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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
SHOWS
IMPROVEMENT
Aged Inventor Again Is
Interested in Affairs
Oh World

WEST ORANGE. N. j.. Aug. 3. lPl
Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor.
iii at his home here. began today
ID show interest in world affairs.
His physician, Dr.. Hubert s. Howe,
said Mr.. Edison aw0ke In excellent
spirits and seemed TO be improving.
"A bulletin issued at III "a. m. &C. >.
To said there was no marked change
in his condition, but that Mr.. Edi-
son was at his desk in the living
room reading newspapers.
The bulletin read:
There has been no marked change
in Mr.. Edison's condition this morn
ing. He asked to see the newspapers
for the first time in several DAYS
and Is now in the living room at his
desk.
DIR. Hubert s. Howe
In the first bulletin today issued
at 7 a. m. DR.. Howe had said Mr..
Edison spent a good night, sleeping
seven hours. an hour more than the
previous night. He also said the in
ventor was showing more interest
in outside affairs than he had IN
many years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Rotarians Convene

LAREDO, Aug. 3.-Pl-Delegates
from So counties comprising the
forty-seventh district OF Rotary
International were here today 20
open the annual two-day confer
ence.
Among the first delegates TO ar
rive was John "A. Crockett OF Har-
lingen. district governor. who had
just returned from the information
al Rotary convention In Vienna,
Austria
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
BAD WEATHER
RESULTS IN
FAILUREACAIN
Refueling Contacts Are
Made Possible By
Conditions

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug SIP
The monoplane Fort Worth"
landed here at 7:35 a. m, after
falling in its second attempted non
stop Seattle-Tokyo flight.
At T:20 a. m. (Western Alaska
time, 1920 a. m. p. S. I'd Unalakleet
reported the iliers had not been
sighted there.
The landing OF the Fort Worth
at Fairbanks was % hours 80 min
utes after their take off from
Seattle yesterday. This was about
the same length Of time the filters
were in the air on the first attempt
to span the north Pacific early III
July.
Then they landed at Solomon
beach, 30 miles east Of Nome, after
low ceilings, bad visibility and
bumpy weather made final refueling
contacts impossible, with the light
motor then installed in their plane.
st. Michaels. westward Of Unala-
kleet and on the projected route to
Tokyo. reported neither plane had
been sighted there at 7 a. m.
western Alaska Time. 10 a. m. p.
S. ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
A
is ~UNSEPOITED

SEATTLE, Aug. 3.-tP-Belief
that the refueling plane which
was 10 give Reg. T.. Robbins and
Harold S. Jones its final load Of
gasoline ever Boring sea must have
come to grief at Unalakleet was
expressed here today by w. w.
Connor, Washington state governor
OF the National Aeronautical asso-
citation upon receipt Of word that
the Fort Worth had landed az FAIR
banks.
No word OF the whereabouts OF the
refueling ship had been received here
this morning. although both planes
we're progressing nicely when they
left Fairbanks last night.
Conner said he believed the re-
fueler had damaged its landing
gear on the beach at Unalakleet or
had become lost and the Fort
Worth had to return to Fairbanks
because it did not have enough fuel
10 reach Japan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Hungry Hoppers DeOour
Wagon Tongue in loWa

eating everything from feathers to
fork handles.
Take the word OF DR.. Z. @. Drake,
state entomologist. the grasshop-
pers will eat most anything.
He reported that In western
Iowa a wagon tongue had been
partially eaten BY the insects. They
devoured SO much Of 1t that 1t had
to be replaced.
They're bold. too. One OF them
was found sitting on the desk Of
Gov. Dan Turner just as state Of
ficials were getting ready to dis
cuss plans for Kidding the state OF
the pests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

ENGLAND, Ark, Aug. .. W.
England, which was seriously AZ
fected by last winters drought.
turned ~beneiactor today. IL was
organizing a caravan OF trucks I'd
take food supplies to the unem-
pl0yed nc Henryetta, Okla. the
scene recently az "A demonstration
not unlike those which took plaza
here last winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 3.-tPt-
The grasshoppers are hopping
right along, with appetites that
seem to be Unsuitable.
Encouraged, however. by the sue
cess or some farmers in North and
South Dakota. Iowa, Nebraska and
Minnesota, exterminating the pests
with poison mixed with bran and
molasses, the Iowa department OF
agriculture prepared today to
spread the mixture by airplane
over the wastelands OF Iowa In an
effort to halt the invasion OF the
pests.
In addition to playing havoc with
farm crops the insects have been
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

LURAY. va. Aug. 3. tFt-A further
survey Of ways and means To meet
the prospective unemployment situa-
ton this coming winter will be made
this week by Pres. Hoover.
The chief executive yesterday con-
ferred with Sec. Doak on the labor
department at Camp Rapidan. near
here, on unemployment relief. "A
formal announcement or the results
~ the discussion II expected 20 be-
forthcoming after the president re-
turns TO washington. D0ak IN To-
submit q report 10 the president
soon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Fatal Fire Mystery

TEXARKANA, Ark. Aug. 3-tPl
Cause Of a fire which swept the
interior OF the Williams home here
yesterday taking the life OF Mrs. N.
q. williams. Al an invalid. re-
manned unknown today. Mrs. VIII
liamS died on the 18th anniversary
Of her marriage. Her husband and
daughter were absent from home at
the time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

MONTREAL. Aug. 3.-1 All
shipping and passenger traffic
through the Lachine canal was nc
a StandStiIl today. a. search was
made for the bodies Oh ID men be-
lieved To have been swept away I'm
turbulent waters that poured Qua
or the canal lock gates after the
steamship Rapids Prince crashed
into them yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Gandhi Describes
Self as Reformer

HAHMEDABAD. India, Aug. s.
R-Mahatma Gandhi, dedicating
a new Hindu temple, described
himself today as neither saint nor
political but as social reformer.
II take a thousand times greater
interest in my work as a reformer
than in politics" ne said. IF /
dabble in politics 1t Is only t. slim
ulate my social activities
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

HENRIETTA, Okla. Aug. 3.-dF1
Fire OF undetermined origin
swept one-third OF n business block
on Main street here today. causing
damage estimated at more than
SIS. 900.
"A theatre. two roOminR houses
and three other business establish
ments. were III the fire-swept area.
The fire started in a barber shop.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Staying Trial Up

DALLAS, Aug. 3. RI-Charles III.
Chandler. f~7-year-old stock sales
man, was or thial in district court
here today for the Staying OF John
@. SpeTro az Gravel Slough June rs.
SpeTro was the husband or Mrs.
Fiona Mary Cholvin. who was ~
victed last week on a similar charge
and sentenced to 10 years In prison.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Death Investigated

CLEBURNE, Aug. 3. -lP-In-
vestigation into the death Of Arthur
Neace. 20. whose badly burned body
was found in a ditch alongside the
Meridian Highway Saturday. con-
tinued today.
III. l.. Bicknell. justice OF the
peace. withheld his inquest verdict
pending further inquiry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Woman Charged

DALLAS. Aug. 3-F-Miss Lf-
ota Terry, %. was charged with as
sault to murder today In c0nnec-
ton with the shooting or Joe II.
Monroe. 38, nj q highway road camp
near here Saturday night. Mon
roe was in a serious condition. Of
ficers were attempting I'd locate the
taxi driver who transported Mss
Terry To the road camp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
War Declared liz
Years Ago Today

LONDON. Aug. 3.=tP1-Seventeen
years ago today on just such a
sunny August bank holiday Ger
many declared war on FRI e and
during the afternoon GreaJ Britain
pledged her support TO her neighbor
across the channel. On August 4.
1914. Britain declared war on Ger
many.
ION a Monday afternoon such as
this we committed ourselves to a
war which cost us the death or
mutilation OF 100000 0 young men
and the expenditure Of El3.000,000,-
600 (about SOS. 900. 000. o00),' the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
ROBBINS WIRES WIFE
WILL RETURN SOON

FORT WORTH, Aug. 3. -t4f-
Reg r. Robbins, pilot Of the plane
Fort Worth, attempting for the
second time a nonstop flight from
Seattle % Tokyo. japan. telegraph
ed his wife here shortly after noon
today that he had landed at Fair
banks, Alaska, ecause Of bad
weather. His telegram said: Don't
worry. Will be home soon"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Texan Found Shot

NACOGDOCHES, Aug. 3=Pl-
j. a. Cunningham, 55-year-old
travelling salesman. was In a crit
ical condition at a Nacogdoches
hospital today with two bullet
wounds in his body. He was found
on the high school campus yester-
day. A pistol. with two cartridges
exploded, was lying beside him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Claims Child Cursed
A Hurt In Wrecks

MCKINNEY, Aug 3.-tP-FOur
men were In hospitals here today
for treatment Of injuries received
in automobile accidents.
Owen Stiff Of Mckinney and
Walter Farley OF Dallas. we're in
jured near ChambliSs when their
car overturned on a curve. Both
or Stiff's legs were broken and II
was necessary 10 amputate one OF
them.
Buster FraZe and Douglas Nc
Nab. both OF Mckinney, were in
jured in a collision.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Panhandle Gets Rain

AMARILLO. Aug. 3.-tP-Con-
tinued rains over the weekend
brought the Texas panhandle us
first real soaking In several months.
Total precipitation In Amarillo
since last Friday was l82 inches,
the II. s. weather bureau reported
>1pUday. and the fall was similar
kser the entire panhandle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

AMARILLO, Aug. 3. =HJ- "A
grand jury investigation OF the
fatal shooting Of John Belfoower,
81. who was killed in the Locost
Grove community 2 miles SOUTH
east Of here Saturday night, was
expected today.
Melvin Bus" Walker, %. was
held in the Wheeler county Jail
without bond.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
MRS. MCDONALD
DRAWS $1,000
fine AND JAIL
Witnesses Testify
Child Beaten
Numerically
Especial 20 The Herald)

tSDeclal 10 Inc heraIUJ
RAYMONDVILLE. Aug. 3.-Mrs.
Selma Mcdonald OF Raymondville
was given the maximum penalty
for aggravated assault in county
court here this morning when she
was convicted Of brutally whipping
her s~lX-year-old step-daughter,
Lucille.
The maximum penalty carries a
$1,000 fine and two years Jail inn
prisonment. Judge r.. 8. Dorset
assessed the penalty.
Husband Sentence
Mrs. McDonald's husband, G. @.
Mcdonald, vas sentenced last
Thursday 10 serve 10 months In
jail and pay a $1,000 fine on the
same charges.
Doctors and neighbors took the
stand this morning to testify that
the child was given an unmerciful
beating. apparently beat n over the
head and body with fists. and
kicked. One doctor testified that
the child's nose had been broken
by a blow. Another doctor declin-
ed to say that her nose was broken
but declared that she had received
q hard blow.
Neighbors testified that the
child's body was covered with
bruises and that marks resembling
finger prints were found On her
throat and on the back Of her neck.
DR.. Dowday testified that he had
treated the child soon after the
alleged beating and that she was in
an extremely nervous condition and
was suffering intensely.
Testimony introduced by states
witness that Mrs. Mcdonald had
been heard to use abusive language
In her home was denied by her
husband, who took the stand ms a
defense witness and testified that
his wife had never used abusive
language to him.
Claims Child Cursed
III was brought out at the trial
that the alleged beating occurred
when the child was claimed 10
have cursed her step-mOther.
The McDOnalds have been mar
RED about two years.
Witnesses who took the stand
for the state were David Munsing-
~. Mrs. David Munsinger, Mrs. H.
ID. Henderson, DR.. j. Id. Mccain
DR.. Dowday and f.. ID. Henderson.
Defense witnesses were Mrs. Nc
DOnald's husband and a daughter
by a former marriage, Helen Cole.
Mrs. Mcdonald. who handled her
own case, pleaded not guilty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Ladies, You Can't
Plead Ignorance

CHICAGO. Aug. 3. F1-The
ladies can't say they weren't
warned.
within a 100 years" DR.. Paul
f.. Mahffey, or Springfield. Ill,
told the scientific association OF
chrOpediSts. women will have
feet like the hoofs OF horses II
they keep on wearing shoes with
high heels.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Inquest Held

HOUSTON. Aug. 8. -tRl-August
Klopfer, IS. Of Galveston. who was
found dead under a tree on the
Old Spanish Trail near here yes
terday, died from natural causes.
Justice Campbell Overstreet held in
an inquest verdict today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
County Court Meets

The Cameron county commissions
erS' court met Monday morning as
q board or equalization for the pur-
pose OF considering complaints from
tax payers whose valuations have
been increased.
The court will continue 20 sic the
remainder on the week as "a board
OF equalization.
All persons whose valuations have
been increased have been notified
TO appear before the board IL they
wish to protest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
MARKETS
AT GLANCE
NEW YORK

NEW YORK
Stocks. firm. rails rise briskly.
Bonds: Irregular, foreign IS
sues easier.
Curb. Firm standard oil on
Indiana heavy.
Foreign exchange: stc1y,
Dutch GuIlders reach new 1891
high.
Cotton. Barely steady; south
ern selling.
Sugar: steady; steady spot
market.
Coffee: Higher, Brazilian buy
ing.
CHICAGO
Wheat. Easy; increased visible
supply: increased crop estimates.
Corn: Easy, beneficial raLns>
beariSh crop estimates.
Cattle: Higher.
Hogs: Lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Mail Robberies Are
Probed by Officer
DIV Staff Correspondent)

tBy StafI COTreSpOnuentI
EDCOUCH, Aug. 3.-Federal In
spector Biggs was here Monday In
vestigating burglaries Of Edcouch
and Elsa mail pouches Saturday
morning.
The robber made off with two
sacks Of mail, one a pouch OF
registered mail and packages az
Edcouch after breaking into the
postoffice. The night pouch was
stolen at the Elsa depot, presum-
ably by tie same robber.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
VOTED

BARCELONA. Spain. Aug. 8. Up
The Province OF Catalonia was be-
lieved 10 have cast an overwhelming
ballot for autonomous statehood
within the Republic Of Spain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Do-X Hop Ready

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug.
3. -lP-It was announced today
that III the weather IS favorable the
flying boat DO-x win take off fof
Miami tomorrow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to occasionally un-
settled Monday and Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
STRATTON FOLLOWS
EDISON IN DEATH
Former Bureau of Standards
Head Is Stricken Giving
Comment on Inventor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, October ls.-Dr. Samuel
w. Stratton. chairman Of the corpora
ton Of Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology and president of the institute
from 1923 to 1880. died suddenly last
night IN his Back Bay home. Death
came as he was debating a tribute to
Thomas A. Edison.
His physician, Dr. William Bradford
Robbins. said death was caused by
coronary occlusion.
Returned From England.
DR. Stratton had appeared in the best
OF health. despite his 70 years. He re-
turned only last week from q months
trip to England where he attended the
Faraday celebration.
Early last night he was besieged with
requests from newspapers for comment
on the death of Thomas Edison. AS he
sat in his living room. debating to his
secretary. he was stricken and died al
most instantly.
DR.. Stratton was born in Iitchfield.
Ill. July 49, 1861. the son OF Samuel
and Mary B. (Webster) Stratton. He
was graduated from the University of
Illinois in 1884 with a degree of bach
elor of science and became an instruc-
tor and eventually a professor at that
institution, serving from 1885 to 1892.
He then went to the University of Chi
cago. where he remained for nine years.
In 1901 he was appointed director of
the National Bureau of Standards, at
Washington, D. c., holding that post
until 1923.
Came to NJ. I. T. in 1923.
In that year he came to Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology as presi-
dent, retaining that Office until last
year. when he resigned to accept the
craftsmanship of the corporation.
He held the degree of doctor Of sci
ence. conferred by the University of
PENNSYLVANIA. now University of Pitts
burgh; Cambridge, Yale: LII. D. from
Harvard and Phi. D. from Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute.
DR.. Stratton was a member of the
international Commission on Weights
and Measures. the American Institute
CT Electrical Engineers. American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers. Ameri-
can Physical Society, National Academy
OF Sciences National Advisory Commit
tee for Aeronautics and others He was
member Of the Cosmos, Chevy Chase
Army and Navy Clubs. all of Washing
ton: Union, Tavern, Algonquin, all of
Boston
DR.. Stratton is survived by three sis
tiers. Mrs. o. S. Newcomb and Miss E.
M Stratton of Pasadena, Calf, and
Mrs. G. M. Hobbs Of Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
STONE FOR EASIER
EXPORT CREDITS
Farm Board Chairman Urges
Step to Aid Cotton
Sales.
D. the Associated Press.

BE the Associated REeSS.
Advancement of export credit for
foreign buyers is the next link Chair
han Stone of the Farm Board would
like to see forged into the economic
chain designed to aid Southern cotton
Farmers.
In his opinion, the conditional agree
tnent reached between the board and
Southern bankers to finance the hold
ing of 100000 bales from the market
this year Is one of the strongest links
Already prices have risen nearly a cent
b pound.
The chairman is optimistic over pros
poets of compulsory acreage reduction
by State laws next year. He urges
chat the laws be uniform. Such an
acreage slash would go far in wiping
out the prospective surplus of 10000 900
bales next year. If it is achieved. the
board will authorize holding of its L.
100000 bales of sterilization cotton for
still another year.
Meantime. he wants this current
harvest to move out in regular trade
channels. Stone blames lack of buying
from abroad on a breakdown on inter-
national credit. Two weeks ago he
appealed to American bankers to take
the leadership in st mulating trade
movements.
An organization such as the War
Finance Corporation or the setting up
O system similar to war risk insurance
are two methods of providing foreign
buyers with credit which Stone favors.
Their mills need our cotton" he
Said. and they could buy it under
proper credit extensions"
However. so far as he knows, nothing
definite has been formulated. Export
credit for cotton was the subject of
several conversations held by President
Hoover. Eugene Meyer, governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank and one-time
head OF the War Finance Corporation
and w. l.. Clayton, Texas cotton mer-
chant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
GOTHAM IN CENSUS
OUTSKIRTS LONDON
U. S. Director Says Figures
in Various Comparisons
Show U. S. City Leads.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
New York is now believed by Census
Bureau experts to have right to the
title worlds largest city"
II think it is fair to consider New
York greater than London" said DR..
Joseph A. Hill. acting census director
and authority on population studies.
Granting that differences of political
organization make actual comparisons
impossible. DR.. Hill contended that all
possible measuring rods were most &C.
curately translated in New York's favor.
London's biggest figure ever issued.
8,202 8l8 this year. was for her Greater
London" covered by her metropolitan
police up to the 'outer ring"
New York'S top total was for her 1890
metropolitan area" including North
ern New Jersey and some Connecticut,
1090l ,424. This figure. compiled solely
on population density basis. cannot be
placed side by side with Greater Lon
DON" controlled by area.
Believes New York City Leads.
But DR.. Hill is confident that a COM
parison of the two population centers
placed entirely OH density basis would
still show New York in the lead.
On a strictly area basis, comparisons
compiled in New York and considered
accurate by the census experts. were:
New York within radius swung 20
miles from City Hall. 9859,873.
London, within radius of 20 miles
from Charing Cross. 8,9l2,O17.
The most practically accurate COM
parison. DR.. Hill held. is between Lon
don County-the little City of London
and its surrounding organized counties
and New York, as comprised of its
five boroughs., This would make it:
New York, 6,930,44 population in
1880.
London, 4,39e,82l population in 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
COWLES WELCOMES
MASONIC DELEGATES
Foreign Officials Are at Hand at
Opening of Session of Su-
preme Council

More than a dozen foreign officials
were welcomed today at the opening of
the biennial session of the Supreme
Council of the Southern Jurisdiction at
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Temple, Sixteenth and S streets
The visitors were greeted by John H.
Cowles, grand commander of the South
ern jurisdiction. The countries repre-
Sented included Cuba. Guatemala,
Turkey, Rumania and Canada.
There was considerable informal dis
cuSsion over the leaders to be elevated
to the thirty-third degree at the closing
session Friday. While a substantial
number will be so honored. no inkling
was given of the probable personnel
Memorial services honoring Albert
Pike, grand commander of the council
from 1859 to 1891. were conducted yes
terday. He was eulogized by Louis
Block. sovereign grand inspector gen.
eral Of Iowa. who compared Pike with
Ralph Waldo Emerson. reading out
standing quotations from the works of
both men.