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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
ACTIVITY IN COTTON
MARKED 1921 TURN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 3.-Pointing out
that increased activity in the cotton in
dustry marked the beginning Of general
business recovery in 1921. the Alexan-
der Hamilton Institute calls attention
to recent developments. Cotton mills
increased their consumption of raw cot
ton from 406,000 bales in December to
asa 900 bales in January. According To
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03

per cent rentes, 90 francs 40 confines.
Five per cent loan, 102 francs 40 Gen.
times. 4
Exchange on London, 124 francs. The
dollar was quoted at as francs say
centimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03

the institutes current bulletin, con-
sumption in January was the largest
since May, 1880, and exceeded the 1880
low Of $4,000 bales last August by 20
per cent. Weekly average sales of cot
ton cloth In January totaled 59,777, 900
yards in December, gain Of 63.6 per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
STONE & WEBSTER CORP.
GETS 900, 900 CONTRACT

Stone & Webster Engineering Cor
poration has received contract from
the Southern California Edison Co.
covering the design and construction of
a 94,000-kilowatt extension to the Edi-
son company's plant at Long Beach.
which is located on the Coast about IS
miles south of Los Angeles. The work
covered by the contract amounts to APP
proximately $7000,000. and construc-
ton work on the condensing water in
take and tunnels is already under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03

"Alien Soil" an opera recently pro-
duced at the Berlin State Opera, has a
plot dealing with Lithuanian workmen
who emigrate to Chile, where the leader
falls into the trap Of an exotic vamp,
the proprietress of mine, and when he
remorsefully returns to his wife finds
her dying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03

PARIS B0URSE PRICES.
PARIS, March P).-Prices moved
on the Bourse today. Three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-03
Money to Loan

Secured By Arss dsea % trust ea real estate.
PSevaiIins interest and esmmissisn.
Joseph |. Weller M n,s. w': n I 4 Nv Nv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Cost of Government In Texas

Gov. Sterling Is q busy man. he has the oil white
elephant to carry. he has the huge appropriations
bills to either slash or cut or veto. A castup OF all the
appropriations made by the And legislature discloses
o total OF $S4,29O,260. In comparison with the finan-
cial statement OF April i, the governors new fig
ures, including the latest taxes. show a net increase
OF $S,263.l26 due largely to the tobacco tax and
slightly TO the cement. sulphur increase and gas pro-
duction taxes"
Texas Is said to be the white spot on the map Of
the United States. Texas has a population OF 100000.
Texas Is a six billion dollar state. Bank failures have
been reduced to the minimum in Texas. Great crops
OF foodstuffs and feedstuffs are on the way. For $50
years Americans have solved all problems and con-
'quered all depressions and adversities. 1t goes with
out saying that the people now on earth will walk
In the footsteps OF their forefathers. Not many years
ago all the deans OF gloom the wide world over pre-
dicted that the end Of civilization was approaching.
They were false prophets. A better civilization was
born. Speaking OF world diplomacy. II Is said to be
"easy on the brain but Hell on the feet" Ambassador
Dawes predicts, first, a great wave OF optimism and
then a great whirlwind Of prosperity. You pays
your money and you takes your choice
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
The Once Over
ELMER TWITCHELL's BALLOON TRIP
BY Fl. /. PHILLIPS

CThe following diary revealed for the first time
that. following the flight OF Professor Picard over
Switzerland. Mr.. Twitchell and a man named Gus
had made an excursion into the stratosphereJ
u a. m.-we are off to the stratosphere What
shall we find? Who knows? {. One thing Is
certain We shall get away from those headlines
on the stock market.
7:30 a. m-My companion. Gus. wants to know
where we are going l tell him 1t makes no diff
ference so long as we find no pessimists there
Gus doesn't want his last name to get into the news
papers His wife thinks he Is out gathering rocks
for her rock garden.
8 a. m.-We are now SO far above the earth that
we cannot see 1t Considering the condition 1t
Is in, this is a great relief.
$40 a. m.-You can imagine the height we have
attained when I tell you that even with the most de-
licate instruments we are now unable to hear any
body bowling about the break in Telephone AMI Steel
The feeling is delightful Another thousand
feet and we won't even be able to hear any White
House speeches.
Q a. m.-we have assembled four miles above the
gloom strata We can look in all directions and
not see anything depressing We are historical
With JOY Gus is chortling continuously 80. I ask
him why he is so tickled He replies that he Is
thinking OF his broker trying to reach him with q
margin call.
10 a. m-we are now passing through blue atmos-
phere This Is very curious Gus says we must
be directly over Wall street.
1918 a NIT is now possible to study gamma
rays I reach out and clutch q handful, but there
Is no place to put them Gus forgot to bring q
bottlel
lO:45 a. m-.One thing is unaccountable We
can't understand how We can be up in the air 50
long and not see Captain Hawks.
Il:1O a. m-Our balloon just struck something . =
We were both hurled to the bottom Of the cabin
our instruments show the impact occurred al a
height Of nine mics above the earth We can't
make out what we hit 1t may have been the peak
OF the 1929 market.
l1:45 a. 1.-THE air IS getting thinner We are
flying to be going up like this when everything else
is going down.
r. m-We have Just passed through a great iieid OF
paper We reach out and pull some pieces In
They are warrants issued In July. 1929. 70 subscribe
To stocks at what was then thought low levels We
nearly die laughing.
D. m-We are ten miles above the earth TINS
Is equivalent to rs miles above business.
3 D. m~.-Something Is wrong We have oeen up
all day without getting an offer to write the story
for an American newspaper syndicate ...
4l0 D. m-we must descend at once Gus mas
lust realized that he forgot to bring along those dy-
spcpsia tablets he was supposed to take in cold water
every two hours.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Money Plentiful in Canada

Money appears TO be plentiful in the land Of the
Blue Noses. Canadians oversubscribed by more than
$780, 600 900 the 1881 conversion loan. These are the
figures: The amount Of the loan was originally set
for s250lOOo 600 and the exact money subscribed more
than s600.0O0l0O0 Canadian conversion bonds bear
interest at four and a half per cent. They are gilt
edged. They are as good As gold. indeed they are rare
offerings for a thrifty people and the Canadians are
thrifty people. American tourists invested 100000
COO In the Canadian provinces last year. There may
be a slump IN the sum total investment by the Ameri-
can tourists this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

termination OF the contract, She
said her retirement from films would
be only temporary.
Miss Bow has left the sanitarium
TO which her physician sent her
after her collapse on a motion pic
ture lot, and at her Beverly Hills
home is preparing TO leave the lat
ter part Of this week for her Nevada
ranch for q period OF final recup-
Grafton.
Il wanted my contract broken II
Paramount saw fit SO that l might
get back IN my feet again." she said.
Il did not want to hold the studio
10 a contract when II was 50 in
definite as TO when I would fulfill
1t.
Now that this worry IS over I
can face the task OF regaining my
health with a free mind. It's like
leaving home to leave the studio
after these many years. but I know
II Is the best thing for me 10 do.
because I must regain my health"
Miss Bow said she had received
several offers from n theatar chain
for personal appearances over the
country. She said she rejsct-d them
all.
The incident directly Llamed for
Miss Bows nervous collapse was
the publication In a weekly perloi-
ical here OF stories purporting 70
tell Of her love life"
The publisher. Frederick Fl. Cir
nau Is awaiting trial on a charge
OF sending obscene matter through
the mails.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

AL the prophets OF gloom are on the road. Judge
Arthur J. Lacy Of Detroit appeared before the Nat
icnal Association OF Real Estate Boards and predict
ed a taxpayers strike unless levies are lower and
made more equitable. He insisted that there should
be a holiday or half holiday in new road building pro-
grams and other projects which 1t is possible 70 de-
fer. He stressed that fact there are numbers Of town
ships, school districts and villages In America over
where there Is a 10 per cent delinquency in the pay
ment OF taxes due last year. Judge Lacy Is remainded
that the people now on earth are not going back to
the oxcart period OF civilization. oxcart road trails
or the oxcart system Of transportation. His age IS
as dead as the dodo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

Look, look" the proud mother
repeated. Just to think I should
have a daughter that Is a leading
lady IN the theater. "a big star"
The next morning, / picked I'D
the newspapers and read the re-
views with more than passing in
tereSt. They we're 100 per cent anti
The first night crowd had not been
particularly enthusiastic. often II
mad laughed at the wrong time.
Yes, the daughter had appeared
as a leading lady in the bright
lights belt.
And then what? Critics com-
mented on how the audiences had
iaughed-when there vas no intent
to be funny. They had mighty little
10 say that will help her get ahead
One wonders what happens
around the family tables when
THESE reviews r received and read
Yet there seems 70 be no curel
Year after year, they 70 on doing
the same thing. There's al least
one q month in season. and several
Wnen the season begins and ends.
And 10 me. at least. it's one OF
the Things Booth Harrington should
write about IN that vein he h az
used In describing some OF the most
pathetic family dinners I have ever
read about.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
\ MOTE \
ESlDEllGHISB
CAPITOL


Paramount brings an effective
story To the screen In Its filmizati0n
OF Rupert Hughes seriahz.d novel,
Ladies Man. which opens at the
Capitol today.
Ladies Man Is the story or a
very be-ievable type OF character
a society man who subsistS upon
the money he gains from selling the
gifts which are showcred upon him
BY the romantic and philandering
ladies Of the social set. Whence he
came no one seems to know. Who
his family is also remains unans-
wered. But the fact Is patent that
his debOnair manner. his easy
charm, his romantic suavity and all
so glamorous in the eyes land arms
Of the ladies that any social register
shortcomings he may have are
forgotten.
William Powell. as YOU may have
suspected even II you had not been
previously informed by the Capitol
Theatre, plays this central charac-
ter. He Is the Ladies' Man" and a
more perspicaoious person for such
a hero-villian role Is not listed in
the whole gallery OF filmdom's
stars.
Kay Francis again Is the sweet
heart OF Powell. She comes into his
life Of gaiety at a time when he rs
M darling Of several OF the towns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
hM]N,EiW'NORk

Yes, Every Mothers Daughter Can
BE a Star-on Broadway, II Papa
Has the Cash and is Willing To
Act as "Angel"
NEW YORK-In this town, where
SO many people are supposed to 90
to the devil, it's surprising how
many angels" can be found who
are willing TO perch on the point OF
an electric bulbl
Fact Is, in this day and age few
theatrical producers put I'D their
own money for their own shows,
The so-called smart boys" gener-
ally find other sources. Years ago.
the Frohmans and Belascos and
all such backed their own shows
and personally attended 10 the
casting and directing. Purchases OF
big theater chains established
bookings all over the nation and
Broadway became more and more
a real estate proposition. with
groups holding their houses for
rentals.
Now II happens that in this
mans town there are certain gents
who have money. and who also have
wives, daughters and girl friends
o5sesSed with the notion that they
are actresses. II merely remains for
a play to come along, find a produ-
Ger, put up the money-and on she
goes. The results are generally more
than slightly sad. Time and again,
l have attended performance
where wives would have been far
better off back in the kitchen and
where sweethearts would have been
better off in rumble seats.
AT any rate. a certain stage pro-
duction opened within the pas. few
weeks.
Up in the Bronx there was a
proud father. He had made a nice
bit Of money in business and he had
a daughter who had been quite q
riot in the amateur and little thea
ter groups. Why couldn't she have
her name on Broadway Why not
indeed t
Considering the nature Of the
play. a mere matter OF $4,000 OF
thereabouts was required.
And so the performance opened
on Broadway. with first night cri-
tics on hand and. of course. scores
Of friends from 'up town.
When il was all over. the proud
mama and papa rushed TO tho
stage. followed by a large parade Of
gushers and a good time was hac
by all at the get-together that fol-
lowed.
No harm done, as you can see
There rarely Is. except 10 some
youngsters ego and some Angels
pocketbook.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
IT. Girl of Films Retires
= = = = = y = y y y
HeaIth-- Released
= = 4 = = y = y
From Contract bye Company

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 9-tR)
The career OF Clara Bow as a
motion picture star was ended to-
day. temporarily az least.
Officials OF the Paramount Studios
announced last night they had
granted her request for a release
from her contract extending to next
October and calling for two more
pictures.
Whether the girl who rave a new
meaning to the word 1T" will ever
be seen again in the films remain
cd problematical. An exchange Of
amenities accompanied the termi-
nation Of her SIX year association
with Paramount-an association
punctuated with numerous temp
eStuous events which eliminated
recently In a nervous breakdown
which was given as the real reason
Or the severance OF relations.
In a letter notifying er that
the contract had been "torn up"
TO aid her recovery OF health, B.
p. Schuloerg, general manager for
Paramount said. Il know your
career on the screen is not at an
end and that you will 20 on from
this point TO greater triumphs."
Miss Bow. expressing apprecia-
ton for the friendly spirit marking
the dissolution OF the contract and
gratitude for conditions which
would permit her to regain her
health more quickly. said she had
no plans for her future in pictures
or on the stage.
At the time she requested the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
E


"Never mind the icing" she said.
"I1l whip a bottle OF cream az the
store"
"And suppose the cake doesn't
Eell?r
Mrs. Barstow will take half OF
IL. and Tommy will buy the other
half. We're going on a picnic to-
morrow 20 celebrate Tommy's re-
turn to college"
Beryl could not be depressed
with the prospect OF a picnic with
Tommy. especially when II marked
a signal triumph. Before starting
she r~esoluteIy put trouble behind
her. And the whipped cream cake
was sold mn a whole besides ell the
salad. Beryl decided she must
make more OF the salad since peo-
pie had begun to ask for IT, Per-
haps the Everett craft could DO
floated on salads and cakes.
She remarked 20 Tommy when
she served him store cookies that
ships ought 70 have spires made
OF spun sugar and keels or choco-
late and oars Of peppermint sticks
and he asked her IL she were ra-
tional.
What's that about the path 70
your door?" she said dreamily. II
think I'm going 10 start one on
stepping stones OF brownies and
devilcd eggs. Maybe Hi get "a stand
out here somewhere in the country
and serve hobo sandwiches
you know. Tommy. people have to
eat and IL you make IL a pleasure
for them-If I made something bet
ter than anyone else made IL
and . y"
Tommy reached out and took her
hand. "Cut IL out" he said huskIly
and Beryl said, Making a success
OF anything Is thrilling. Tommy"
for she knew that he was contrast
Ing q career running a lunch stand
with n as a singer.
She had 10 be very careful with
Tommy in some respects. H had
changed. TO Beryl he was vastly
more interesting than he had been
before. lie was repentant and gen.
tie and sympathetic when he was
serious.
After a BIT she managed 70 turn
the conversation into a discussion
OF Tommy's future. She had a
beautiful time listening 10 him. and
watching the sun CLINT through the
autumn leaves on his hair. Tommy
would be somebody some day.
They drove home In mellow dusk
Most az the way they had the road
to themselves. Beryls old car shot
past other vehicles easily. Some
drivers swore at and others envled
the young couple.
Beryl closed her eyes that night
with a happy sigh, and did not
wake the next morning until her
mother came 10 show her a tele-
gram from Irene.
Ito BE Continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
HEGIN HERE TO-DAY

BERYL BORDEN. secretly I'm
IcVe with TOMMY WILSON,
knows that he and her haIf-sIs-
FER. IRENE EVERETT. would
never be happy together and tries
10 prevent their marriage.
Irene Is Jealous when she falls
and DeryI secures N radio con
tract. Beryl's voice wins her new
friends and she tries tO forget
her love by going TO parties with
young PRENTIsS GAYLORD.
Irene learns PrentisK ~ rich ard
tries to win him from BeryI.
Tommy's aunt dies and he loses
both job and money through her
husband. He tells Irene and she
breaks their engagement. when
FrentiEs asks her 90 marry him
she accepts. In despair Tommy
drinks heavily and Beryl finds
him. She tries % cheer him UP
md tells Irene she must 20 "a
10 Tommy or Inform Prentiss how
sae has acted. Irene promises.
then slips nway and mnrries Prem
tiss. They telephone the news.
Beryl develops "a serious throat
malady and n noted specialist nd
vises rest and extreme caution.
BeryI diSobeys when she hears
that Tommy has Joined n Eamg of
b~ootIeggers. She slips out Of the
house In all kinds Of weather 90
beK Tommy 20 break nway from
n gang. Her throat gets worsc
and she learns that her singing
career IA over. BcryI goes "a tell
Tommy her trouale nnd 90 beg
him for the last time 60 leave his
unwholesome associates.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXVI
CALLS right with the world"
= Beryl turned swiftly 10
Tommy. isn't that a wonderful
line7" she exclaimed rapturously.
Look az that harbor! No. don't,
for you'd surely drive us straight
into the sunset. You couldn't take
your eyes from It,"
Tommy grinned and swerved the
car. pretending 10 lose control OF II.
Beryl laughed. 1T knows which Is
its sunny side" she said. Il never
knew a nicer brought-up car, did
your"
Il never did. II curtsies every
time IL sees a Lincoln"
so much better behaved than its
new brothers and sisters" Beryl
said smoothly.
Better get your nose down be.
fore some bee mistakes 10 for a
buttercup," Tommy told her.
And so they drove along, care
free and merry. If each had a dark
cloud in memory II was kept for
private viewing and never brought
out TO spoil the sunny hours they
spent together.
Beryl was particularly happy this
day. IL was Sunday and the gro
Gerry store was closed. Tommy too
was released from his labors in a
garage. And tomorrow be would re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Sudan Grass Proves
Profitable Forage
TBy staff COrrespOndentl


RAYMONDVnLE. June S.--An
excellent record has been made by
Ben McCaslin, who lives two miles
southwest Of here. with n field OF
Sudan grass. according to n. r..
Burwcll, Willacy county agricultural
agent.
MFR. McCaslin has Is acres OF this
grass on which 70 cows have been
grazing for some time. Then the
last week in May he harvested is
acres 90 make ensilage and he has
nine acres left for his cows. From
the rs acres he got 81 tons OF n
silage. a heavy yield considering the
fact that the dairy cattle had been
grazing on the field.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09

says We amt no business ~bothering
Irene"
A few days later Mr.. Everett ap-
peared at the store with a brighter
face than Beryl had seen him wear
ing for some time. your mothers
written 10 Irene" no explained.
That's great" she said, and
turned hastily away.
A the days passed and nothing
= was heard from Irene the
brightness vanished from Mr. Ev-
erett's face. Beryl knew that he
had quarreled with her mother. but
when she was present Mrs. Everett
would say nothing. There was a
look az stubbornness on her moth
er's face that Beryl heard Mr..
Everett describe as mulish.
Perhaps her mother didn't real
lie how things we're. Il guess"
Beryl said to her one day. "you
don't know how serious II is with
Dad. He's pretty badly in debt.
He's got TO have a life line or he'll
sink"
The lines Of stubbornness deep
ened around her mothers com
pressed lips.
you might have thought or
that" she answered, when you
wouldn't take care al yourself.
Irene IN married and gone. III seems
TO me the one 70 help are those at
home"
Beryl bit her LIP 20 keen back a
sharp answer. There would ~
something In what her mother said.
were 1t not for the many dollars
Of her earnings that had gone into
the family eEchequer.
II am doing all / can" she said
quietly.
"And I've done all I can" her
mother retorted. I've stood over
this stove and baked until I'm black
In the face. Irene was the only one
with sense enough 10 look out for
herself and I'm not going 20 hurt
her pride for the sake OF some who
criticized her"
Beryl was quieted by the fnality
In her tone. The task she'd been
about was finished. She took or
her smock and rolled down her
sleeves.
I'll take the salad 20 the store"
she said hurriedly. lis the cake
iced?"
no. you'll have to come back
for IT,"
II haven't much time. It's Satur-
day, you know" Beryl reminded
her.
You don't need 10 tell mel
Hasn't every Saturday seen ne
chained to this kitchen for a
month";"
RERYL felt suddenly very sorry
for her. Perhaps she was sur
fering in silent disappointment
too loyal to Irene to complain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-09
Dawes Says Prosperity
Is About Due

Ambassador Chas. B. Dawes is mentioning in the
United States. He Is mere for a business visit as well.
He insists that q sudden change TO optimism which
win usher In better business conditions is about due"
But-"proSperity would return only slowly and the
mass trend away from p~essimism would be sudden
Owen ID. Young Is the author OF the German repara-
tions plan. He worked 10 out. He put it over in Eur
ope. II was a success and then the success was christ
ened "the Dawes plan" This Is a queer old world. IN
ventors get the feather. Non-inyentors cop the tur-
key.