.. Rockefeller said:
These occasions offer me q very
welcome opportunity; first, 70 ex-
press my gratitude to the many,
many friends who not only at this
time, but throughout the year have
shown their kindly regard 70 me
and. second. to wish them and
theirs and all the world q large
measure OF health and contentment,
which are the basis OF real happi-
ness"
The program mapped out for Mr..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

Removal August / OF Perl Bros,
mems furnishing store from Eliz-
abeth to the store building IN the
same block formerly occupied by
the C. <. stone CO. was announced
today by the firm.
The interior OF the building Is
being remodeled. and Perl Bros.
will have approximately twice the
floor space in the new building as
in their present location.
IN order to open business In the
new location with a complete new
stock OF merchandise. Perl Bros. are
holding a removal sale which will
open Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
Crime Traced to Strained
Optics During Adolescence

clared. can be traced to ocular
debilities or depletion OF energy
through oyerwork OF the eyes.
Modern civilization has increased
the burden ON the eyes. DR.. Ki-F-
ball declared. Glare, close and
steady work. bright lights and the
strains OF modern life are some or
the added hazards for the eyes o.
today. he said. Eyes as developed
In past generations wer adjusted
for long range vistaS and softer
colors, the optometrist said. HH
declared that the eyes are capable
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

followed the birds into the air and
progress In the strange element was
at first slow, but speed has been in
creasing rapidly OF late and *
perts are innicating their belief that
the increase IL soon to gain new
impetus.
Last week James Dooiittle. form
er Schneider cup winner. predicted
that very shortly the general speed
Of commercial planes would be in
creased to 200 miles an hour and
that within : few years the figure
might be raised to 500.
AT a dinner for the world girdlers
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty In
Washington Monday night, =. Tru-
bee Dawson. assistant secretary Of
war for aviation. predicted that man
would soon fly 50 fast that he would
be able 20 keep pace with the sun
around the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

SAN ANTONIO. July s-F-
Much Of the crime today can be
blamed TO eve strain In adolescence,
according to Dr. walter T.. Kim
bali OF St. Joseph. Missouri. trustee
OF the American Optometric asso-
citation, which recently held a con-
vention here.
A considerable number or cases
In Juvenile courts. DR.. Kimball de-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
of Young
Criminals Assailed

WASHINGTON. July ST
Criticism Of the federal government
for allegedly dealing with its ~ th-
full law breakers on the same basis
as older and hardened criminals
was launched today by the now
disbanded Wickersham commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08

LOCKNEY. July 8. P-Farmers
OF the central Panhandle. where
pump irrigation is more or less popu-
lar, have been offered q power rate
Of two cents per kilowatt hour by
the West Texas Utilities company.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
City to Advertise

SAN ANTONIO. July 8. R-The
city council has passed an ordinance
authorizing a scent tax TO create
a fund OF $102 900 for advertising the
City OF San Antonio during the cur
rent year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-08
PLANES SEEK
To BEAT SUN
Famous Filler Predicts Speed
Of Over 500 Miles
Per Hour

NEW YORK. July 8. R9-If re-
cent predictions OF men who ought
to know come true. 1t won't be long
before men beat the birds at their
own business.
It was untold ages before mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
u. S. EXPERT HOLDS DROUGHT
WILL FAIL USUAL REPETITION
Observations Lack Indication of 1881 Dry Spell as
Rains Replenish Soil Moisture, He Says.

BY the Associated Press.
j. B. Kincer, who from his desk in
the Weather Bureau for years has
traced the Nations rainfall on intricate
maps, yesterday scanned the we'll
thumbed charts and made this observa-
ton:
There is no indication now of a
repetition of last years drought"
Substantial amounts of rain through
out most of the country. with the ex-
ception of the Northwest. encouraged
him in this forecast in the face of a
recognized tendency for one dry year to
follow another.
The peak of the recent unprecedented
dryneSs was reached last January, the
driest month on record, February
showed a distinct improvement and
March was even better. April, however,
fell out of line, especially in the interior,
but, generally speaking, that month was
far ahead of April year ago.
The Weather Bureau has studied the
Spring wheat belt dryness from several
angles. but has reached no satisfactory
solution as to why, with other sections
receiving frequent rains, it should con-
tinue arid
In April South Dakota had 81 per
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BYSTANDER KILLED
IN POOL ROOM ROW
Slug Said to Have Been Meant
for Man Quizzed in
Speakeasy Shooting.
BULLETIN.
Irwin S. zirkIs died in Emergency
Hospital early this morning.


Staggering into Ninth street pool
room last night with pint OF gin in
his hip pocket and an automatic pistol
in his hand. a l20-year-old, knicxer-
clad youth shot a man through the stom-
ach in an alleged effort to get" another
man who had been released by police
two hours earlier after being arrested in
connection Will recent shooting in a
Speakeasy.
The wounded man is Irwin S. Zirkle.
81, Of the 500 block of Ninth street.
The bullet fired, according to police.
by Robert E. Martz. 456 c street north
east. entered Zirkle's side, passed
through his body and struck another
man, inf1icting superficial kound.
zirkles condition is critical. The
shooting was the third of the week
involving alleged gangster activities
Both victims OF the other shootings
died
Police said Martz entered the pool
room at 937 Ninth street in search of
Vernon Hawks, who had been held in
connection with the shooting last Sat-
urday night Of Burt Smith in a speak
easy on l near Twelfth street.
The pistol with which Smith was
shot is said to have been turned over
to police by Jack Cunningham, police
informer, who was shot to death by an
unknown gunman in an alley near
Fourteenth and II street early Tues
day morning.
Hawks. police said. was found in the
speakeasy after Smith had been shot,
and was taken into custody for ques-
tioning. He was released ana picked
Continued on Page 4, Column D.
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YOUTH TIED TO TREE
AFTER BEING ROBBED
Bliss Student Says He was Lured
Into Auto by Three Men and
Left On Golf Course.

william Robertson, 23-year-old stu
dent of the Bliss Electrical SCHOOL. re-
ported to the police of No. 10 precinct
early today that he had been tied up
TO a tree in the Rock Greek golf course
lust oil Sixteenth and Underwood
streets by three men who picked him
I'D in their automobile and robbed him
OF S28
Robertson said he was leaving a
theater at Thirteenth and F streets
when the three men drove by and Of
fered to take him TO the Bliss School in
Takona Park. He said he entered the
machine and drove out Sixteenth street.
At Underwood, he said the driver turned
in TO the golf course, where they trussed
him up with adhesive tape, robbed him
and tied him TO tree.
He said ne managed to free himself
in about 10 minutes and went to the
precinct TO report the robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
?. MPLOYESHELD
WILLING TOFOREGO
INCREASE IN PAY
Officials Reveal Attitude in
Conference With Hoover
at Rapidan Camp.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
ORANGE, Va, May 23.-Preliminary
conferences at President Hoover's Rap
idan camp. between the Chief Execu-
tive and the heads of the Post ONCE
Department, revealed today that many
representative employees had indicated
their willingness to forego pay increases
for the time being.
The meeting between Mr.. Hoover,
Postmaster General Brown and the four
Assistant Postmasters General contin-
ued throughout the afternoon. and was
scheduled to go into the night.
The afternoon session, it was said at
the camp, was devoted to consideration
of methods of reducing expenditures
below congressional appropriations.
The results Of last years drive to re-
duce postal expenditures were reviewed.
Review Activities.
The discussion also included a re-
view of the activities in each division
of the department preliminary to to-
nights conference as well as several
more to be held in Washington during
the week
The President and the Postmaster
General saw great difficulty ahead in
reducing expenses without discharging
employees.
The employees who have indicated to
the Postmaster General that they would
be willing to defer salary increases
coming to them automatically through
the operation of civil service laws, said
they felt in doing SO they were per-
forming real and patriotic service.
Plan No Reductions in Force.
No reductions in pay are contem-
plated, it was said. nor are any reduc-
tons in the number of employees under
consideration except through death,
designations or changes
Tonight's conference was devoted to
a complete analysis of the activities of
the airmail and the ocean mail divi-
sions Assistant Postmaster General
Glover discussed some of the activities
in the airmail service with the Presi-
dent on the trip up to the camp from
Washington this morning
Before comforting with postal officials
today the President delivered the first
radio address he has ever made from
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cent of normal rainfall against 100 last
year; North Dakota, 81, against 81;
Montana, Al, against l2l; Nebraska, 54
against $50; Idaho, SO, against ia.
Kincer said that while some damage
already has been done to the Spring
wheat crop, If good rains come in June
the situation would be saved.
From the East through the South
heavy downpours have given an ade-
quate supply, stored up sub-soil mois-
ture and replenished in some cases deep
wells dried out last Summer.
New York Ohio, West Virginia, Ken
lucky. South Carolina, Florida, Arizona
and New Mexico last month had more
than 100 per cent of normal rainfall
Recent rains have relieved the situa-
ton in the Lower Mississippi and Ohio
Valleys, IN the Southwest and along the
Lower Great Lakes. More is needed,
however to restore the water from the
deep soil which was depleted by the
burning sun OF last year.
Washington, Oregon, California and
Idaho have experienced severe dryness
for three years. Some rain recently
has helped but more is needed to make
up for deficiencies In April California
had So per cent OF n0rmal rainfall
against 90 in 1880. Oreg5naand Wash
ington were better of. the former with
% against 81 and the latter with %
against 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
HANGS SELF IN JAIL
WITH BELT MOOSE
Prisoner at Ninth Precinct Com
mits Suicide After Arrest for
Intoxication-

Joseph Aloysius Welsh, I'LL Park
place northeast, hanged himself lasJ
night in a cell at the ninth precinct
jail wh5re he was held on charge Of
He used his belt
Police regulations require that pris-
oners belts and neckties be taken away
during the searching process before be-
ing put IN cells.
Policeman E. r. Shoemaker, who ar
rested the man and who searched him
before he was placed in cell, told In
spector Albert j. HeadIeY that the top
of the mans trousers were rolled down
and that he did not notice the belt.
An inquest viii be held Tuesday
at 1880.
Welsh was arrested at noon yester-
day when Patrolman Shoemaker an
swered call that man was lying I'M
conscious in the alley in rear of GA E
street northeast He took Welsh TO
Casualty Hospital, where several slight
wounds about the head were dressed.
and then brought him TO the station,
where he was booked on charge of
At $40 o'clock he was given a can
of water by one of the officers at the
station, and at $40 o'clock he was dis
covered harGing from the top of the
cell Efforts to revive him were futile
Welsh, police learned, was unemployed.
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WOMAN NEAR DEATH
AFTER AUTO WRECK
Four Others Injured; Capital Won
an Driver Arrested by
Police.

Miss Charlotte David Of the Chaplin
Apartments, 1874 Chaplin street, was re-
ported in critical condition at Emer-
gency Hospital as the result Of an auto
mobile accident on the Colesville pike
near Four Corners. Nd. late yesterday.
Three other Washington women and
che from Alexandria, Va, also were re-
ported hurt and another Washingto-
MAN. Mrs. Ruth Irene Pritchard, 3I10
Varnum street, was arrested by Mont
gomery police on a charge OF reckless
oriying.
Miss Agnes Sheetz. 426 North Fayette
street. Alexandria also was admitted 10
Emergency Hospital. but her condition
vas not reported as being serious. Miss
Wiihelmina Rose. 1895 Randolph place
Miss Audrey Hotel, 2948 o street. and
Miss Annabelle Rogers, 1921 Belmont
street, received first-aid treatment al
Walter Reed Hospital and were taken
TO their homes.
Those injured were occupants of a
machine driven by Miss Rose which
was in collision with the car driven by
Mrs. Pritchard. The first car was
thrown into a culyert and upset Police
man d. L. Snyder of the Montgomery
County department arrested MIS-.
Pritcllar6 when witnesses said her auto
mobile emerged from a side road on
the left OF Miss Roses machine.
The five women were pinned in the
machine and were rescued by Paul Cur
ran. vino resides nearby and who said
he witnessed the accident All Of the
injured were taken TO the Army Medi-
cal Center by Montgomery County
police
Miss David, according to hospital at
tcndants, received q compound fracture
of the right leg Which may necessi-
tate amputation. Three hours after she
was admitted to the hospital she was
still in an operating room. Her right
arm also was broken.
Mrs Pritchard was released later by
police in bail of $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
PAPAL NUNC|O EXIT
FROM SPAIN LOOMS
Diplomatic Rupture Forecast
as Vatican Bars Envoy
Named by Republic.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press
MADRID. May 23.-The Spanish
religious situation became more unset
tied tonight when 1t was reported in
authoritative circles that Papal Nuncio
Tedeschini might leave Madrid in a few
days.
During the past week Mgr. Tede-
schini has been holding frequent secret
conferences with President Niceto Al
Gala Zsmora concerning Pope Plus
note of protest against recent anti
church riots and destruction of church
property
In the past such departures of papal
nuncios have been regarded as a pro-
logue to a rupture of diplomatic rela-
tons 1t was said a secretary probably
would be left in charge of the nuncia-
tura here.
Greed Freedom Guaranteed.
This latest development follows upon
last nights cabinet decree guarantee
ing equal freedom of worship for all
creeds in Spain. generally regarded as
the first step toward separating the
state and church Many Catholics
consider this decree as a direct viola
ton of the concordat signed with the
Vatican in 1851.
1t was said the government here did
not intend to appoint successor to
Luis Zulueta. designated as Ambassa-
dor to the Vatican City but reported
as persona non grata there under the
present circumstances. He probably
will remain in Madrid with the title
CT Ambassador to the Vatican.
Envoy Outcome Waits.
President Alcala Zamora said tonight
the governments next move in the
problem created by the refusal of the
Vatican to accept Luis De Zulueta as
Spanish Ambassador will await the re-
turn of Foreign Minister Lerroux from
Geneva.
1t was learned the President had a
private conference today with De zu-
Continued on Page 4, Column H.
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SCHUMANN-HEINK SCORES WOMEN
OPPOSING ALIEN BORN CHILDREN
Turns Back Audience Sing Youngsters on Stage
After War Mothers Object

bank Of we'll scrubbed black, yellow and
white faces, crooned a mothers lullaby
especially for them. Then the chill
dren sang The Star Spangled Banner"
with her.
When Schumann- Heink finished her
singing and after the applause did
down, she stepped TO the footlights and
said: a
las a war mother / know what II
means to suffer gave five sons, four
TO Uncle Sam and one to his old father
land.
1T is UP 10 the war mothers TO teach
their children the love of law--and not
make difference between black or
yellow or brown or white skins
Don't make difference in race or
creed. You make war among YOUR
selves-through your children.
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BY the Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO May %. - Nine.
Ernestine Schumann- Heink, world
famed singer, has rebuked war mothers
here because of their protests concern
ing appearance of foreign hlooded chill
dren at a recital marking dedication Of
a memorial auditorium.
City Manager James Dean told Nine
Schumann- Heink some of the mothers
had protested the scheduled appear
ance last night Of Chinese, japanese,
Negro, Portuguese and Italian children
on the stage
The women thought such a melting
pot" aggregation was not representative
Of the American race.
Last night the singer turned her back
upon her adult audience and facing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
BAKER-ROOSEVELT
BATTLE IS SEEN
FOR NOMINATION
New York Governor Faces
Real Fight With 0hio'S
"Favorite Son."
BY C. GOULD LINCOLN.

A major battle for the Democratic
nomination for President will be waged
in the Democratic National Convention
a year from now between Gov Franklin
D. Roosevelt of New York and former
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker of
Cleveland, Ohio, in the opinion Of some
OF the most well informed and astute
leaders of the Democracy today.
Such battle does not necessarily
mean that the nomination ultimately
will go to either Roosevelt or Baker.
There are other Democratic presidential
possibilities whom the lightning may
strike But as matters are shaping up
now. unless Gov Roosevelt should make
a runaway race of the presidential pref
erential primaries net Spring, sharp
contest at the opening of the conven-
ton balloting is likely to develop be-
tween the New Yorker and Ohios little
great man.
Roosevelt Out in Front.
It has been common talk for long
time that Gov. Roosevelt lis out in
front" in the race for the presidential
nomination. However. in recent weeks
there has been more and more talk of
Newton D. Baker as a serious contender
for the nomination. Mr.. Bakers
strength, it is said. will lie in the fact
that he was an important figure in the
World War and in the Wilson admins
tration. and the fact that he has ranged
himself on the side of some change in
the prohibition laws, although his nomi-
nation would not be regarded as often
sive to the Southern dry Democrats in
the same degree as would the nominal
ton of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of
New York or Gov Albert c. Richie of
Maryland
Another name which is constantly
mentioned in connection with the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination is that
of Owen D. Young of New York, chair
man of the board of the General Elec-
trio Co. Mr. Young, however. so con-
sistently discourages any effort to start
q boom for him that the practical poll
ticians in the Democratic party are
wondering how on earth he could ever
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T0ADS ON LONG HOP

VANCOUVER. B. c., May % pa
cargo OF 'hops" will arrive here Mon
day en- route 10 the United States, but
it's nothing for the prohibition DEPART
ment TO worry about
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress
Of Russia IS bringing several thousand
live toads from China and Japan to be
distributed from Indianapolis to med
icaI schools and laboratories through
the continent for biological purposes.
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-28 PAGES.
General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Schools and Colleges-Page B-6
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page Bio.
PART TWO-8 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
At Community Centers-Page 4.
Serial Story. Robbers Roost"-Page s.
The Home Garden--Page 6.
PART THREE-IO PAGES.
Society Section.
D. A. r. Activities-Page 7.
Gold Star Mothers-Page 8.
PART FoUR-IO PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio,
IN the Motor world-Page 4.
Aviation-Page S.
News of the Clubs-Page 6.
American Legion-Page 6.
Organized Reserves-Page 6.
Marine Corps News-Page 6.
FrateTnities-Page 7.
District of Columbia Naval Reserve
Page 8.
Army and Navy News-Page 8.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 8.
Y. w. c. A. News-Page 8.
Radio-Page 9.
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART SHIP PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver-
Using.
District National Guard-Page 70.
Disabled Veterans-Page H.
w. c. T. U.-Page II.
PART SEVEN-20 PAGES.
Magazine Section
The Bridge Forum-Page IA
Reviews of the New Books-Page Is.
Notes OF Art and ArtiSts-Page Is.
News Of the Music World-Page II.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 10.
Boys and Girls Page-Page 19.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COLORED SECTIONS PAGES.
Tarzan, Moon Mullins; Mr. and Mrs.
the Timid Soul; Regular Fellers; Lit
tie Orphan Annie: HighlightS of His
tory and Mutt and JEFF.