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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Mayor Walker, Six Ounces
Heavier, Returns to Probe

NEW YORK, Sept. %. P1-James
J. Walker. who found no place in
Europe where : New York mayor
may rest. was home today to resume
work and prepare for a personal ap-
peararce before Samuel Seabury's
inquisitors.
Completing an ll,000-mile rest
cure that turned out TO be a
round of fetes. dinners and honors
fit for a king. the bronzed mayor
came into port last night wearing
a smoke-blue suit topped BY a
white beret with a vizor.
Did I get any rest?" he echoed
q question. We'll. ! wouldn't call
it that. Every one was too nice"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Tax Law Amended

His physician. N. William Schroed-
er, who accompanied him. said the
mayor had gained six ounces In xix
weeks.
A smiling shrug was his answer
to questions about the legislative
investigation OF the city govern
ment. He wouldn't say much about
the inquiry into his brokerage ac-
counts or about Russell T.. Sher-
wood. his personal accountant.
whom Seabury's men have been
seeking 70 question.
There Is a plac~ to discuss those
things he said. This isn't it,
Newspapers haze forecast that he
viii be a witness at a public session
at the Seabury inquiry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
FLOORE DENIES
OFFICIAL DISCUSSION

- go
HARLINGEN, Sept. d. Food
ordinances passed by any particular
Valley city which would affect
products manufactured in any 9TH
err Valley city wire not discussed
at the meeting Of the Valley sec
retaries held here Monday. John
T. Floore, president of the associa-
ton stated this morning.
These ordinances yer discussed
informally Immediately after the
session adjourned. however" Floore
stated. and the general concensus
OF opinion expressed by those pres
ent was to the effect that passage
OF such ordinance was unwise and
would prove inimiral to that spirit
Of Valley cooperation for which We
are sSriving."
A meeting or the Harrington
Chamber Of Commerce to discuss
the milk pasteurization ordinance
recently passed by the Harrington
city commission has been called
for Wednesday night, Floore stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
State Highway Bids
Heaviest In History

AUSTIN. Sept. 22-tF-Sv mp
ed yesterday under the heaviest
bidding in the history Of the high
way department, the Tex high
way commission continued In ses-
sion today in the hope OF award
ing between $500. 900 and $1,000
600 in contracts before night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Escaped Convict Is
Seen In San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO. Sept. p. Up
Homer Edwards. convicted slayer
Of John w. Bradshaw. in Kendall
county in June. 1890. was being
sought In the city after reports had
been received by police that Ed
wards was seen in an automobile at
Houston street and Broadway last
night
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Valley Fair Catalog
Released October !

oLaIl ODLTeSDOnUPnI.J
HARLINGEN, Sept. o. The
most complete fair catalog in the
history OF the Valley Fair will be
ready about Oct /. according 10
'ohn 4. FIoore. manager.
When they are ready. copies will
De placed in the mP Is for every
rural box holder. department head.
ETC.. in the Valley and will be
mailed upon request to others.
The catalog has been support
ed with advertising bv many firms
from outside the Valley. according
10 Phil ID. Dixon who was in
charge Of the preparation OF the
catalog.
All departments with the various
awards r shown III the catalog.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Yacht Murder
Suspects Arrested

HUNTINGTON, NJ. H.. Sept. H.
R)-Dist. Atty. Alexander Blue
announced today that two suspects
in the buccaneer-like murder OF
Benjamin p. ColliI US had been ar
rested at Wilmington. Del.
Blue refused TO give their names
or the circumstances OF their ar
rest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
c. c. CHIEFS
TO GET LIST
OF PRODUCTS
Ordinance War Ac-
ton Reports Denied
By Secretaries

Valley chamber M commerce Sec
retaries meeting Monday afternoon
In Harrington discussed further the
campaign to induce a more gen.
eral consumption of valley-made
products In the Valley.
There was no discussion at the
meeting. however. as enormously
reported this morning in other
newspapers, OF the so-called or
dinance war between Valley cities,
started with the passage OF an
ordinance in Harlingen recently
restricting sale of pasteurized milk
to milk pasteurized in the Harlin-
gen precinct.
Report False
Il was quoted as leading the
fight against these Crdinances," @.
G. Richardson, manager Of the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce,
said.
HIS IL dLl tiIOl.
Il said nothing about the ordi-
nances. Nor did / hear any other
discussion of them.
Il would not presume to tell
Harrington or any other Valley city
how 10 run their city government"
Considerable interest has been
aroused throughout the Valley in
the ordinance matter. with plans
being made in Brownsville to pass
an ordinance restricting the sale
Of bread and similar foodstuffs in
this city to products made here.
Ordinances Considered
1t is Understood that Mercedes is
discussing a similar ordinance,
while in Harlingen cnere Is said 10
be considerable dissention over the
recently-passed milk ordinance.
The secretaries discussed several
other matters, taking no action on
them.
At their next meeting they viii
be presented with a complete list
Of Valley manufactured products.
This list Is now being prepTsed by
Mr.. Richardson chairman - the
committee conducting the cam
paign to encourage use Of Valley
PRODUCTS.
After the meeting the secretaries
Joined shippers in consideration Of
proposed increases J. rates.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

the salary reduction bills would be
passed today. 1t was feared by
many more the legislative would
spend several days ON the salary
cuts and not go home until the
session expires by constitutional
limitation, Octo-er 7. The session
started on its third week today.
A concerted move had been PLAN
ned TO ramrod the bills through
with a minimum Of delay and per-
haps end the session today. A
motion to cut off debate in the
house by m wing the previous ques-
ton will be made on each Of the
bills as soon as the main points
have been discussed. The bills we're
referred to the committee of the
whole house.
A resolution to adjourn sine die
tomorrow night was pending in the
senate. An amendment had been
offered to adjourn tomorrow. xhe
senate was expected to set a date
for adjournment before starting
consideration of salary reductions.
Ss,0O0,0 900 Cut Sought
Advocates Of the salary cuts
hoped to shave between 81, $685. 900
and So, 0 900 from the appropri-
alton bills passed by the regular
session.
The legislation was submitted at
the specific request of both houses.
Members of the house have been
sharpening their knife for days
and enough votes to place the cuts
into immediate effect was believed
assured in the lower branch. Con-
siderable doubt existed about action
of the senate.
Amendments probably will be Of
fered 10 the bills proposing gradu-
ated reductions. Advocates of this
plan declared employees in the high
er salaried brackets should be re-
duced more than those in the low
er brackets. A cut ranging from 5
to = per cent was favored by sew
eral members.
Both houses yesterday had pass
ed bills instructing the state auto
matte tax board to fix the ad
valorem tax rate for state purposes
at SO cents. The bill vas passed in
the house after a hard fight and
was amended several times. A free
conference committee to adjust diff
ferences between the two houses
was anticipat
Tax Law Amended
The house added an amendment
whereby the tax board will be per-
mitted to consider revenues antic-
ipated from taxes levied at the reg
ular session in fixing the rate. Ex-
isting statutes preclude considera-
ton Of revenues anticipated from tax
levies made in the regular session
nrecedinr the fixing of the rate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

IN OUR
VALLEY
A VALLEY BOOSTER is Mr.,

A VALLEY BOOSTER is Mrs.
Tom r. Lombard OF McAllen.
She notes an advertise
ment In N OF the nationally cir
culated magazines.
Advertisement includes a map Of
the United States.
Showing each state.
Noting the date on which frost
may be expected to strike.
Southern California and Florida
make the grade with this notation
Frost rarely strikes"
Tehas Is listed as getting its
fh7((t frost on NOV. 5 or Whereabouts.
with no distinction made be-
tween the Valley and the rest Of
the state.
And Mrs. Lombard wants to
know how Gomez
We showed the Brownsville
agency for this particular article
the advertisement.
And Mrs. Lombard's k--er.
And he was just as indignant as
she.
Promised to write the factory at
once.
To tell them the facts.
He'll do 1t.
And we may expect that subse-
ouent advertisements of this par
ticular company will be right
Don't blame the company.
The advertisement in question
was undoubtedly prepared by an
advertising agency.
whicn agency should have known
better.
We thank Mrs. Lombard for call
ing the matter to u attention.
She will have done the Valley a
lot OF good by interposins ner
objection.
Some people somewhere are go
ing to know something about the
Valley they did not kno- before.
Thanks to her interest IN U
Laley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

Cotton was eliminated yesterdays
as a legislative subject with the
adoption In both houses OF a free
conference committee report limit
ing acreage in 1882 and 1888 to 30
per cent Of the cultivated land In
1881.
Gov. r. S. Sterling yesterday sub
mitted appropriation bills with re-
commendation that salaries Of all
state employees. except those re-
ceiving s134 per month OF less. be
reduced by 10 -r cent. The cut
would apply to all but constitution
al offices and include departmental
employees. members Of the judiciary,
professors In the institutions Of
higher education and heads and
employees Of state eleemosynary in
situations.
Begin Third Week
An immediate avalanche of bills
followed submission of salary re-
auctions.
1t was hoped by many members
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
|Buy-in- Valley Campaign Meets Approval
Solons Turn
To Taxpayers Aid

AUSTIN, Sept. %. H1-The Texas legislature turn
ed today from consideration of legislation to control cot
ton acreage to measures designed to drastcaly reduce
the mounting state deficit and provide relief to ~beleaguer-
ed taxpayers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Begin Third Week

AUSTIN, Sept. %. tAP)-Gov.
Ross s. Sterling today signed the
bill reducing Texas cotton acre
age next year and in 1888 to about
one-half Of what IL was this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
Md that is something.
r A v hope.

HERE'S A FERVENT nope
That Gov. Sterling submits re-
districting to the present special
session Of the legislature.
Texas is entitled to three more
congressman
Unless the state is redistricted,
these three additional congressman
will be chosen from the state at
large.
And the state at large is in no
mood to have TO listen to some 20
or 30 candidates for the honor.
Especially ridiculous would
the proceeding be in view OF the
undoubted fact that the three
elected in 1882 as congressman at
large would serve only 2 years IN
that capacity.
For surely the legislature which
convenes on Jan. !, 1888, will pass
a redistricting measure.
To subject Texas to a campaign
such as would be projected In case
q redistricting bill Is not passed Is
needless cruelty.
WE VOICE THE above with due
regard for the feelings Of that old
ra tried and true friend Of the
I-f~- Gao u rTarrpf1
As commissioner Of agriculture,
MIR. Terrell was indeed a friend to
this section
We lave no doubt but that as a
CONGRESSMAN at large he would con-
tinue to be friend to this section,
and to every other section Of the
state for that matter.
But we cannot help but feel that
all of us would be better off with
out such a campaign.
DOESN'T 1T SEEM funny, or
does 1t, to hear political talk again?
1882 viii be a big year. POLITICAL
ly speaking.
From constable to president. our
county state and national officers
viii be elected.
Morris Sheppard will be up for
r~e-election to the u. S senate.
Herbert Hoover's administration
will be on the block.
MAY. OH MAY we be spared the
usual sort OF demagogic campaign
>rsom our various office seekersl
And n not 50 spared, may we
have the good sens TO follow not
false leaders.
II Is not too early to venture the
hone that the campaigns to come
u,,l, at least see candidates in the
field endowed with an or mary
amount of that good old fashioned
horse sense which seems to be COM
Ing back into popularity.
should this come to pass. the
depression will not have been In
vain
BANANAS ONLY need a chance
70 make. good in the Valley.
CONTINUED on Page Seveno
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to occasionally un-
settled Tuesday night and Wednes-
day. probably with local showers:
continued warm.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-22

BANANAS ONLY need a chance
10 make good in the Valley.
Continued on Page Seveno
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
HOME BUILDING
|. AND BUYING URGED
Institute Speaker Points to
Low Material and Labor
Costs as Opportunity.

Lew material costs and high efficiency
Of labor, reflected in lower labor costs,
contribute to offer exceptional oppor-
tunities in home buying and home
building at this period, George A. Mar
til, president of the Railroad Cooper
alive Building and Loan Association OF
New York, declared in a radio address
over a Nationwide hook-up this week
This was the first Of a series OF
similar talks on home planning and
home financing under auspices OF the
Home Owners Institute and the Young
Mems Christian Association.
Mr.. Martin urged his audience to
take that money out of the old SOCK
and put it into home before bust
ness pickup starts building prices def1-
nitely upward.
Nov it happens that bargains are to
be had in the small home field at the
moment" he said They are to be
had by the individual home builder.
They are to be had right now, and
probably, though not absolutely, during
the coming Spring. Not absolutely, for
the present low level Of prices may
start its rise shortly.
1.-THE latest report on wholesale
prices of commodities, issued by the
United States Department of Labor,
has a story to tell in this matter. 1t
shows that, with the year 1929 used as
the index figure of 100, present prices
are decidedly low in building materials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
BUILDING UPTURN HOPE

Any appreciate upturn in building
and construction would be of material
help in bringing to an end the present
depression in general business, says the
Brookmire Economic Service in the
last issue of their Analyst. The Analyst
goes on to say:
"A close study of conditions affect
ing the different types of building sug-
gestS that the best prospects are for
an upturn in one-family dwellings.
This may occur in early 1881. This
type of building has been on the de-
cline since 1925 and appears to be
about ready for turn.
THE next type of building to show
improvement will probably be apart
ment house construction, but any up
turn here will be delayed somewhat
longer than one-family dwellings.
owing to the present overcapacity and
vacancies. An upturn in this type is
not expected before the fall Of 1881"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
CANVAS COVERS PLASTER
Makes Excellent Surface for ordi.
nary Oil Paint.

Plaster walls are frequently covered
with canvas glued to the wall like wall
paper This makes an excellent sur
face for the ordinary oil paints used.
Three coats are usually required to
cover canvas, though plaster, tinted
directly, requires but one coat of kalso-
mine.
When kalsomine is used, however, it
is a good idea to cover the plaster
with a preliminary coat of oil or glue
sizing, which fills the pores of the
plaster and prevents the kalsomine
from sinking into the wall in spots.
Walls covered with canvas, painted,
are more durable than walls covered
merely with kalsomine.
Color is an important part of the
inside painting problem, and care
should be used in selecting the shade
for interior trim. Light, fumed finishes
are always attractive fer oak. This
process seems to bring out the grain
and it takes on a beautiful soft half
tone. A deeper shade of brown is also
attractive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

The rating for November, 1929, was 90.
That for November, 1880. the latest
figure available, is 85.6. There's drop
of about Is per cent under what you
would have paid for your home build
ing materials in 1926.
"a thriftier spending of the dollar
bill is now possible also because manu-
facturers of all building materials and
household equipments are marketing
their products at reduced costs in order
to keep their plants running and their
men employed. The individual home
builder is able to reap the benefits OF
these conditions. And the man who
buys from the professional builder re-
ceives the advantages of the lower costs
of these materials to that builder.
Whereas two years ago the sellers
market prevailed with the seller hold
ing the whip hand, today the buyers
market holds sway Make up your mind
to take that money out of the old sock
and put it into home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
rs FIXED AS AGE FOR MAN
TO BEGIN BUYING HOME

Twenty-Five is the age that the aver
age young man should start paying in
terest on a mortgage, says the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards in the ninety-sixth of its Sc
ries of articles for the public.
Assuming he is married, of course
it is at this age that he probably has
the best chance of acquiring a home
because he is young and able to work
hard, and is free from the response
bilities that usually come LATER" says
the association.
After the family has increased in
size, income is needed for so many
purposes that many people put OF
home owning and never do get around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

to It. The many emergencies that
often come with the years conspire to
keep many families in the renting
class.
But at IS a couple usually has no
more than one child, often have none.
At this time, too, the wife can do
many things to help to speed the home
owning day. Later, when she may be
occupied with large household, it
may be more difficult for her to prac-
tice the small economies that can help
swell the home-owned fund"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
Building Planned by Jefferson.

Bremo, on the James River in Flu
wanna County, Va, was built about
1914 by Gen. John H. Cooke from plans
by Thomas jefferson. The design was
well executed, and its greater simplicity
makes it perhaps even more charming
than Jefferson's own Monticello. The
columns are of nodded brick. The de-
tail is in fine proportion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
HAS WALLS OF GLASS
Church Is Striking Spectacle With
Night Illumination.

A skeleton of reinforced concrete and
walls of radiant, translucent glass rem
der unique the Church of SIS. Peter and
Nicholas, which has been consecrated
in Dortmund, Germany. Except for a
parapet about seven feet high, the
building has only glass walls.
At, night, when the church is lighted,
the spectacle is striking. A tower rises
above the portal to height of ITO feet
and is surmounted by a cross of iron
filigree work, which is Illuminated at
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

the simplicity of their homes They
chose the soft tones of the sea, blue,
green's and grays, colors that they
gazed at so long in their journeys to-
ward the New World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

Suddenly entering in full cry after
a donkey at Wigginton, England, re-
Gently, a pack of hunting hounds re-
fused to be called off, and the donkey
leaped bitches and hedges until 1t found
shelter in q farmyard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

Chaplin B. Bauman, an official Of the
local Building Loan Council, has been
named a member of a special National
Advisory Committee of the United
States Building and Loan League which
will make a study of State legislation
during this year. I. Friedlander of
Houston. Tex. is chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
Puritan Fathers Used Color.

The Puritan fathers, in spite of the
hardships Of everyday life, felt the
need of color and used it to brighten
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-10
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TWO BIG FEATURE TALKING ON PROGRAM OPENING
 AT STRAND TOMORROW

Warner Brothers Strand theater presents it's patrons with an excel lent double feature program starting tomorrow and for the ensuing two days. Heading the program is ''Viennese Nights.
 It is the first original screen TO- nance written by those acknowl- edged masters, Sibmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II, and staged and produced with lavish hand by Warner Brothers.
 Nothing just like "viennese Nights" has ever before been att tempted on the screen. It con- tains an original symphony played by the Los Angeles Symphony Or chestra of one hundred pieces, and the story is one of the most haunt ingly beautiful ever transferred to the talking screen.
 Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Vivienne Segal, Alexander Gray, Alice Day, Louise Fazenda, Bert Roach and June PurseM head the cast of gifted players. The entire picture is photographed in techni- color against authentic period back grounds that for size and detail have never been equalled on the Warner Brothers lot.
 The making of "Viennese Nights" interested Hollywood as few pro- strand theater offers it as one of the most unusual treats in picture history.
 The companion feature is "The Lion and the Lamb," a mystery thriller with great cast of favorites including Carmel Meyers and Mon tague Love.