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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

lineman instructions where 10 find
the trouble.
Ducks Cause Trouble
In the vicinity OF Corpus Christi
where the telephone skirts the gulf,
the wires were frequently crossed
up BY ducks flying into the wires
and hanging Themselves.
"A green lineman was brought in
10 Corpus Christi from upstate.
Early one morning trouble was
found ON the long distance circuits.
The lineman Stccd owe the test
board mans shoulder as Inc placed
his instruments on the damaged
circuit. After meticulously cycling
the various instruments. he turned
10 the newcomer and said In "a sol
emn tone: MY Wheatst0ne reading
shows there Is q duck IN the line
at Pole No. 384."
The lineman clambered into his
car and drove to the pole. not once
looking up at the line until he had
reached that pole. He glanced up
ward and saw a duck in the wires.
LIE AAAEAAAMAI WEr LAlAhAtt~rEAN Hill
pressed and sw0re by the dashboard
mans ability from then on.
OveraIls Impressive
Another incident somewhat sim
liar happened I'm San Antonio. Com
ing 10 work In the early morning
hours, the testbcard man saw a
pair Of overalls hanging In the toll
lead.
With the lineman watching him.
he took his readings at the tele-
phone office. There's a pair OF over
ais In the lead 2 IL miles from
the junction pole" he told the line
man And BY the way" he added.
taking another glance at his in
struments. they're blue overall"
The rookie scoffed at the idea.
but went where he JAY told.
Later he came back In after clear
ing the trouble.
III know how you located that
trouble" H. told tine dashboard man.
but how could you ten the over
ais wcre blue?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

The BROWNSVILLE telephone eX-
change Is equipped with an eight
party harmonic converter system
for use In ringing.
Through use or this converter
any one OF eight parties on a line
can be buzzed without the other
seven telephones ringing.
Each OF the eight ringers oper-
ates on a different frequency. This
selective ringing ~c-erates much
the same as redo. Each Of the
eight ringers are tuned In az a
different frequency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

LONDON. july 3O-Latest fig
ures ON the British Army shows
that Is composed of 143,lB3 Eng
lishmen. 1888 Welshmen. 1925
Sco.chmen. 8.843 Irishmen. 2.535
Coloniais and 167 Britons born I'm
foreign countries. or this lot u.s.
600 are members on the Church 0f
England. 22,500 are Catholics. ~
900 Presbyterlans. 1919 Methodists,
$500 Wesieyans. and 173 Jews.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

CRANSTON. R. n. July 30 IA
witness was On tho stand before
Justice Louis Dunn in an auto ac-
cident suit. Did you SEE the auto
coming down the street?T the JUS
tice asked mo. SIR" replied the
witness. Did you see the ether auto
ccming2" Justice Dunn inquired.
mo sir replied the witness. Then
why are you here?" Justice Dunn
demanded. TO see justice done"
was the answer. Who. me?T asked
Justice Dunn. mo. SIR" the witness
replied. He was released.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

LONDON. July 30.-A dog was
caught In a gate in Horn Park Ter
race Plymouth. Several civilians
tried unsuccessfully 10 release the
animal. Three policemen were call
ed and with a crowbar and other
instruments they underworld to
free the dog. Just as they were
ready to give up. a cat ran In
front OF the dog. with a convulsive
wriggle. the canine leaped out OF
the gate and gave chase to the cat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

LONDON, July 30.-Twins born
i'm England recently were delivered
ON two different days and I'm diff
ferent counties. Mrs. e.. I'D. PuriS
gave birth 10 the first twin. a girl,
at New Harrington. Durham
county. Her condition was SO crit
Ical that she was removed tn I'M
hnsnital IN Northumberland county.
IA miles away. The following day
she gave birth TO a son.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

PORTLAND. Ore. July -F-Thll
city has n cleptDmanir whose passion
is to run away with ladders He rr'
Gently visited Clyde Osborne. I'D
of with his ladder and left irh
note saying that hn h1rruwm4 MY
ladder fcr several DAYS. But OBb
hasn't had h'S ladder returned WV
and ne has warned the city toipu'
padiocks ON lta aids to climbing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
10 AS A

Ell PASO. July 30.-Judge Frank
Murphy granted a divorce to Frank
Murphy. and now Kate Murphy, his
former wife. wants Frank TO come
back to live with her-but not as
her husband. She explained that
she wanted Murphy to n for
their two children In her own home
and cut down expenses. IL was
charged al the divorce trial that
Murphy had two previous wives.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

A four-car garage and storage
room in the rear of tine new ph0na
building on the alley lire enables
the company 20 devote all of tht
main building tn its operations
none 0f tnH space In Tine main strrc.
ture being needed for storage space
Two trouble trucks arc operated
by the company M the present time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

CENTRALIA. Wash. july 90. -
One or the funniest city ordinances
in the history OF this town has been
passed. It DEGREES that all men over
the age Of n must 90 unshaven
from July rs until August ~. the
date or the annual southwest
Washington pioneers picnic. The
law provides fines and imprison-
ment penalties for violation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
q But NOT PRETTY

BIRMINGHAM. July 80 With
the coming Of hot weather and the
opening Of swimming pools. the old
question as 10 whethc- II Is not
immoral for girls TO 60 sans stoc--
inGs 10 bathing beaches. in street
cars and 1T clubs. has been ans
wered negatively and affirmatively
by Mrs. Willie II. Tarpley. president
of the Business and Professional
Women's club. "A girl is just as
pure and Exeet with bare legs as
she Is wearing stockings hut not
lust as prettylv she sums up the
situation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

LONDON, July 30-If you caI
read the following. you can under
stand Angie. the new slmplIfIrt
English language ihDw being tnStRl
in an attempt t0 pnpulariEc IA ~
the world: The long reko1niezrs
need for an International augxl
very lanHEwij Is bekuminr inkrnes.
inRlv and extraordinarily ur ien
under preshur or the growth or In
transitional relaeshcnz. kokurS. ant
travl, and such pnurful nun forSal
as raenin brnudkmmstinw and tmukl
inE plktuerx.~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
new BUILDING OPENING SET FRIDAY
In Our
Alley

FOUR HUNDRED FOUR. count
EN-, distinct operations take place
from the time you lift your phone
receiver off the hook until you get
your connection.
That's what Ed Mockbee sssYs.
Ed ought to know.
He's put in the past 10 a In
the telephone business. and conf
dentially, II years OF that time has
been devoted to the framing Of
alibis.
Formal openhg OF the phone COM
pany building gives the dear public
Its n and only chance.
Our advice to every phone custo-
met Is this-make Ed show you each
and every one Of those 4O4 opera
tons.
II we let him get away with 1t
this time. it's all off.
AND ANOTHER thing.
About this circulating ice water
which features the new building.
Wouldn't it do more good II
furnished to customers trying to get
q call through?
Might not do any harm to take
that up with the phone company
officials when you visit the new
plant on Friday.
THESE PUBLIC utility companies
are hospitable to the nth degree.
Heard Manager Mockbee deliver a
30-minute invitation to a group Of
B~rownsvillites to visit the new plant
when they cut over from the old
TO the new system.
Got everybody enthused.
Sure. they'd be there.
Their Ed casually announced
THE change will be made al 8 o.
clock Sunday morning"
Snbsided enthusiasm was Scatter
ed all oy-r the floor.
He really meant the invitation,
though.
Offered to have central phone all
present to see that they got there
oL time.
ONE THING left out OF the new
building.
Struck us at first as being a
terrible omission.
No gymnasium for the Hello
Girls
Then we stood in back OF the
switchboard and watched a little old
girl about four feet tall stretch her
self over about ten feet OF board.
and decided that when and II we
ever had a girl, and when and If
we thought lhe needed exercise.
we'd let her work for nothing for
the phone company.
Those girls ought to grow.
ONE TUBE in the radio hook-up
equipment in the new building cost
over $500.
Think that over. you radio fans
who buy a tube a year 6. an outlay
OF SITS.
IF YOU WOULD learn the value
OF time. get this one.
Did YOU know that after you have
waited and waited to get your call
through to the friend in the next
block, the O. ances are that all Of
5 seconds. count them, too. have
elapsed between the time you placed
the call and the time she said
hello"
Sure. that's just one more from
the fertile brain Of Ed Mockbee.
I tell you. We are all missing a
bet II we don't get on the inside OF
some Of this stuff on Friday.
Ed says he strung the first line
into Elsa and Edcouch.
And he's been stringing some sort
OF a line ever since.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
PLANT TO Be ]
Thrown Open
TO VISITORS
Officials, Employe,
Will Conduct Tours
Of Inspection

&&AA M#M N""N NMH
exchange oF enc RAn Granda valley
Telephone co. 7DI Washington.
corner or It'll. Is scheduled for ri
day. July 81, between the hours N
A an D w. m.. E. E. MOckbcc. imam.
mgcr. announced to-day
A cordial invitation Is given Ill
residents OF Brownsville and OF tn
Valley To visit the Nm plant ON thh
opening day NV tha management N
the company.
Officials Present
Officials 0f the company, inrlud.
Ing w. C- Paxton. general manaEnF
and treasurer, Will to- present h
greet all visitors, and a tralnn
staff OF employees will be ON lar
10 conduct nl interested thrqM
the spacious and beautiful
structure and explain tins
workings Of the phone system
Not only A. the building
exterior and interior an assoc
the city OK Brownsville. built as
Is IN the most modern style v
architecture and surrounded ii
beautiful grounds, but every ht XVII
equipment which hmH been placed
I'm the new structure Az new and WI
the latest and most improved type.
Efficiency OF the company and an
itS employees wnH amply demnn-
stratcd Sunday. July 12, when thA
switch Owe from TIL old To the nrul
system was made at 5 o'clock IN leS'
than 10 seconds. service being prac4
tically uninterrupted.
New Equipment
Not one strand Of the old equip
ment used by tine company I'M thn
l0rmer location may bn found In
the new building.
Facilities for the inspection q
the plant have been arranged hI
MIR. MOckbee, EO that patrons VISIT
ing the exchange during Tine lorna
opening may gain a more intimate
knowledge Of the inner workings o.
the switchboard. that thing OF mys'
terry cd the hymen.
The visitor viii be shDw=n the $3.50
tOus operations which take piacl
from the time he Lifts his recciv
CT and places his number with thl
operator until the connection N
made and he ~ connected with thI
person with whom he desired 4
speak.
Residents or Brownsville will MN
interested I'm the comment made 0r
the new exchange by j. e. Paxton
general manager OF the Rio Grand
Valley Telephone co.
Lock 90 Future
we have provided for the futmI
In building the new exchange. M
stated This same exchange HAHi
itS present equipment win be nmnlj
able tO take care Of the teleph0nI
needs Of Brownsville when Browns
vile has a population az $4,000
With the same equipment we nuT
have we will be able tO handle NOR
than twice the number Of subscrib
ers we now have in Brownsville.
AS evidence that we expec
Brownsville 10 grow. M nay ~ nnt
CT that we have loo feet frOntaE
on Washington st.. although a
present we need but half tina
space he concluded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30
VOICES MUST
BE PLEASING
Quick Wit and Fingers
Among Requirements
For Operators

A telephone operator must be
quick-witted and nimble- fingered,
but first Of all she must possess a
pleasing voice.
Her number please Is her only
connection with the public. SO con-
SeQuently she must possess a pleas
ing voice which carries well in tele-
phone conversation.
Rigid Tests.
The company has a rigid set OF
rules Ii employs in testing aDDli-
cants. The strongest requirement is
that she possess a clear voice and
an even temper. Many voices are
unsuited to telephone work as they
are high or low pitched and do not
carry well over the wires. No matter
how well she masters other require
nents. a girl will not be accepted I'M
less her voice is good.
Patience IL another queslty &c
quired Of operators. Instead OF max
ing complaints 10 the chief opera
tor, patrons some times speak harsh
IL TO operators when a number fails
to answer. The operators are re-
CURED to show no p~rovocation on
such occasions.
Comfort Considered.
While the requirements to be met
by each prospective operator are
stringent. they receive the greatest
courtesy on the part of the company
and nothing Is overlooked for their
comfort. Specially designed chairs
which have been proved to give the
operators the maximum comfort
have been installed.
The operating room is splendidly
arranged for ventilation. The win
dows are Of a special design. which
catch the fresh ar from almost any
direction. Special fans also are used
In supplying fresh air to girls AZ
the switchboard.
The rest oom is especially design
ed Tor the comfort Of the operators.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-30

lineman instructions where TO find
the trouble.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-14
Dead Bug Reveals Source OF
Product and Active Pro-
tests Are Made

London. July 14.-It was only one of
those pesky little insects which the
dictionary helpfully defines as an
acaridan arachnid; a tick to you.
Further, 1t was a dead tick, thorough
ly and completely dead.
There was nothing startling in that.
Lots OF ticks die. But this particular
tick was embalmed in butter, and
when all the circumstances of his
death became known, things hap
pened. British housewives sprang to
arms In a ~boycotting campaign which
played hob with marketing. Staid
London newspapers, and some not so
sta1d. raised particular and pluper-
feet Cain. Members of Parliament
rose in the Commons to ask grave
questions Of the government. Com
mitteeS met in solemn session. There
was the very devil to pay throughout
the length and breadth of Britain. A
tiny tick had assumed the proportions
OF q maStadon.
Ah-ha-a Foreign Tick!
It all happened this way Some
body up in Cambridge bought a pound
OF butter: In that butter he found
q small insect. He was ANNOYED, anc
in his annoyance he took the insect
to some scientific gentlemen at Cam.
bridge university who know abou,
ticks, and they studied the brute
through q microscope.
This revealed that the tick was not
only q tick, but a Siberian tick found
only in that country.
The conclusion was clear. The but
ter was Siberian butter, dumped by
Soviet agents in England!
And that Is when things began to
happen.
Now as a matter of fact, as cold
Unconditional wholesale butter dealers
pointed out, an insect may be found
occasionally in butter produced in
any country, no matter what precau-
tons are taken. And, secondly, it
was pointed out that when Czars
ruled Russia, an enormous amount OF
Siberian butter IA imported into
England and disposed of here.
Brought Butter Boycott
But such things fell on deaf ears
AASASSVASSo WOAC 4llSlllCllCu W dll liz
newspaper campaigns. They were
not having any Soviet ticks with their
butter, no sir! They declared an un.
Official boycott on Russian butter
The result was that the Russian prod.
uct soon became a drug on the mar
ket. Not only that, but many mouse.
wives, in an excess of caution, cut out
butter entirely. sticking to good Brit.
ish margarine. The net result wa,
that big shops which handle butter
had to pay for ads to reassure theil
frightened customers.
Here is a sample:
mo Russian Butter Gin big blacl
letters.
IN response to numerous inquiries
the Blank Company desire TO an
nounce that they are not selling Rus
sian butter. The butter served at al
their branches is from the world
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-14
FIGHT ON SOVIET BUTTER IN
ENGLAND CAUSED BY INSECT

finest diaries and is produced under
the best conditions
But even that was not the end of
the matter. The Daily Mail, which
never overlooks a chance to hammer
the British Socialist government and
also to boost empire trade, said in its
leading editorial:
In Behalf of Farmers
THE British farmer Is complaining
bitterly-and with good reason-of
the unfair treatment that he is re-
ceiving from the government in the
matter of the Soviet-dumped butter.
If he is being undersold. it is simply
because the dice are loaded against
him by our authorities. He Is taxed,
inspected, and regulated to an extent
which puts up his costs to high fig
ures, while the Soviet State farm can
do as it lists and employs forced labor.
The public has no desire to encourage
the sale of this Russian stuff. Many
housewives will not touch 1T at any
price. In simple justice to the Brit
ish farmer, customers ought always
W NC lllAOl AllCu WllCll ooNASV Va
any other kind of Soviet produce is
being supplied to them. The British
farmer, after all, has the right In his
own country to a square DEAL
The reaction to this was swift. The
Standing Committee, which has been
considering the marketing Of imported
butter under the Merchandise Marks
Act of 1926, brought in a report. 1t
said that the butter would have to be
plainly labeled as to it's point OF
origin.
Bon-Bon Bombardment
There were other reactions too. Fol
some time the SovietS have beer
dumping into Britain tons of choco-
lates and other candy at prices which
British manufacturers say they can
not meet, because the sugar alone
costs them that much. Now some o.
the confectionery shops are proml.
nently displaying signs:
mo Russian sweets sold here"
And, finally, a snarl is arising over
the matter of canned salmon. II
former days the bulk of this fooc
came from American and Canadian
canneries. Now the Russians have
begun to turn their attention to this
article. 1t is said they turn out 9
very good quality. Nevertheless, the
prominent firms engaged either II
the import or in the distribution O.
this food, now are considering
whether they will lay an embargo or
the Russian product in favor OF the
American and Canadian.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-07-14
Stickler Solution

THESE PLATES SHOW RIBBONS CAV
m REAIS AND Bows,
AND BLOOMS OF PETALS nNrs0 /
PALEST ROSE;
| CoiOyReo DESIGNS N PAS|EL
FIRST ACE MADE ...|
FOE ALL our cRocKeeX SlhPLE|
OF QUE RAOt.
The words in large letters are the ones
that were missing, and are all composed
Of the same six letters. -
Evening star., 1931-06-22
APPLY ZEMO ONCE
STOP ITCHING SKIN

When itching, burning skin is un-
bearable apply soothing, antiseptic
ZEMO. Thousands find ZEMO
brings swift relief from itching draws
the heat and sting out of the skin.
For twenty years ZEMO has given
relief and has been clearing away
Ringworm, Eczema, Rashes, Pimples
and other skin and scalp irritations.
All druggists. 35c, 60c, $100. Extra
Strength ZEMO especially adapted
for obstinate caSes-S1 25
Evening star., 1931-06-22
TAXATION REFORM
IS HAWLEYS HOPE
House Leader Denies Retirement
Rumor and Works on Revision
Program for Entire U. s.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ASTORIA, Greg, June 22.-Repre-
sentative w. G. Hawley. chairman Of
the House Ways and Means Committee,
has announced he is working on a
model tax law for the entire United
States"
Hawley's announcement followed his
denial OF runlors he did not intend to
seek reelection next year.
During my "a years in Congress, /"
Hawley said, Il have had two ambitions.
to write model tax law for the en-
tire United States. The first has been
accomplished, and I am now working
on the second-a law to apportion the
burden among all taxpayers and those
who should pay taxes"
Evening star., 1931-06-22
GREENWICH winner
OF FIVE POINT FLAG
Health Banner, Offered by
State, Won Second Time
by School.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

MANASSAS, Va. June 22.-The
Greenwich School has been declared
winner of the five-point health banner
given by the State for the school in
the county having the greatest per-
centage Of f1ve-point pupils. The
school has the banner for the second
time, according to announcement by
Mrs. Ruby Lyman Hayden, county
nurse, who made the percentage figures
public Saturday afternoon.
The winning school had pupil aver
age of 1912 and was followed by the
Brentsville District High School at
Nokesville with an average of 74-plus
per cent and third place was captured
by the Bristow School with a health
average of 73 per cent.
Other schools with flve-point pupils
in the order in which they were rated
were Woodbine, wellington, Alden, Fay
man, Woodlawn, Bennett Of Manassas,
Bethel, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan,
Hayfield, Quantico, Manassas High, Pur-
cell, Hickory Grove, Cherry Hill, Buck
hall, Minnieville, Gold Ridge, Cathar-
pin, Forest Hill and BrentSville.
Among the colored schools, that of
Kettle Run won the State banner for
Prince william County for the second
time, while other schools getting FIVE
point recognition were Quantico, Sum-
mitt, Mount Zion, Brown of Manassas,
Cabin Branch, McCrae, Thornton, North
Fork, Manley; Antioch and Neabsco.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
ILLINOIS LAW CITED
IN FACTORS DEFENSE
Action Against Extradition to Lon
don Based on Difference in State
and English Statutes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 22.-Attorneys for
John Jake the barber" Factor re-
sumed their fight today to prevent
his extradition to England on charges
Of defrauding investors Of almost
$5,000,O0O
Factor is wanted In England on q
charge of receiving money with the
knowledge that it Is fraudulently got." i"
His attorneys based their arguments
on the theory that the act under which
he is wanted is not q violation under
the laws of Illinois. For this reason,
they contend, it is not recognized un-
der the treaty between this country
and England which provides, they
claimed, extradition only when the de-
fendant is charged with an act which
is crime in both the demanding
country and the state in which he
Is arrested.
Attorneys said they expected the
arguments to last several weeks.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
SUGAR COUNCIL CONVENES

Countries Not in Chadbourne Plan,
Topic in London.
LONDON, June % CP).--The initial
meeting of the International Sugar
Council since adoption of the Chad
bourne plan opened today, to last a
month. Francis E. Powell, Anglo
American business man, is presiding
The chief topic for consideration is
the position Of sugar-producing coun-
tries not included in the plan. 1t Is
hoped that they will put into effect
within their own countries something
similar to the Chadbourne scheme Of
production quotas.
Delegates of seven nations attended
today's session. among them being DR..
Carlos Manuel de CespedeS, Cuban
Minister, and Luis Marino Perez, COM
mercial attache of the Cuban embassy
at Washington.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
STOPS GAMBLING
Governor Of Tamaulipas, Mexico,
Decides to Close Places.

MEXICO CITY, June % P.-Word
was received by the federal govern
ment today from the Governor Of the
State of Tamaulipas to the effect that
he had decided to close the recently
opened gambling houses in Nuevo
Laredo, Matamoras and Reynos2, in
accord with the federal plan to dis
courage gambling.
President Ortiz Rubio recently can
celled the authority of the department
of interior to handle gambling permits.
The President returned this function to
the state governments.