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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18

III comes somewhat aS IA surprise
that a busy business man should
give literally Of his time, effort and
money 10 tine abstract business or
child welfare; but william Strauss,
who was Gov. Sterling's manager,
explained partially how ~ A. that
he does a.. He gives the time and
thought that others spend on golf
or box scores To the nameless waits,
the u~ncared-f0r tots Of his own city.
TO keep them from hunger or the
hOmeleSsneSS of oTphanageS.
Now m and his associates are
asking the state to make It a gen.
eral program that orphans. deserted
children, illegitimate children shall
be placed IN homes TO have loving
hands take care OF them. rather than
III the efficient but coldly imper-
sonal orphan homes.
MIR. Strauss recently was host at
n banquet for n dozen and q half
newspapermen. He took part In the
banter and qulps for a time. then
suddenly. Gentlemen. 7 hope YOU
can all support this and will help
AZ. and outlined the child vel
fare program social agencies of
Houston are submitting as a re-
quested state policy.
Bills we're written Nv Judge E. T.
Branch Of Houston. who was one OF
the state law codifiers In 1925. They
adopt the advanced features cf
other states welfare measures.
Prospect for early building rf
university dormitories was enhanced
when favorable legislative commit
tee action was given the university
regents bill for broader authority
10 finance and construct dormitories
that will be paid for principally out
OF their earnings.
The regents insisted that the
buildings should be erected ON terms
that viii permit holding the char
ges upon students being held at
reasonable figures. "A plot OF ground
has been secured. on which this
year the first one or more dormi-
tories will be started. with an ul-
innate group or seven buildings
and a commons. housing and iced
ing 400 undergraduate men. in pro-
spect
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18
MOVIE SIDELIGHTS

ant. courageous editor. and an hon
est. fearless lawyer. But deep In
his heart Is the spirit or the true
ad~venturer. the leader. the fighter.
This spirit causes him inwardly 70
despise safety and comfort. forces
him To seek new lands. new con-
quests. makes him desert his fam
ily for years on end in the pursuit
cf a thrill. an ideal. The story of
Yancey's colorful life which ex-
tends right down 10 1929 is filled
with stirring adventure the like
OF which * seldom seen on the
talking screen. You win remember
YanceT Cravat and the people he
loved and cherished. And too, you
will recall with pleasure the admi-
rable performance Richard Dix
contributes In this u-nforgettable
screen play that has been 50 su-
perhly fashioned from Edna Fer
hers novel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18
Flowers for Peter Meyn of
Indiana

Peter AIeyn is president Of a closed bank In Ham
mond, Indiana. He didn't commit suicide or run
away. He faced the situation like a thoroughbred.
He posted his personal fortune to guarantee deposit
ors against loss, smiled and then told his family that
he would have TO begin life over again. There are
heroes who are not rifle-bearers on the battlefield.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18

!. A population in 1891 Of over $4,000. .
2. A mean average temperature Of 73.
J. Bank deposits. Ss.000,0O0.
A. Four railroads. seven paved highways.
5. international airport. five air lines.
. a S6,000.00o deep water port financed.
Z. The best climate, soil I'm the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18
A Texas Hog Walks on Six Feet

Down in the Bandera section a wild hog that had
roanled the ranges for eight years has been captured.
Then it was discovered BY the captors that the AMI
NAL walked On six feet Texas all the time, Texas
first and let 4. 20 AZ that.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18

An English hotel has ordered the walters to wear
side-vhiskers to distinguish them from the guests
But it seems that in fairness it might first have
sounded out the patrons on wearing them to distin-
slish them from the walters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18
CRACKS IN
THE DOME

"A plan under which several per-
sons took steps they hoped would
pave the way for return Of Fred
Horton. Greenyille, TO the prison
board, has failed.
Mr.. Horton. after a years service,
was denied the senate's confirma-
ton as "a member OF the prison
board. on objection Of Sen. Joe
Moore and operation or the "sena-
torial courtesy" procedure. Persons
from Huntsville and Greenville came
10 Austin In an effort 70 have the
objection withdrawn. should MIR.
Horton be renamed to another va
cancy that came along upon the
board. Sen. Moore served notice Tits
same objection would be revived II
Horizons name again were submit
ted. or III the senate attempted 10
reconsider It's adoption or the ad-
verse report against him. So the
matter was dropped.
Horton was one Of those whose
expenses we're paid BY the leaisla-
ture last year IN a tour or the ma
TONS principal prisons. in a legis-
lative survey. The state invested
about $1,000 IN his study. re gave
Of his time for a year. including as
sistance In installing the prison
plant. before he was 0usted as the
result Of his political shtagonism
with Sen. Moore In last years cleo
ton.
Many OF the older residents Of
Austin remember the late Mrs
Willie Cooper Hobby. mistress Of the
governors mansion during Gov.
Hobby's terms. Mrs Hobby died sew
eral years ago. While living in Aus
tin she commanded the friendship
OF the long-establiEhed Austin peo-
PIE In a way rarely equalled. and
made many friendships that lasted
throughout her life. she was the
daughter OF the late Sam Bronson
Cooper, long a congressman from
the Beaumont district. Mrs. Ross
5. Sterling. though years her senior
when Mrs. Hobby lived at the exec
utive mansion, reminds Austin folk
Of Mrs. Hobby. and they have cone
70 know the charm. tact and grace
with which she presides over the
Texas White House.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18


Very few people realize with
what rapidity and accuracy the
prisoners in al state penitentiaries
flash important news TO their fell
low convicts. They have a method
which enables them Immediately 70
communicate information over the
entire prison In the space OF a few
moments.
This system consistes of tapping"
with a metallic object against the
wall OF the cell or the framework
OF cots. Practical employment Of
the method Is seen 20 particular
advantage In Columbia Pictures
epic of prison life, The Criminal
Code nov at the Capit0l Theatre
In this picture a new and despised
Warden comes into power. Every
one III the prison knows OF his
arrival. even those in the enclosed
basement dungeons.
The Criminal Code" Is replete
with romance and thrills. 10 is a
poignant love story-the seeming
hopeless love OF a youthful convict
Tor the Warden's daughter. Two
riots, a jail break, and many other
startEt5 scenes are featured. Wal
ter Huston LIS starred. He il sup
ported by a brilliant cast which
includes Constance Cummings.
Phillips Holmes. Boris Rarloff. Ar
thur Hoyt, Mary Doran and many
others.
Howard Hawks has done a nota-
bic job with the direction OF The
Criminal Code" His Is one OF the
great directorial triumphs or the
year-the picture is a great TO
nance, appealing and eminently
worthwhile.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-18
QUEEN


Much has been written about the
theatrical heritage OF the DrewS,
the BarrymoreS and the Cohans,
but this spotlight has somehow new
er been thrown on the Lytells,
whose most distinguished member
i now playing at the Queen Thea
tire in Brothers," the Columbia
production adapted from the sue
cessful stage play OF the same
name.
Bert Lytell made his theatrical
debut at six months-he was ear
lied across the stage. At sixteen he
ran away from school and began
his career In earnest. He worked
with various stock companies and
even organized his own. In 1914
Bert made his Broadway debut with
Marie DreSsler in The Mix Up "A
varied stage career preceded hts
venture into motion pictures. He
became one OF the most popular
heroes OF the silent screen. He
returned to his first love last year
10 appear in Brothers" which
proved 10 b. one or last years
greatest hits Bert appeared IN It
for eighteen months touring the
country from coast TO coast. When
Columbia Pictures secured the film
rights 20 this play, which features
an amazing dual Characterization,
Bert Lytell was induced 10 play his
original role. Appearing with him
j. a formidable supporting cast. in
GLIDING Dorothy Sebastian, VIII
liam Morris, Richard Tucker. Claire
Mcdowell Il Francis Mcdonald.
Walter Lang directed.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

va" Premier Mussolini's government,
these advices said, realizes there will be
difficulties, but will insist that reduc-
ton Of armaments is moral obliga-
ton.
General staff officers of Rumania,
Jugosalvia and Czechoslovakia are now
meeting at Prague to organize a united
front for the conference. All three
coutries favor prohibition of the use of
gas and advocate protective measures
against the conversion of civil airplanes
to war use, but they will oppose, it was
learned. interruption Of present defense
construction projects.
Hungary and Austria were said to be-
lieve the conference must be based on
equality among nations without a sep
arate yardstick for victors and van
quished.
Japan's delegation was slated to sail
today from Kobe. and advices are that
its instructions, received from the for
mer Wakatsuki government, are to keep
in mind the geographical proximity of
Japan TO Russia and China and to en-
phasize that Japan already has reduced
her land ornaments to the minimum
necessary for national safety.
Concerning war materials, Japan is
reported ready to contend she is far be-
hind the other powers and should be
permitted to improve her equipment in
this respect.
Basic Naval Principles.
She is understood also to be ready to
uphold the basic naval principles put
forward at London on global tonnage
tonnage for cruisers with 8-inch guns
and maintenance of present submarine
strength. Her instructions also we're
reported as saying the Washington and
London limitations agreements cannot
be regarded as accomplished facts,
therefore Japan cannot recognize the
ratio acceuted in those agreements as
having any bearing on her demand for
a lo-l0-7 ratio at Geneva.
From Moscow comes the prediction
Evening star., 1931-12-14

not confined to politicians. Democratic
or Progressive. Some business men of
considerable importance think that such
sum paid out by the Government
would act as a primer" to start indus
try upward. Last Spring, when the
veterans bonus was before Congress,
some important bankers supported the
idea Of the Government paying out a
billion to veterans, who would deposit
much of 1t in banks. Several economists
in colleges favor great bond issue
strongly and insist the Treasury can
bear this additional borrowing.
In the advocacy Of great Govern
ment bond issue for public works 1t is
not easy to separate the self-interest
and the politics from the genuine con-
victions. Such an appropriation would
bring local pork" to Senators and Rep
resentatives In the form of public build
ings, river improvements and the like.
Pleas for such an appropriation create
the opportunity to recite how much un-
employment there Is and how bad busi-
ness is, and this would, of course. be
ammunition for the opponents of Re-
publican rule The main argument
against such immense appropriations is
that they put dangerous strain upon
the Treasury and upon the TAXPAYER.
Another is that an appropriation made
in January cannot possibly express itself
in wages to labor for year There
are yet others, all of which will be
heard, pro and con. in due course
In any event. this, almost certainly,
will be the big fight of the session. If
the Democrats and Progressives unite in
support Of the bond issue, they can pass
it. The common presumption. from
President Hoover's public statement. is
that he would veto it. If SO, an attempt
to pass 1t over his veto would make a
dramatic episode
(Copyrisht. 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-14
TWO DIE, BOY HELD
IN HUNTING FIGHT
Youth Claims He Fired Gun
After Companion Shot
Brother.
b the Associated Rress.

b the Associated Rtess.
HAzELTON. Pa. December 14-Two
youths are dead and third is in lail
on murder charge today as the after
math of an exchange of gunfire in the
Evergreen Forest during hunting trip
Saturday. Parents of Jacob Hudak, Is,
the youth held, were attempting to
obtain his release by habeas corpus
proceedings. His brother Peter, l8,
and Joseph Bubal, II, died yesterday of
their wounds.
Jacob Hudak told police Bubal shot
his brother and that he then shot
Bubal himself.
According to his story, the three,
friends for several years. and Michael
Seechora, all Of Stockton, went hunting
saturday. A petty quarrel occurred
and Bubal, Jacob Hudak said, kept
pointing his gun at Peter.
The latter became angered and raised
his gun. Bubal the accused youth de-
ciared, fearing he would be shot, fired
his own gun, the charge hitting Peter
in the groin.
Both Jacob Hudak and Bubal raised
their guns, the former said. Hudak
fired first
Il shot him fairly He was aiming at
me, Hudak declared.
Seechora had fled during the argu-
ment and Jacob Hudak, thinking both
youths were dead, followed. Farmers.
hearing cries of the wounded Youths
TOOK them to a hospital where they
died.
Hudak surrendered to Luzerne County
police yesterday
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Will Rogers
Says:

MUKDFN. Japan.-I got this war
stopped, If the League Of Nations
Evening star., 1931-12-14
RELIEF. OUTLAY HERE
MOUNTS 46 PER CENT
October Figure on Chest and Other
Agencies Contrasts With 113
for Nation.

Relief expenditures by the Community
Chest and other Washington agencies
IN October were As per cent greater
than In the same month of 1880, the
Russell Sage Foundation reported today
Outlays for the country as a whole
went up 113 per cent over October of
last year. October expenditures in 81
cities totaled $l0,717,0O0. Twenty-seven
municipalities reported an increase of
more than 100 per cent.
The foundation disclosed marked i'm
provement in work relief over October
Of last year. This was said to be in line
with the desire of social workers gener-
ally to supply work wherever possible
rather than direct relief, thus giving
the recipient an opportunity to retain
his feeling of independence.
Several Of the Washington agencies
showed increases of about 100 per cent
or more in some departments in the
amount Of relief granted during October
Evening star., 1931-12-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT AS PRO
Nlded by the bylaws, a meeting for the p,Ir-
bbUsg bUsfn ei eiectns trustees and for such ether
urifI uuS fSitesS h as shau come before the meeting
iI neit oe neld 70 by the stockholders of the Floyd
e. DTsvls Ts %. corporation organized under
me psct .aNs of OF the District of Columbia at the
I'm I'm 81 n W., washington. D. c.. on We'd
neSday. the 18th day of January, 1892, at
..Su CLOCK 2. m: In witness whereof I. the
secretary OF said company, nave hereunto
nacso SnsosSrlneo ny, ny name this. the 14th day Of
FRED A. SMITH Secretary
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Elees National Bank OF Washington. n q
1ot the election Of directors and the trans.
actlon OF such other business as NAV cone
Sei9re the meeting, will be held at the
banging house, 1903 Pennsylvania ave nv
on ICesday, January IL. 1882 The polls viii
a.aInntn a.eMIain open from II o'clock IN. until IL
GEORGE O. vAss. Cashier
THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN BANK OF
Washington, D. c., December 18th 1881
Inc annual meeting of the Shareholders of
this bank for the election of directors and
the transaction of such other business as
M may properly come before the meeting will
pe neid at the banking house on Tuesday,
nanuarS yrain 18th, 1892, at u m, Polls to re-
ary 18th, 1882 both dates included.
C. F. JACOBSEN,
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Jutland Flagship Off Seas.

Admiral Jellico's flagship at the bat
tie Of Jutland, the Iron Duke, recently
concluded her last voyage. The battle
ship, which led the heaviest ships into
action late on the day of battle to turn
the tide against the Germans, will be
demilitarized and used as non-sea-
going training establishment.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

that the Geneva Conference, In Rus
sias opinion, will bring no tangible re-
suits, because the other powers are in
sincere in their expressed desires to
reduce ornaments The notion is
growing in other countries, these ad-
vices said. that war is necessary as an
outlet in periods of economic depression
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Most Of MeXicos railroads are under
federal control.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
NATIONS TO PRESS
FOR GUARANTEES
AT ARMS PARLEY
Continued From First Pagel
ships over 10000 tons. submarines 3
naval air forces similarly prohibited

ships over 10000 tons. submarines and
naval air forces similarly prohibited.
Neighbors Armed to Teeth.
On the other hand" said an ALL
shorlzed statement, Germany is sur
rounded by nations armed to the teeth
and therefore she is in condition of
hopeless military inferiority and dan
gerous insecurity" Germany conceives
the task of the conference to be the
elimination of this condition and the
granting of what she considers equal
security to her.
The London view agrees with that
OF PARIS, that 1T might be worse not
TO hold the conference than to hold II >
Great Britain holds that the confer
ence is primarily a European politico-
economic affair and doubt was ex-
pressed that the MancKurian problem
would affect its prospects for success,
a, france and Italy have not settled
their naval construction differences
winch were the subject of parleys early
THIS year, but responsible advices from
Rome pictured Italy as optimisticallv
hopeful for the achievement of con-
crete and constructive results at Gene
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Will Seek Salary Cuts.

SOMERVILLE, N. j., December Il
R,-State Senator Dryden Kuser, Re-
publican, announced today he would in
troduce next month a measure TO save
about $7,500,000 by reducing for one
year the salaries of every public oficial
in the State
Evening star., 1931-12-14
CHI PSI 0MEGAS DINE
Bishop John c. Hamilton Speaks
on Organizations Future.

The annual dinner OF the Chi Psi
Omega Fraternity, composed of grad
utI students, was held at the Bur-
lington Hotel Saturday evening.
Bishop John c. Hamilton, chancellor
emeritus of American University, spoke
on the future of that institution DR..
Charles Tansill defended the character
Of George Washington against recent
"defamations" and Prof Will Hutchins
spoke OF the former President of the
American Sociological Society, William
Graham Sumner
Tench Marye, one of whose ances-
tors was teacher of George WASH
ington, was toastmaster.
Most Of Mexico's railroads are under
federal control
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-19
Hunger's Cry from Kentucky

about honest elections in Chicagos mayoralty
battle to replace "BilI' Thompson with Tony
Cermak, considered a more subserv1ent TOOL In
another cell sits the chief OF police OF EVarts,
who recognized the right Of the coal miners to
hold their union meetings in this mountain
stronghold where thousands have often gath
cred at time, Negro and white, to discuss their
common grievances and organize to win the
remedy for them. In another cell is w. M
Hightower, the president of the union.
The struggle goes on, however, because other
officials, another president and another secre-
tary arc functioning out in the hills, and the
coal miners still hold power in Evarts, in spite
of the governors militia, the sheriff's gunner
and the coal barons' thugs.
This is a fight for the lives and for the free
dom of the 20 already in jail charged with muir
der. 1t is fight for the freedom OF the scores
of others facing the yawning steel gates OF boss
class penitentiaries prepared to swallow them
alive It is a fight for the organization of the
mine workers, for living standards higher than
the starvation level
I pledged the Miners Union, through its rep
resentatives, President Hightower and Secretary
Jones, that the international Labor Defense
would do all in its power in the struggle for
their lives and their liberty, that it would seek
to develop the widest possible protest of Amer
lean and international labor while at the same
time helping to build the struggle in the boss
class courts of so-called Justice" We have
written Scottsboro Mooney and Billings, I'm
perial Valley, Centralia Atlanta, Paterson,
Youngstown, upon our banners and linked them
up in our struggles. High up must also blaze
the laundering appeal Of Harlan County Ken
tucky"i The heroic Kentucky ccal miners must
not diei Demand their right of self defense,
their right to organize theiz right and the right
of their families women ard children to live!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-06-19
BY ORD

BY D,h.Ds
IMPORTANT events have been taking pace
lately in the Philippine Islands. After series
OF peasant uprisings which were crushed WIN
the utmost ferocity by inperialst government
and the native exploiting classes, came the news
of the arrest of 318 militant workers who at
tended the election meetings of the revolution
srv proletarian organization. The Philippine
Communist Party is practically outlawed, its
meetings have been prohibited, its leaders are
Jailed and are now awaiting trial
The reason for this brutal suppression OF every
activity of the militant section Of the Philippine
toiling masses is that this year has witnessed
4 tremendous sharpening Of the class struggle
and q broadening OF the anti-imperiahst move
n7ent in the Islands. The local bourgeolSle,
which used to play with phrases about 1ndepen-
dence ito be gotten through missions to wash
ingtonD noF openly declares for united front
with American imperialism. The masses are
becoming aware of this betrayal and in increas-
ing numbers rally to the side OF the young
Communist Party. Particularly is this to be
noticed in the labor movement where the spnt
between the reforrniSts and the revolutionary
elements occurred in May, 1929. The majority
of fine organized workers remained soldly be-
hind the revolutionary trade unions which
formed, after the split the Proletarian Labor
Union Secretariat.
Last May this latter organization addressed
2 letter to the Convection Of the Proletarian
Labor Congress in which it forrnulates the tasks
before the workers of the Islands. From this
letter we learn that while the imperialst au-
tborities blessed the labor" parades staged by
the refornsts on May 1, they laid by huge
supply of ammunition in preparation Tor the
smashing of the revolutionary workers demon
strations The Philippine press triumphantly
enumerated the number of tear-gas bombs and
riot guns let by the United States imper1ahst
army to the local neutrality-suspicious. police Tor
the purpose.
At the same time that the demonstrations OF
the revolutionary masses were being dlsourseo
bv armed force, the refornists were entertain
ing the capitalist bosses at booty luncheons
where the collaboration of classes and the trat-
ernization of capital and labor was the domlnat-
ing tone of the speeches.
However, these betrayers of the working class
understand that if the spreading influence OF
the Communist Party is to be checked some