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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Fishing Fails,
KiWanians Sail

(By staff Correspondent
SAN BENITO. July %. Too
much advance publicity about the
proposed Kiwanis fishing junket
on Laguna de la Madre scared off
all members OF the finny tribe and
the whole affair turned into a sail
ing party Wednesday. said those
who made the trip.
But the Kiwanians will do as
other fishermen do when they face
prospects Of going home empty
handed and that is to buy fish.
They will have a fish fry at Joe
Sloan's Friday night: al KiWanians
and their families invited.
There we're about IA Kiwanians
on the trip over the bay in Rus
sell Edwards sailboat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Two HURT IN
VALLEY WRECK
Pair Receives Broken Ribs
In Auto Crash On
Highway

- 1taAA AA%aE0@~A<AANF
SAN BENITO, July go. ].
Kreeger suffered three broken ribs
and bruises and Mrs. Kreeger n
broken rib and bruises when an
auto turned in front Of them to
take the Barreda road TO Port Isa-
bel about $50 p. m. Wednesday.
Miss 10 Earl Dawson and Mrs.
p. j. DeGuerin. in the car with the
Kreegers. were reported to have
escaped broken bones.
The quartet was returning from
Brownsville and nZr srrreda an
other a was approaching from
the west. The a Is said to have
turned cross the highway 10 take
the side road. causing a collision.
A Thompson ambulance took the
Kreegers to a local physicians Of
flee and then to theh' home here.
Mr.. Kreeger is employed by the
Webster-Burke Motor Co. of
Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

LLANO. July 23.APl-A verdict
OF death by undetermined cause
was returned by Coroner j. 3.
Mayes at the inquest into the death
OF Arthur Swift. g. who died sud-
denly at Hamilton dam today.
Fellow workers said Swift was
working In the water under three
electric wires. They heard him
scream and rushed 10 his aid. but
he was dead when they arrived.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
in OUR
VALLEY

THIS SESBANIA MATTER is
getting out OF control.
There is too mIsa TO be said
about sesbania TO contine it to this
limited space.
information received 10 date
comes from Roy Clarke in San
Benito. Mrs. Bert Cromack, clyce
ana Cleve Tandy OF Brownsville.
NO doubt before Sunday we VIII
have received additional details.
Well promise 1t all 70 you In
Sundays Herald.
And well promise another thing.
You'll be surprised TO hsa- that
the Valley went to California U
buy something and found out hat
what was bought was a native d
the Valley
what's that about a prophet nos
beinr without honor save In MS
own country?
same thing seems to apply 10
cover cropsl
HOW MANY OF YOU Valley
oldtimers knew that one Of the
most intensive citrus developments
In the Valley Is located III practi-
calIy virgin territory
San Carlos-Wager a nlckei
AGAINST a hole in a d~ougf-nut hair
~ us do not know that u Is located
s miles due east OF Edinburg' Is
the community.
Springs into the spotlight right
q with the announcement that
the TEX will build a packing plant
there to handle the ls3i-32 crop.
Expect 200 cars.
That's a lot OF grapefruit and
oranges.
More than was shipped from the
entire valley just a few short years
ago ...
Makes Us realize the extent 10
which this Valley Is being planted
20 citrus.
Makes US further realize that
marketing Of that crop, already q
major problem, IS going 70 become
still more Of a problem as the
Years roll along.
And brings 10 mind what VII
happen around March ! when the
crop yet u~nharvested must be
dumped on the market.
This quarantine. designed 20
nrotect the Valley. IS becoming a
burden hard to carry.
TOM SWEENEY, back from a
trip east. tells Of seeing Florida
grapefruit sold on the streets OF
virginia and N. Carolina
Talked to the truckman-
was told that the Florida crop.
lots Of it. IS still on the trees.
Is being sold throughout the
east.
Man he talked 10 was getting
Sc each for his fruit. or 6 for two
bits.
same man would have faced ruin
had he been forced 70 pick his
crop the latter part OF cry.
Valley should organize. should
get itself a first class organization
and then should 60 TO Washington
and get this quarantine removed.
1t can be done.
Let's do X.
HIGHWAYS AND BYwAYS are
always news in the Valley.
II II int one road, it's another,
and usually It's both OF them.
The Rangerville road. the Mill
tary highway. the Hug-the-Coas
highway and the paving a. a beach
rcad-ail have had the linelight
during the past few days.
AGontinued GO. Rats 1Ko1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
San Benito Will
Fight Mosquitoes

~J -E"t
SAN BENITO, July 23-San
Benito city commission IN regular
session Wednesday night adopted
the mosquito eradication campaign
as outlined BY DR.. A. c. Chandler
OF the state department or health.
placing the work in charge OF DR..
,. II. Crews and Mayor G. M. Cash.
According 10 the report Of the
state health man. there Is but one
large MOSQUITO breeding place near
the city OF San Benito. and eradi-
cation measures were being put IN
effect there Thursday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

DALLAS. July 23.-tP-John NJ.
Dawson. stock salesman. was ward
ed a verdict in district court here
today for one-third or a S40.O00
commission because OF the part he
played In the sale or the South
western ife Insurance company. Of
Dallas, to the Missouri ife Insur-
ance company for s7.350.OO0. The
sale occurred In August. 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Trial Continued

GALVESTON. July 23.-fF-
Trial or Roy Britton on a charge
OF Staying Joe Meyer. a jail guard.
was continued until Oct. s. Judge
J. G. Canty granted the contsnu-
ance motion today because or the
absence OF defense witnesses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

SHANGHAI July 23--tPp-An
authoritative dispatch from Peip-
ing today said Chinese authorities
az Tsinanfu had surrendered DR..
Francis T. Tucker. American mis-
sionary held for fatally shooting a
Chinese employe OF a mission hos
pital- 70 the American consul &C
Tsinanfu on instructions from the
nationalist Ecrernment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Official Bombed

SHANGHAI, July 23.-R-Two
BOMBS and a fusillade of bullets
directed at II. W. Soong. finance
minister and vice chairman OF the
nationalist government, missed
their mark here today but fatally
injured Songs secretary Tang Yu-
loh-
Six other Chinese were injured,
some OF them apparently BY Soong's
bodyguard IN answering the fire
OF the unidentified assassins.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Wound lis Fatal

TULSA. Okla. July 2S.-P-The
victim of q bullet from a negro
robbers pistol. Grady p. Turner,
40. q salesman for a Fort Smith.
Ark. drug firm. died today In a
hospital.
Turner was shot down late last
night In "a drug store here by one
Of two holdup men. The pair fled
without loot after the shooting
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

last year. falling from 20l.4 63 in
1929 70 Si,630. as compared To the
1929 marriage total OF i.232559
and 1905 i.l2s.lsO welded couples.
Nevada had the highest divorce
rating, 2867 per 1000 population.
but she also led the country with
~ marriages per 1000. while the
national marriage average was only
81 Der thousand.
There we're SO marriages In the
United States for each divorce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Motion Defeated

BERLIN, July 20. FH - The
relchstag council of elders today
voted down a motion for the con-
vocation or the reichstag and
thereby gave the Bruening govern
ment another brief breathing space
in which 70 negotiate definite as
slstanca fnr distressed Germany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Funds Raised For
Valley Exhibit

ND1 RAAAA AtoRDAAACANJ
MERCEDES. July %. The
chamber OF commerce board OF di-
rectors has endorsed a budget OF
$3.50 for Mercedes towards defray-
ing expenses Of a Valley exhibit at
the state fair in Dallas In October.
The chamber did not donate the
sum itself but endorsed the pro-
position as laid before II by r. Z.
Monty Montgomery Of McAllen
who will endeavOr TO raise that
sum here. Funds also are being
solicited In other Valley cities for
this exhibit.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Pioneer Dies

RAYMONDVILLE. July %. -
Madison Lincoln Gilliland. 90. Of
Raymcndville early settler. died
Wednesday at Ais p. m. following
"a stroke OF paralysis last Wednes-
day. He Is survived By his wife
and three children, Mrs. Eunire
Underhill or Ohio. Earl and Cleo
Gilliland who lived on farms east
OF Raymondville.
Mr.. Gilliland was born In Ur-
bana- Illinois. Oct. ~. 1863.
Services will be from the Metho-
dist Church Friday at 4 D. N. and
interment in the local cemetery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Crazed Man Kills
Four, Wounds Five

MERCER. Pa. July 23.-fRl-
-Four persons were killed and five
wounded, n probably fatally wnen
q crazed man attacked members OF
his family and others in q small
village near Leesburg today.
Mako Demofonti, as. who was
pronounced insane by physicians
yesterday and was to have been re-
moved to an institution for insane
today. shot and killed his wife and
her sister In his home with a re-
volver and +hen went to the street
OF the village, firing at random.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

DALLAS. July 23.-P-Four
negroes were held for investigation
here today IN connection with the
hold-up and robbery last night Of
- wv. Cox. operator of "a suburban
street car. Cox told police an pair
or armed negroes boarded his Car
when he stopped at the end OF the
line and took S18 from him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
B BRIDGE MEASURE PASSES
Political Situation Called Tense
Rockne's Widow
Enters Novice

CHICAGO. July 23.-P-Mrs.
Knute Rockne Is going into the
movies. The widow or the famous
coach left last night with a group
OF former gridiron stars for Hol-
lywood, Cal, where she viii take
part In a picture portraying
football days at Notre Dame.
Rockne was killed in an air
plane accident last spring while
en- route to California in con-
nection with the picture.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

ST LOUIS. July 23.-LP-Wage
adjustments affecting officers and
clerical forces Of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad viii be made effect
i've Aug. !. because traffic volume
on the Missouri Pacific lines has
not returned TO normal as had been
hoped for and expected
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

CHILDRES5. July 23.-fP-Tes-
timony was completed in district
court here today In an injunction
suit seeking 70 restrain the state
highway commission from re-rout-
Ing state highway No. 4 across
Childress county.
The case. which has been in
court since Monday. was expected
TO 90 70 the jury today
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

CUSHING. Okla. July 23.-F-
The Cushing Refining and Case
line company announced today it
had met the new fiat rate IVY 40
cents per barrel for crude oil, ef-
festive yesterday. The company
had been paying a gravity schedule
or from 25 t0 3T cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Yachts Finish Race

PLYMOUTH. Eng. July 23.-P
The transatlantic racing yachts
landau and Highland Light raced
up Plymouth harbor today to finish
second and third in the 8.000-mile
voyage from Newport. r.. Il. the
scratch boat. landau finishing
ten minutes ahead Of her smaller
rival
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
Fugitive Caught

TIMPSON. July 23.-P-Jack
Peddy. whose sensational escape
from the Shelby county tail az Cen
ter last Friday night resulted In a
section-wide man hunt. was re-
captured at daybreak today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23

AUSTIN. July 23.-tF-The Tex-
as senate today passed with one
dissenting vote a bill designed W.
put an end to the long Red river
prldge dispute which has resulted
m interstate exchanges between
Texas and Oklahoma governors.
The bill. BY Sen. Jake Low. would
grant 40 the Red River bridge
company or its receiver. W ~.
Handy. permission no sue the Etnfe
Tor alleged failure W the Tpxag
Highway Commission to fulfill lis
contract with the company.
Say Contract Broken
The contract. under the com
panys Interpretation and the in
depreciation OF federal court IN
Houston required the commission
10 pay the company an amount
somewhere between $4,000 and
sl5o.oOo, the exact amount being
lEe bridge company had obtain
81 q temporary injunction restrain-
ing the highway commission from
opening its free bridge. which
parallels the company's toll bridge
rom DeniSon, Texas, to Durant,
Okla. until the states contract
obligations had been met. Sen. low
SAID re- had been given assurance
the company would ask for disyo-
luton on the Injunction once An
got the right w sue.
The bill went t0 the house and
tne senator expected ~ 10 have no
trouble there.
The history of the free bridge has
been a tumultuous one. When fha
hands or Texas were flea frnrn
opening Il, Gov. Murray or Okla
homa said he was willing to do the
work and Gov. Sterling " Texas
replied he felt the Oklahoma ex-
ecutive was exceeding hts iurIsdic-
ton.
Rangers Guard Span
Rangers were sent w keep the
Texas end closed and more state
ments and answers followed. Gov.
Murray finally suggested. presume
ably I'm ocular mood. that Texas
and Oklahoma women meet ~ tire
bridge heads and have IA quilting
ana goSsiping bee. Their presence,
said Murray. would cause the open-
ing soo enough. Gov. Sterling
called tie statement tom ~foolerv."
Ihe senate action was rapid. It
took five minutes 10 accent the
favorable committee report. enRross
the bill, suspend the rules. put Il
on third reading and final passage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
BILL PERMITS
TOLL COMPANY
TO SUE STATE


AUSTIN. July 2s. tAPl-Both
houses Of the Texas legislature
today placed their approval on a
proposed law designed to bring
about quick opening of ths Red
river free bridge between DenK-
SON and Durant, Okla.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-23
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the VALLEY:
Partly cloudy and somewhat unset
tied Thursday night and Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Marie Dressler
 at The State
Great COmediennie Is
 Starred in Politics"

Marie Dressler, as feminine candidate for mayor, romps through comical tribulations in a campaign and also dominates some very dra- matic scenes In Politics" her new Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer G picture, and incidentally her first, as a full fledged star. The picture is now be- ing shown at the Warner Bros State theater
 The story deals with a housewife who, goaded to anger by corrupt conditions in the small town she lives in, starts out to clean up. She organizes the women's vote, runs for mayor, routs the rackteers, ex- poses the crooked mayor and his satellites--and of course rides to victory.
 Not without the help of the re- doubtable Polly Moran, however. Polly Is her campaign manager. They fight and make up, get into trouble galore-and out of it, and make millions of laughs in the process. Incidentally, in the dra- matic parts of the story Miss Dress. Ter also contributes some of the amazing character work that she did in Anna Christie and Min and Bill"
 Charles F. Reisner. who filmed Caught Short" and Reducing" directed the new production, which was given a lavish production, with an entire city hall, torchlight pro- cession and other vivid detail. The cast is more than adequate, with William Bakewell and Karen Morley as the young lovers, John Milan as the rocketeer chief, Tom Mcclure as the crooked mayor, and Rosco Ates as Polly's husband, the stuttering town barber and Polly Marsh, Kane Richmond and Billy Alden deserve special mention as well.
 The story is credited to Zelda Sears and Malcom Stuart Roylan, with continuity by Wells and dia- logue by Robert l.. Hopkins.
 An excellent surrounding pro- gram accompanies the feature pre- sentation, which is shown at 2:30, 4:45, and 9:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Doug Fairbanks Jr
 in "Chances"
Lyric Offers Romance of
 the World War

Chances" the spectacular TO- nance of the World War which comes to the Lyric Theater Sunday is the initial starring vehicle which First National provides for Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
 Chances" is adapted from the best selling novel of A. Hamilton Gibbs. Screen play and dialogue are by Waldemar Young. Alan Dwan directed. It presents in it's war sequences the work of the ar- tillery during the war.
 The romance is that of two young British soldiers - brothers - who both fall in love with the same girl. Temporarily unified at the one brother, the girl promises to marry the other when the war ends. She later reveals the fact that she is not in love with the youth to whom she is engaged. The working out of the strange conflict comes in the midst of night bombardment on the Western Front.
 Rose Hobart plays the girl. The brother is portrayed by Anthony Bushell. Others in the cast are Holmes Merbert. Mary Forbes, 7d- mond Breon, Hary Allen, Jeanne Fenwick, Edward Morgan and Tyr rell Davis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
William Powell in Ladies Man at New Garden, Sunday. Monday and Tuesday

That is the thrilling anti-climaX of William Powell's latest Para mount production, Ladies Man." which comes to the New Garden Sunday for three days.
 Dorothy Mackaill seems to be- come a better farceuse with every succeeding film and in "The Flirt- ing Widow, the unit attraction and the delectable Dorothy displays all her varied talents as d comcdlenne.
 "The Flirting Widow" is bright little comedy about the difficulties Celia F'araday, young English : woman, encounters when without having gone through the formality of acquiring a husband, she sud denly announces that she has be- come a widow. The events that transpire when an English army of ficer with the same name as Celia s supposedly late husband appears on the scene are delightfully."- original and always amusing. When the pair realize that they are really in love, matters become even more compli-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25

ballyhoo aristocracy - the gent known as "the duke of Broadway" The duke" has been on and off the Manhattan thoroughfares since Fourteen street was the center of theatrical activities. His partic- ular forte is playing the role of a gentleman of the old school. His
 Van Dyke beard is carefully trimmed and his mustache is care fully waxed and pointed. He wears a slick looking top hat In winter season his evening attire includes even the ancient opera capes, so rarely seen in these days. In sum mer, he affects an immaculate eve ming suit of some white material.
 Visitors, to whom the familiar street figures of Manhattan are un- known. stop to watch him; and even those Manhattanites, who know that he will turn out to be a Slorified sandwich man, cast ad- miring glances. His makeup has that over-perfection of a movie hero.
 But when he finds many eyes centcred upon him, the dukes" shirt front lights up and some advertisement appears. Where with he wanders on. Thus he has been performing since those an- cient days when the Pepper whis- key people gave him one of his first jobs.
 As might be expected, th~~bril- liant idea of having an illuminat- ed shirt front came from the Bow cry, cradle of the show and carni- val world. There. in a bygone shooting gallery, came the inven- tion that has been his meal ticket ever since. Before that he had been a COW puncher on the west ern plains. circus and carnival man and a prizefight promoter.
 1t is "the duke" who now "works' with the robot. Taken alone, they are alluring aristocrats of mummery; working together, they are Broadway's most in- triguing sidewalk team.
 The robot man." by the way, will tell you of the time that the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
Ruth ChattertOn Comes to Palace
Starred With Ralph Bel- lamy in Tine Magni-
 ficent Lie"

' When "The Magnificent Lie," Ruth Chattertons latest starring l, picture, is shown around the coun- :, try, audiences in many cities will recognize in the leading male role Y one-time favorite stock player. He is Ralph Bellamy, young, tall, handsome, who toured the country |. in stock before getting the breaK Is on the New York stage which has led him to the door of moving pie Y ture fame.
 Y In "The Magnificent Lie" which "opens at the Fox-Poli Palace Sun- day, for four days engagement,
 young Bellamy makes his screen bow As Chatterton's leading man. he steps into role which should Advance him far on the road to sstardom. In motion picture cir Y cles, he is already considered 's"find."
 ' Bellamy, in ''The Magnificent Lie," plays the role of sincere young lumberman, who is duped I, by Miss Chatterton into believing ,she is a famous Frenech musical comedy star. Miss ChattertOn un- .dertakes the deception on laugh ing wager, but the mans sincerity quickly turns her fooling to real love. Then she lacks the courage Ito disillusion him. Bellamy dis covers her true character, and the love which has grown up between
 them is put to a severe test.
 "The Magnificent Lie" is another
 of the distinguished pictures Miss
 Chatterton has been contributing
 to the screen. The list includes
 sarah and Son." "Anybody's Wo-
 man." "The Right to Love and
 .Unfaithful" The story was adapt
 ed from the novel, "Laurels and
 the Lady," by Leonard Merrick.
 The picture was directed by
 BarthoId Viertel, the celebrated
 European director and playwright.
 Stuart Erwin, playing his first dra-
 matic role for the movies, and Sam
 Hardy are in the cast.
 The Fox Movietone News, comedy
 offering and novelties will complete
 the program. Dial 3-7632 for Fox
 Polj Palace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-25
TINY CAMERA
 SNAPS STOMACH

Paris. (UP)vTwenty seconds Is all the time needed to take eight stereoscopic views of the interior of the human stomach with the new apparatus employed at the Leopold Bellan hospital here.
 The tiny camera, known as q gastra photor, is the result of five years of reasearch in the stomach and intestinal service of Dr A. Be- cart.
 The photographs obtained can reveal cancer at it's beginning and make easier the diagnosis of diff ferent forms of gastritis. Also. valuable indications before and after surgical operations may be obtained.
 An interesting feature of the ap- paratus is the small lamp placed between the upper and lower camera. This lamp, which can be branched to- any sort of current, gives 8 cold blue light of 10000 candlepower. which lasts 1-20th of a second. The light automatically causes short circuit, which melts the fuse of the transformer and volatilizes the lamp.
 Dr Becart. already has organized seances for demonstrations with