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RIVOLI-SAN RENITO

The thrill of a lifetime which
comes not many more times than
once 10 most lives. arrived en- masse
and with n bang for the children
Of San Bernardino. California.
For a period Of two weeks they
were called upon to act for a talking
picture.
Before Paramount sent a company
sixty-five miles from Hollywood %
San Bernardino. to make episodes
of Percy 'CrOsby's "Skippy.' which
viii open Saturday at the Riv1li
Theatre, San BenitO. arrangements
were made with school officials 70
permit one hundred children Of the
off-studio city 10 perform In atmos-
phere bits.
Children. whom II was considered
most needed tho money. were select
ed and given permission By the beard
or education to work with Jackie
Cooper. as Skippy; Robert C00gan.
fiye-year old brother Of Jackie Coo
gan. rs Sooky; Jackie Scarf and
other film players.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

All of the gun play. thrills. tense
moments. treaChery, man hunting
and the like or the old DAYS az the
westerns. have been embodied IN a
Fox Moyietone production. Not
Exactly Gentlemen directed by
Benjamin Stoloff and featuring Vic
tor Laglen of immortal 'Flaqg'
fame OF What Price Glory and
The Cock-Eyed World" with Fay
Wray more beautiful and talented
than ever before playing the leading
feminine role. Opening day will be
tomorrow a. tho Capitol Theatre.
mot Exactly Gentlemen" is a lit
ting title for the central figures are
three oesperadoes played by McLag-
len, Lew Cody. and Eddie Gribton.
hunted men, who join the famous
land rush when the Dakotas were
opened TO homesteaders by the gov
eminent. their objective not es-
sentially land, but claims 10 gold
discovered in tire Black Hills.
The supporting cast includes two
former stars of the screen and stage.
Robert Warwick and FRANKLIN Far
mum.
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QUEEN

There IS Just one thing that will
stir Buck Jones UP to the point q
Dragging a bit, and that Is a new
accomplishment acquired BY his
horse. Silver. You see, Buck, whose
newest starring vehicle for Colum-
bia Is The Fighting Sheriff" which
opens at the Queen tomorrow. has
done SO many remarkable things
himself that it's practically impos-
sible for him TO wax enthusiastic
over any of his own new stunts.
But Silver Is different Silver Is the
acc cowboys pride. and every time
the talented animal masters a ncN
trick. Bucks chest Swells with par
donable pride.
Silver has shown approval Of hts
masters new leading lady, Loretta
Sayers. who plays opposite Buck in
The Fighting Sheriff. by condo
scending TO eat Q couple or llsnDs
or sugar from her hand. Besides his
accomplished trio-Buck. Loretta
and Silver-the cast Of the Picture
includes Robert Ellis, Nena Quaf-
taro, Tom Bay. Paul Fix. Harlan T..
knight. Lillianne Leighton, Lillian
Worth and Clarence Muse. Louis
King directed.
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for five cents find suddenly that
their cash customers now want 10
look at the spires OF the new sky
scrapers. Only when night falls In
there much interest the stars.
During daylight hours. interest is
chiefly III casting an eve upon the
Chrysler or Empire State peaks.
Broadway now has It's quarter
in-the-slct~ movie houses, a. well
rs us automatic restaurants. Pa
irons enter throurh "a turnStile.
after dropping their coins III y
slot. They are known rs the
Trans-Lux theaterS. and are ultra
mOdernlstic They are 70 be
little theaters.' devoted 70 newa
reels. the larger or two seating
about 200 persons. WY Projection on
the screen Is obtained from back o.
the screen. rather than from the
front via a new device known az
daylight" screens.
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Great Gulf Ports of Texas

Sen. Tom Connally is a native son of Texas. His ad-
dress before the East Texas Chamber of Commerce
was a classic. He stressed transportation and its i'm
p~ortance to the people Of a great commonwealth.
There is one chapter OF the Connally address that
should appeal to those who know the value OF water
as well as rail transportation. It should be placed in
the scrap books Of al the people who are marching
with the car of progress:
To-day, as We stand in the most splendid period Of
the earth'S material development. In which mankind
enjoys the largest measure OF comforts and convenien-
ces and not the means OF their attainment. we realize
that commerce and transportation 60 hand in hand,
inseparable as the Siamese twins. Neither can live
without the other. When one perishes the other dies.
The same current of life blood carries nouriShment a
like 10 both. The seeds Of disease that furnishes the
one destroys the other. Already East Texas is we'll
served By advantages Of transportation. The coming
years will witness It's improvements.
six great ports. Orange, Beaumont, Port Arthur,
Texas City. Galveston and Houston serve East Texas.
God made the sea. He gave man dominion over e.
Here at your very gate lies a broad and ready high
way to the markets Of the world. Commerce, ever
finding the lines Of least resistance. with an eye that
never sleeps. searching for the cheapest and smooth
est roadways. Is nj your very door.
Port Arthur IS the greatest oil refining center in
the world and there go forth each year from its great
cargoes that find their way to every part Of the earth.
From Galveston and Houston 60 forth Argosies
laden with cotton and grain and other tonnage. not
alone from our own state, but from the Mississippi
valley to our north. From Texas ports in 1924 exports
Of greater value were sent on their journey TO he
markets of the world than left the ports Of any other
state. New York and Texas, year in and year out,
compete for first place IN their contributions to Ameri-
can export trade. There passes through Texas ports
more goods than are shipped through all the ports u
the Pacific.
The ports are dependent upon the hinterland. They
-.~--t o,,-t-f 4Hr~,-rfv~- RI 41~ftr- 4trA
stretches back from the shore must support and
strengthen them Its products must be brought TO ship
side. Railroads traversing East Texas connect with
the gateways 70 the sea. Within recent years marvel
GUS improvements in highway building is connecting
the towns and cities OF East Texas in a network Of i'm
proved and permanent highways. These arteries Of
transportation viii serve not alone as roadways to To-
cal markets. to social and civic centers but will serve
as t%hrobbing channels Of trade and commerce. neces-
sary for growing business ard industry. The years Just
ahead will witness increased highway construction and
Improvement Of facilities or transportation and COM
municaton."
And below Galveston, I'll the way 70 Brownsville.
where the Rio Grande throws its waters into the gulf
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coined new ones. Irene showed no
ahsentmindedness now. but occa-
sionally she drew coyly away from
him for a surreptitious glance 10
see IL Tommy were still at the gate.
IL seemed 10 her a long while
before he left. To Prentiss It was
only a moment before Irene sud
denly insisted that she must 20.
Truly she was an enchanting per.
son 10 hold In your arms. Prentiss
was reminded Of something q
friend had said about m~odernistic
furniture. 81 couldn't live with II
any more than | could live with an
angular woman"
He smiled 10 think how out Of
place Irene would be IN a geometric
setting. He did not at all like TO let
her 20. And he wanted 70 come
early the next morning 10 tell her
parents he was going 10 marry her.
Irene insisted that Il shouldn't be
before noon. Then he could take
her, she thought. out on the island
somewhere 10 lunch.
He fingered al the door until she
had. by degrees. literally closed II
in his face. She did not wait 10
hear him walk down the porch
steps but dashed upstairs 10 Beryl's
room. The door was open for the
room had none too many windows.
Irene paused on the threshold and
said e~xcItedly. Hello. are you
awake"
well. ~ wasn't ! would be
now" Beryl answered.
Irene stepped inside the room
and switched on a light Beryl
blinked and started TO protest but
Irene cut her short.
1--WE got something 10 tell you,"
she said. sitting down on the bed
Wouldn't it keep until morn
ing?" Berry, asked.
Irene pouted. why are you al
ways SO cranky with me?"
Her babyish tones nonplussed
Beryl. who sat up and stared AZ
her. Irene. the little snip, accusing
her OF being cranky
I'VE could act like sisters once
in a while. couldn't WEI" Irene
went on. Il thought you'd like 70
know what's happened. but when
come TO tell you 1 get q dig"
"I1l bet it's something you want,
Beryl said bluntly.
Irene got 10 her feet. i've half
a notion not 10 tell you now" she
declared. but l don't have 70 be
mean just because you are" she
added, unwilling TO f0rego the
pleasure of giving Beryl a jolt
mo-" Beryl said. and now she
was beginning 70 be amused. Irene
could D. 50 unwittingly funny a.
times. she thought
"And ! guess you'd sleep better
too IL you knew H." Irene returned
with a smirk that gave the remark
a catty meaning.
! Then you'd better tell me,
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OF the hurt that would follow for
Tommy.
Would Irene care enough not 10
cause il? Would she wait with
Prentiss until Tommy had gone
away? Surely she had heard him
whistling?
RERYL prayed that Tommy
- would 90 away. But he didn't
He stayed and she could sec the
glow of n cigaret after another
as he lighted them and threw them
away after a puff or two at eact.
Poor kid. what an awful state he
must be in, She wondered II Irene
had broken a date with him. Irene
had not told her family or the
breaking of her engagement 10
Tommy. but Tommy hadn't been
around all that day. or telephoned,
and Beryl was puzzled.
Then Il came to her that Irene
too was praying he would leave.
This was true enough. except that
Irene IA turning the occasion 10
her advantage. When she saw
Tommy at the gate she had been
fairly petrifed for a moment. Be
fore she could think OF what 70 say
or do Tommy's whistle broke the
stiffness around them.
IL startled Prentiss. Nervous, he
asked sharply: what the deuce
IL that?"
Irene sank back in his arms. It's
that silly Tommy Wilson" she said
In disgust. lin a minute he'll be
serenading her"
"Serenading who?"
"Why Beryi. OF course" Irene
sighed. IF he only knew how she
makes fun OF him."
Prentiss' brows knitted in doubt.
Il thought you said she's crazy
about him." he reminded Irene.
Irene h~esitated. seeing she'd
made this error. but excuses, alibis
and explanations were second IA.
ture 10 her. She was soon ready to
explain the apparent discrepancy
In her statements.
"Yes," she said lightly. 'but you
e Beryl Is a level-headed person
She calls most . most demon
STATIONS Of affection nonsense"
And Prentiss. remembering that
he had been unable to fall In love
with Beryl. thought that Il might
have been because she was cold.
Not at all like the warm little kit
ten In his arms.
He frightened his arms and Irene
snuggled closer 20 him Her sud.
den melting. which made her safer
from discovery by Tommy. seemed
fully warranted now that a girl
like Beryl had been painted as
harsh and ~unfeeling.
THERE was no doubt that Prem
= tiss was pleased with the
change In her mood. He called her
ali the old love names and even
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BEGIN HERE ID

BERYL BORDEN. secretly I'm
love with TOMMY WILSON. de-
lays his eiopement with her half
sister. IRENE EVERETT, hut
fails TO convince him that Ia In
his duty 20 finish college.
Irene wants 10 he n radio
singer and is furious when N
fails and BeryI succeeds In secur-
inE n contract. Beryl's debut wins
applause and new friends hut she
cannot forget her hopeless love
though she goes TO gay parties
with the wealthy PRENTIsS
GAYLORD. Irene tries 20 win
FrentISs' interest when BeryI be-
comes al. He n deceived by her
pose Of childish Innocence. Irene
uses every TIe "a force him 90 N
declaration ns she has promised
20 mary Tommy In n week.
Tommy's aunt dies and cave.
him less money than he had cx-
pected from the family state.
Her husband loses some OF this by
unwlSe Investment hut permits
Tommy 10 keep his Job rs man.
rEer Of his theater. Then HOFF-
MAN sells the thenter and tells
Tommy 90 look for another Job.
when Tommy tells Irene his bad
luck. b breaks their engage
mcnf.
Prentixs asks Irene tn marry
him, and she half agrees.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
TOMMY waited by the gate. long
- ing for a glimpse OF Irene. see
ing lights IN the house and trying
70 believe that she might be there
wishing he'd come. late as 1t was,
or writing a note to him perhaps.
Behind the curtain of an upstairs
room a girl peered out at him. II
was not Irene. and he did not see
her. The girls heart was pounding
like a trip-hammer as she knelt on
the floor beneath the window. the
better to e him.
Didn't he knew couldn't he
see.
Then Bcryl saw that Prentiss
had parked his a a little beyond
the Everett gate. And II was the
Limousine. Perhaps Tommy did not
know that It belonged to the Gay.
lords. Beryl thought that perhaps
she wouldn't have known Il herself
II II hadn't had the same motor as
that in PrentIss' roadster. II was
too dark under the trees for her
TO see distinctly.
But surely Tommy could see
and know that Il was not a car
that belonged to the neighborhood
Could he e Irene with Prentiss
Beryl shivered with anxiety as
she knelt and watched. No. Tommy
couldn't know yet or he would not
be whistling there in the dark. But
at any moment Irene might get out
or the car with Prentiss and start
Tor the house. What would happen
then?
Beryl was thinking less OF the
scene that might take place than
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Beryl replied. I'll need q good
sleep after this"
ONCE she would not take up the
- lead thrown her Irene came out
IN the open. Il know you'll be re-
lieved on Tommy's account" she
said tartly. "since you've made X
plain enough that you don't think
I'm good enough for him. But I'm
not sore about IL. I think you're
right about one thing. I'm not
meant 70 ~ a poor mans wife. I'd
hate II. and poor Tommy hasn't
even n lob. y"
She stopped. Beryl was staring
at her with a ~ferceness that fright
ened her.
what do you n jobG-
Beryl demanded.
"Well. don't blame me-" Irene
said. shrinking back. Il had moth
ing 70 do with IL. His uncle fired
him"
Fired him?" Beryl cried. when
and what for?"
Irene shrugged. II guess he
didn't exactly fire him." she cor
rected. but It's practically the
same thing. Mr.. Hoffman sold the
theater and Tommy Is just natur-
ally out or luck"
Beryl laughed. a broken. mirth-
less series or sound. "Just natur.
ally out OF luck" she repeated.
"And you're throwing him over br.
cause or that-out OK luck. ] ven
deri"
You would say something like
that" Irene replied. jerking her
chin into the air.
"Yes. / would" Beryl fared back
az her. "and II you don't get out or
here I'll say a lot more"
She was thinking OF Tommy
whistling AZ the gate while Irene
hid in another mans car a few feet
away. II might have been a protec-
tive act IL Irene had meant ID that
way. but Beryl knew she had done
It because she was as scared as N
rabbit.
She'd like 10 tell Prentiss Gay
lord what she thought or him :
taking an engaged girl out
and laughing maybe. at Tommy.
Irene was az the door when Beryl
called wait a minute!" with such
commanding earnestness that Irene
halted against her will and looked
back.
did you tell Preutlss that
Tommy vas looking for you tonight
that you're engaged 70 Tommy"
Beryl shot az her.
Irene did not answer for q few
seconds until q little or her self
assurance returned. Then. well.
she said with q sneering little
laugh. you could hardly expect me
to say that I'm engaged 70 Tommy
when I've just promised TO marry
Prentiss."
ITO Be Continued)
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Now They're Calling Pulitzer Novel
Award The Surbfize Of the
Year"-SOng Brings Wandering
BOYS Home.
NEW YORK-Notes from a con-
venient cuff:
Margaret Ayres Barnes. winner
OF this years Pulitzer prise for the
best novel Of the year. did her first
writing while pr0pped Up IN bed
following an accident. And the
drama critics are calling the
Pulitzer play award "the SurpriEe"
ofthe year.
Morton Downey. the radio bal
ladist. put on Where is MY Wan
dering Boy Tonlght?" after All
these years-and the other day re-
ceived letters from n dozen moth
ers thanking him. and comment
ing that their own wandering
bows had heard ID and came home
.... Whereas. meeting Amos and
Andy a few days ago, they told me
that after their sob" sequence
about Ruby Taylor" they had re
ceived. among other things, half a
dozen floral wreaths in case she
died.. These two fabulously pop
uiar broadcasters appeared as
masters Of ceremony recently AZ a
party for Leo Garlic. who return
cd TO the screen under the Tiffany
independent banner.
And Amos told that good old
yarn about the fellow who had
been drinking too much prohibition
hooch and went 10 a doctor for an
examination. The doctor made n
test OF his blood, and the patient
inquired rs 70 what he had found.
well. Ill tell you said the
medico. "I'd be willing ~ give you
$50 a case for your blood rs II now
stands"
BY the way. Garlic promises To
bring his favorite role III "Lom-
bardi, Ltd" to the screen soon.
And while this may interest no
body outside o. New York, there
are now said 10 DC $1,000 speak
easies in Manhattan. and some
thing Ike a billion dollars a year
are spent IN them ". The cost or
alleged protection Is placed az
$50 ono 600. though I haven't the
sllyhtEst idea who Re.s II.
Ran into an odd character the
other day.....Ha calls himself
"Cornbread Stokes" and he comes
from Harlan. X ....." Cornbread'
Is the last OF the "bonecracker.'
And II you don't know what
that Is, well, ! had just about for
gotten. too. But many OF the
old minstrel show fans will recall
Mr.. Bones. and how he rat
tied the clappers together.
Well. "Cornbread" Stokes used
10 ST IN the sunshine or hts native
state and crack the bones OF
COWS and horses. driving them IN
the sur and peddllng them 10 show
men ard natives Rex Cole. the
big refrigerator man. heard about
him and brought him on ~ New
York To Join the Cole hill-hilly
band.
Variety. the theatrical weekly,
reports that no Tom" shows have
taken 10 the road this season..
And without IN Uncle Tom"
troupe coming through the town.
Id just as soon live In the big
city.
The army OF telescope manipu-
latOrs who used 20 let YOU take a
peep AZ Venus and other planets
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Rotary Delegate To
Vienna Tells Plans
lRY SInff CORRESPONDENT

SAN BENITO. May 28.-Charles
C.. Bowie. the san Benito Rotary
Clubs delegate Id the international
convention which viii he held ~
Vienna this summer. told members
or his plans 10 leave Wednesday. at
this weeks meeting M the Stone
wall Jackson Hotel.
He will said from New York June
10 on the Bremen.
While away, Mr.. Bowie will visit
familiar old scenes and friends and
60 10 oxford 70 receive his M. a.
degree. He was at oxford from 1922
to 1925. having won a scholarship.
and spent an additional year IN
business In London.
John II. LomaX addressed the club
on a Rotarlans obligation 70 serve
on juries.
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MOVIE SIDELIGHTS

when you get right down 70 cases.
Certainly Detectives Clarity and
Mulligan hadn't the least idea OF
what Ii was all about; and II you
want the present writer's opinion,
Sherlock Holmes himself would
have found 1t an almost impossible
Job 10 unrayel the tangled skein OF
weird. blood-curling occurrences.
Garritv is Joe Frisco. whom you've
probably seen in vaudeville with his
cigar, his derby hat tilted on one
side or his head. and his shutting
d~ance-steps. Wei. he's the same
10. Frisco. and Sc screen has an
ether find And Detective Null
llgan Is that sterling comedian
Harry Bribhon.
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Victor McLaglen, and Edmund
Lowe, Flag" and "Quirt" of
What Price Glory" and Cock
eyed World" fame return 10 the
screen in Women OF all Nations
booked for first Valley showing a.
the Arcadia Theatre. starting sat
urday mid-nite matinee.
AS be-fittinG the title their
amorous activities are ~ many
lands including Nicaragua. Sweden.
Panama, Brooklyn. and wind I'D in
the midst Of a Harem In Turkey.
Fl Brendel. who made his screen
debut IN the "Cock-eved World" Is
again Olsen. the b~lrnderinr Swede
marine, and a great foil for the
rough necks Others & the featured
supporting cast are. Greta Nissen.
Fiji Dorsay. Marjorie White. and
Joyce Compton.
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Ronehead Inaugural
Is Hooted Down
IN sIalL C0rresnnndenN

HARLINGEN. May 29.-Dr- - q.
Delfs. elected Big Bone of the Bone
head Club. tried 70 deliver an IN
augural address but was hooted down
In the well known Bonehead fashion.
Other 1T officers of the club are
N. j. Koppel. little bone; Joe White,
rhrenologist: Cecil Carruth, ". u.
Galbraith and John r. Floore. pub
Lefty committee; Bill Ewing. trea-
sUrCr: b. u. Martin. business mana
ger: TT. T.. Oler. Ned Sondock ard
Don VALLEY. initiation committee:
sam Emerson. finance chairman.
r.. G.. Smith. bone crusher; a. z.
DAM Moody, nut cracker: Bill FL
wing. Or. George Gallaher. Charles
Hundley. program committee; Joe
Junkln. president of Bonehead Uni
verslty.
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Brownsville Has:

]. A population in 1881 OF over $4,000.
2. A mean average temperature of 73.
!. Bank deposits, SS,OOO,O 900.
L. Four railroads, seven paved highways.
S. international airport. five air lines.
. "A $6.VOO.OOO deep water port financed
Z. The best climate. soil in the world.
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COL. BILL

HARLTNGEN. May 29-Col. and
Mrs. w. r.. Easterwood or Dallas
we're expected TO return 70 the Val
lev Saturday for the wedding of
Miss Gladys Hood To Hubert Her
ron. They were I'm the Valley last
week but left % attend the district
Legion convention I'm Laredo.
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HIS CAREER RTJNFD

A. last he got a speaking part.
ne was supposed 70 reply 1T ISL
when the tragedian uttered the
words. 1T is the end
The night arrived and every-
lhlng was going fine. He heard
me words, 1T is the end" and
took I'D his cue.
us it?' he Said-Tft-Bits.
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San Benito Legion
To Decorate Graves

SAN BENTTO. May 29.-Members
OF Sam Jackson Post No. Ill Of the
American Legion will meet at the
Memorial Home at 10 a. m. Satrr-
day and proceed to the cemeteries
for decorations Of soldiers graves.
Memorial Day services will be held
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning with DR.. Hugh Robertson.
pastor and for former service and
preaching.
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Charged With Driving
While Intoxicated
DIV SAT- Corrrsnondent

HARLINGEN. May 29.-An exam
lining trial will be held Tuedsay for
j. s. McCracken Of Harrington on
charges Of driving while intoxicated
as an outgrowth Of the accident IN
which A. l.. Benoist Of Harrington
was injured. McCracken made $500
bond.
The al belonging to McCracken
collided with another and Beno,st
was assisting In moving the wreck
age when a third auto struck him
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DITTNfANN

Mystery and comedy % the nth
degree-that's The Gorillarl
The new picture ut the Dittmann
Theatre IS funny and thrillin~ BY
turns and sometimes at the same
time-which Is really going some,
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there are ports which are growing by leaps and bounds.
There are lower coast cities, having gulf ports which
will serve one Of the richest territories In all America
Build Texas7" Yes. but avoid sandbagging Texas
and Texans. There is a mark to sandbagl The Farmer
proposal of taxation calls for 1t.