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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
Roamers ...... I 0 o
All-StarS 1890. o 4 j

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Messrs Saficll end Thompson. Time OF
same-i hour and 53 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

A CRACK at Joe Click, outStand-
~ ing contender for the junior
~ lightweight crown now held by
Benny Bass, awaits the winner
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-03-31
Del Curto Promises
State Aid Marketing
Citrus Crop of 1892

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GANGMEN KILL
ALLEGED SPY
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ONFOOT
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Jimmie SOON
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SAYS HOLMES
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HOPE TO LIFT
QUARANTINE
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Removal of Potato
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EIks VIII Install
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Elsa School Election
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Free Grapefruit Brings
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Employees Present
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IN DUR
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
STORY FROM THE START

At a public dance Martin Forbes.
newspaper man. cuts In on Rhoda
Whites dance with Max Lewis.
whom Martin instinctively dislikes.
He overhears q conversation be-
tween Lewis and "a woman which
he realizes concerns Rhoda. Sensing
q newspaper story he tells Rhoda
or a blind al" inruiring the where
abouts OF -Rhoda Mcfarland" which.
he " convinced. a. the girls real
nAme- She denies iL but it's true
After her mothers death she had
been happy with her father IN Cali
fornia. where ne was a professor.
until misfortune came. Associated
with the blow was an uncle. Will
liam Royce. The father brings
Rhoda to Chicago, where he Is en-
gagged In mysterious work Rhoda
becomes a s-tenoErapher. The pro-
lessor dies suddenly. vainiy trying
70 give her "A message about pa
pera" IN "A trunk. Rhoda takes nm
apartment with a fellow-worker.
Babe" jennings. Martin learns that
the blind ad- advertiser IA C. ID.
Forster. uncle OK Lewis. Khoda ad-
mits 10 Martin that her real name
IL Mcfarland. "A mysterious claire
Cleveland" asks Rhoda for an In
terview.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Harry Sinclair in the East
Texas Field

Harry r. Sinclair has large interests In Texas. IA
has pitched hts tent in the East Texas fields. IL
made his way to Longriew In hts special car. He
was interviewed by correspondents of the great news
gathering associations. This Is what he said:
The East Texas oil field l. the biggest ! have ever
seen In the making, and ! believe II has never yet
been scratched. From reports 7 have received 7 be-
lisve gushers Of tremendous proportions will be mn
covered. even greater than the Perlnian field OF West
Texas and the great gusher fields OF Old Mexico.
am ready to spend several hundred thousands-yes
several millions ia this new field. we drove All
through. the country getting here and it looks better
than the Seminole or Oklahoma City fields
1T Is a matter or history that 40 years ago Roher.
1 Hill. q Texan, a g~eologist, scraped sufficient coin
together to pay the cost Of printing q little pamphlet
lie told the world III hts little book that Texas hai
vast underground lakes ar petroleum-the riches
treasure trove ID b. exploited the American world
over. HIS fellow Texans gave him the laugh. IN order
10 be able to make Z living re- deserted Texas for other
commonwealth Ire was a prophet without honor
I'D his own country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Smoke Out Process Delayed
For q Year

Congressional leaders are agreed that . decisive
clash on prohibition would 90 over to the new con-
gress ito be thrashed out with the 1892 presidential
convention just ahead" As predicted &c the time
Pres. Hoover submitted the Wickersham report to the
congress. prohibition is to continued as the football 81
politics In order to make ii ar issue In the campaign
Of 1882 1t is not Al economic issue. II NAV be a
moral issue. IL ID Is a moral issue j should not be d
political issue. Neither should it BE- a test Of the
republicanism Or democracy Of an American voter.
Chairman George WI. Wickersham. after two years in
vestigation or research work, left prohibition Just
where n found it-.up in the air. II will be an
up Ia the afr" issue in the coming presidential cam
paign. Moreover Ii will be- an excuse for the practical
politician with a Ielly-fish backbone and without
fixed convictions 10 10 his level best to sidetrack the
issues which concern the welfare and the w~ell-being
81 the farmers and the wage workers Of America.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Those Who Use the Highways
Should Pay For Them

According to an important bulletin published by the
American Petroleum Institute Oklahoma alone among
the % states which ere considering or may consider
changes in gasoline tax rates this year-has "a biz
pending designed to reduce the tax. The Oklahoma
measure would reduce the rate from four to three
cents . gallon. In other states increases Of one Or two
cents are proposed. Oklahoma. according to the bull
letin, adopted the gasoline tax III 1928, fixing the rate
at one cent per gallon. III 1924 the rate was increased
to two and one-half cents per gallon and In 1925 1t was
lifted to three cents. II became four cents ger gallon
in 1929. Income amounted to s~lo.s4l.6o9 In 1929 and
In the first half Of 1880 reached s~6,i75.s65. Total 1890
income Is estimated At sll 100000.
The entire income In Oklahoma Is devoted to high
way construction. improvement and maintenance pur-
poses, 90 2-S per cent going to state highways and
80 ~ per cent TO local units.
Introduction recently In the Tennessee legislature
Of q bin designed 70 increase the gasoline tax rate 70
six cents per gallon from five cents brought to ~ the
number Of states whose legislatures already are con-
sidering. Or probably will consider. changes In their
gasoline tax rates. Passage Of the bill In Tennessee
would make that state the fourth to impose a tax as
high a. six cents. the others being Florida, South
Carolina and Georgia.
States reported by the institute bulletin contenl-
plating changes In rate and the changes proposed
follow. Colorado, four cents to five cents, North
Dakota three cents 70 Tour cents Arizona Tour cents
to five cents Can increase defeated az the November
polls. North Carolina. five cents to six cents. Penn
sylvania. three cents to four cents. South Dakota.
four cents to five cents; Alabama. four cents to Tx
cents. Maine. four cents To five cents: Tennessee,
five cents To SIX cents; West Virginia, four cents To
five cents; Missouri, two cents to three cents; Iowa,
three cents to four cents; Kansas. three cents to four
cents, Michigan. three cents TO four cents; Minnesota,
three cents 10 five cents; Nebraska. three cents 20
four cents. Ohio. four cents TO five cents: Wisconsin,
two cents to four cents; Massachusetts, two cents to
three cents. New York. two cents to three cents; and
the District Of Columbia. two cents to four cents.
Yes. Those who use the highways must pay for
them Motoring Is going To b. an expensive luxury
In the near future if the gasoline tax il to pay fall
that the traffic will bear"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Shipments Of Vegetables From
Winter Gardens

Texas has its summer and winter gardens where
berry and vegetable growers arc very greatly III evi-
dence. "If the nation Is not fed ii will not be the
fault Of Southwest Texas which shipped out q total
81 1858 carloads OF vegetables and fruits last week,
establishing daily and weekly peaks for the fall and
winter season % date" editorializes an Alamo city
newspaper M0re0yc- the t-t-i wrS almost three times
the same week q ysax ago dua I'd the fact that hard
freeze came jim. l8 and lS. In the year 1880. follow
ing the snow and freeze AZ Christmas 1929. Cabbage
had the call OK 4s5 car loads III a single week. Then
came spinach. Cabbage sold a. low As SO a ton Or a
half cent a pound and spinach At 40 cents 4 blshel.
This j. q great year for vegetarians under the skies e.
Texas. Vegetable prices are not e%xorbltant and low
ers 81 spinach should be able ID gorge themselves to
the full
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
In Old Missouri

"A republican lawnaker ia old Missouri introduced a
resolution calling FOR the investigation Of the stafs
treasurer. also republican. Then the plan came An
THE legislator was arrested charged with soliciting ana
accepting a hribe; the state treasurer admitted tina.
he had been solicited to pay s400 for dynaniting
the proposed investigation measure.
There Is another side 70 the story The lawrnaker
holds that r. was framed and that d man in or near
the office M the treasurer attempted 70 force into hts
pocket s400 in currency.
Gov. Bill Murray 81 Oklahoma has recommended
that hts state shall appropriate q large sum To detray
the cost Of building . flophouse for seeptpg purposes
for the lawmakers ii order that they shall escape
contamination
Why not Missouri
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04


NO. naturally not. ! put II away.
Why, she said that a couple Or
years before my father died she'd
given him a paper TO take care or
for her. and thai now she neeeed
II terribly. and she thought ! might
be able to help her ind IL. 7 don't
know exactly why ! thought she
might he the woman You told me
about"
well. she ~. all right Anybody
could see that
This. she reflected. was a. much
H. ~ saw that she was a fool not
% have seen X for herself at the
first glance He really was Infuri-
ating. He vas staring at her now
In a blank abstraction. al ~ he
didn't know she was there. When
he walked up II was TO ask further
questions.
What does she ask you Co do7
Let her come and see you and 20
over your fathers papers ard pick
out what she likesf"
"All she asked me 10 do" Rhoda
told him. resolved TO stife her
wrath until she burst. was 20
come and lunch with her az the
Tip-Top inn today as soon after
twelve as 7 could. SO that she could
tell me all about II. And before
I went 7 thought I'd ask you to tell
me -
"Rhoda. you're not goingr"
He had had the grace 10 put an
upward quirk on that last word 10
make II sound like a question, but
he'd started. she thought 10 tell
her she shouldn't
of course I'm going" she salc.
-She may be all right ever if she
f. the woman you heard talking 10
Mfr. Lewis. Anyhow. I'm going 10
find out
You won't find out A thing from
her. That woman's clever. Rhoda.
and she's dangerous. You'd better
let her alone. You'd better let her
alone Why. she's got you half
fooled already
AT that. since II wasn't feasible
~ shake him till hts teeth ratified.
she turned and left him with a rush.
Unreasonably she was "a little dis
appointed that Martin was no
where about. not even IN the ofinr.
when she set out nc noon IN her
rendezvous She mustn't waste
time thinking about him now
though-except A. a warning rot
TO lose her temper again. Ter onIv
reason for going 10 lunch with the
woma was as she had told Mar
tin. 10 discover what it was All
about why these people she'd new
er heard of before wouldn't Lex her
alone She'd ret nowhere by act
ing suspicious or by asking skeptl-
cal questions. The more confident
Nv this Claire Cleveland took her
for a llght-wlt the more she'd b
likely TO give away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Troubles Of An Indiana
Republican Leader

An Indiana congressman. one of the trainers Of The
& o 7. Ia the Hoosier state. must face trial tn q court
Of justice for law violation. ne Is charged with hav-
ing snld pcSt offices and post office Jobs to the high
est riaHar- AS a result Uncle sam bounced four post
masters out OF their Jobs and the agents Of the de-
partment o. justice are snooping about fer the scalp
or others.
Il foxy democrat. VINO wasn't On the government
payroll. dug up the evidence cut republican higher
ups were given the hint of an explosion 10 come and
they beat the foxy democrat to HI Just another In
diana political sensation. That's all.