davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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MCOOKTRACT

OF its kind 10 be launched In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley within
the past five years. The only other
one on record Is the big Adams tract
project near Harrington. In Cameron
county. on which work was start
ed several years ago.
More than $50 men are at work
daily OH the McCook tract near
here. Within a short time 1000 acres
are expected TO be cleared and
ready for sale Berry. directing the
big program. indicated that several
months would be necessary for
completion Of the entire tract. The
bank at Dallas, which has already
spent $4,000 In construction Of the
clubhouse. small houses for laborers.
stock and poultry pens, a garage
and other structures, will later
bring its own land parties into the
Valley to inspect the acreage with a
view toward investing in IL. Sizes
Of the tracts TO be carved from the
10.O00-acre plot as we'll as prices
for the land. have not been decided
upon.
Residents OF the McCook section.
which has drawn deer. quail. turkey,
chacalaca. whitening and other
hunters for years TO its wooded re-
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Beetle Found in Mexico
< y y
May Help Rid Australia
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OF Surplus Cactus Crop

one. with many interesting angles.
The continent Of Australia had no
cactus on ii until 1888, when Gov
ernor Phillip Of Australia visited
Brazil. and took back some cochi-
neal. then used TO make red dye for
the uniforms Of soldiers. The coch-
meal died on the lengthy voyage
back. but the cactus on which 1t was
feeding did not. Governor Phillip
planted the cactus.
Without any of the insects which
feed on II. the cactus
in Australia grew and grew and
grew until 1t had covered an area
larger than the British Isles.
Mans war on ii vas hopeless, so
he turned to insects.
The cactoblaStis was finally Sc
lected to do the work. and II is
clearing millions Of acres.
But the cactoblaStis lays its
egg stick" only on large punches cf
cactus, and there is a need for some
insect the young Of which will feed
the occasional shoots that come
UP where the cactoblastis has pass
ed, Taylor said.
II is this insect he is hunting,
and thought he had found IN the
moth here in the Valley.
But with later tests the moth
proved dangerous. so he went to
Mexico, where he found the beetle
that he Is testing al present.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley Is
indebted TO Australia for an insect
pest. and the control for the pest.
The pest Is the cottony cushion
scale. which attacks citrus. And
occasionally II Is necessary to i'm
port Australian vedalia ladybird
beetles, to clean out the scale.
The Valley had hopes OF furnish
ing Australia with a moth to help
in its cactus war. but apparently
Mexico will receive the honor.
, 1934-12-30
CHy Briefs

Mixing bowls. ~glassbake. oven
ware. and beautiful China SETS
brownsville Hardware-Adv.
Eugene Roy was to leave satur-
day night for his home In Danviiie'
kentucky, after 9 week spent In the
home OF his parents Mr. and Mrs'
Charles A. Roy.
.Johnson,s Electric floor polisher
and wax. Cara Hardware. $50 llth
St.-Adv.
Dickey's Old Reliable Eye Water
relieves sun and wind burned eyes
Adv. I'D.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walker are
expecting their daughter. Miss lr-
ma Walker. Dr. and MRS. George
l.. Grupe and little son. and Mrs.
George H. Grippe. ST. all OF san
Angelo. to arrive Sunday by motor
for a visit here.
, 1934-12-30
CHARITY HOME
DRIVE SUCCESS

Many Brownsville firms and in
dividuals ~cooperated In making the
Charity Home Christmas party q
complete success. the Sisters Of the
Holy Ghost state. and they are ex-
pressing their gratitude 70 all who
aided In the project
The many donations made pos
sible not only the Charity Home
dinner, but also the gift Of food
to many OF the city's needy. the
Sisters state. Donations received
In the campaign are listed below:
Jitney Jungle No. ! and 2. apples:
r. @. ". Store. candy; Caffarelli
Bros. candy and cakes: City Cash
Grocery. sugar: r. w. Woolworth
a. Co., candy: Business and Profess
sional Women's clubs. gift for each
inmate: Central Cash Grocery.
sugar; Tourist Auto Supply Co. to-
matoes and rice: Garcia, Gomez g.
Champion, coffee; Walker-Cr aig
Co., case each Of milk and toma-
toes: z. de Ia Cara, sugar and rice;
National Biscuit Co., box Of cookies:
La Perla Bakery, bread; Weber
Bakery. roasting Of meats: Haus-
man Packing Co., killing Of steer.
etc. Edelstein's. candy for all in
mates; Desel-B oettcher Co., ba-
nanas, onions and potatoes; county
board Of relief, potatoes and rice
McDavitt Bros. string beaps; VAL
entin Gavito. young steer: Self Gull
ture club, toys; Rio Grande Cof-
fee Co, coffee: DR.. Dickson,
grapefruit; II. II. Banker. grape
fruit; G. G. Wentz. grapefruit; ID.
Alfalfa, vegetables; .. a. L. Pro-
duce Co.. vegetables; City Drug
store. toys. pencils and tablets;
CisneroS Drugs, toys and nick
nacks; John H. Sample. nine cases
OF orange kiSt; idela Recio, cake;
Valley Wholesale Tobacco g. Candy
Co., candy; Mrs. z. B. Workman,
hen and nuts; Perez Market, meat
for tamales: Mrs. Marquee, Ia
males: j. c. Penney Co., $3.50;
Henry Bell. $500: j. r. Canales. S.;
Mrs. r. j. Wheeler OF Corpus Chris
ii. IS; Junior Chamber Of Com
merce. $40: Jack Smith. 81; A. A.
Browne. 81; Mr.. Webb. 75c; Mrs.
Leahy, coffee; and Mrs. Brady.
candy.
The sisters also expressed thanks
to Fire Chief r. p. Sarran and his
men for toys. fruit and candies and
TO The Brownsville Herald for CO.
operation in the drive for the din
ner. Special thanks we're expressed
10 Mrs. J.. X. Wells and Mrs. ID. r.
Gay for their aid in soliciting the
gifts listed above.
, 1934-12-30

treats, now receive their mail In
Edinburg. "a miles distant. Mrs. r.
M. Harvey has received her ap-
pointment as poStmistress for Nc
Cook and the office likely will be
established az an early date. Mrs.
r. c. Campbell Is TO be placed IN
charge OF the clubhouse. Robert
Craddock. Dallas. will arrive soon TO
aid the development program L.
Gender. famous owner Of McCook's
store, only landmark In the big
tract. will continue at his present
post.
Hundreds Of tons OF mesquite.
ebony and other native growth are
being removed from the large acre
nc A 20-acre citrus grove viii oe
planted near the clubhouse. And the
McCook district az large will soon
take on the air Of modern civilza-
ton.
, 1934-12-30
Chaco Armies
Prepare For
Major Battle

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20. Up
Paraguayan and Bolivian troops
estimated at 10000 strong. confront
ed one another on a wide front Sat-
urday. apparently for a major en-
gagement in the Chaco Foreal war
AS ominous quiet prevailed be-
tween the opposing forces. with con-
Trajectory interpretations OF their
first encounter Friday. Bolivia an
nounced strong Paraguayan thruSts
were repulsed in the vaSteland sec
tors OF Carandayty. Capirenda and
Pilcomayo. The Paraguayan press
described the clashes as preliminary
skirmiSheS.
Exuberant over recent victories
General Estigarribia. Paraguayan
commander-in-chie has arrayed
his forces for an advance on valu-
able Bolivian oil fields beyond villa
Notes.
The Bolivians. determined on a
last ditch stand. have rushed every
available reserve TO the front. They
have strengthened their defenses I'M
I'll they regard them as ~impregnable-
, 1934-12-30
Missing Man Found

ROCKDALE. Dec. 20. F1- Un-
aware that a 24-hour search had
been made for him. G. Z. Lands re-
turned here Saturday and dispelled
fears that he had been kidnapped.
The Missouri Pacific telegraph
operator explained that he had gone
to Austin. on q sudden impulse. TO
spend q day with another opera
tor. He said he was persuaded to
stay over night with his friend.
, 1934-12-30

The Lower Rio Grande Valleys
expectation Of furnishing an insect
to help Australia battle its 50,000,-
000acres Of cactus has faded. but
announcement was made here on a
recent visit by A. K. Taylor Of the
Australian Department Of Agricul-
ture that he believes he has found
Just the right bug in Mexico.
1t Is a huge and formidable look
ing beetle.
Taylor spent almost a year in
Brownsville studying the habits Of
a moth the larvae OF which feed
on cactus. This moth Is known as
the memorista flavidiSsimalis. In
this section 1t Is kept under control
by a small wasp which lays its eggs
on the mimorista. Experiments with
the mimorista proved satisfactory
for considerable time. and some
were sent TO Australia for tests in
quarantine
They found that 1t would attack
and live on tomatoes and beans as
substitutes for cactus" Taylor said.
so further experiments were dis
continued. and the mimorista aban-
doned as a means Of keeping cactus
under control"
But he said that in his work N
Mexico he has encountered a beetle
which was entirely overlooked by
other scientists Of the Australian
government in their search for q
cactus eating insect. This mem
Der Of the coleoptera family prom
Uses TO do the work.
1t has a large grub In the larval
stage, and the grub is an exclusive
cactus feeder. Tests made so far
show ii is not damaging to other
crops, but still further tests will
be made before 1t is turned loose
in the war on cactus.
A~uStralia's battle against cactus
has been largely an international"
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Stability Threatened

Delegations from Tokyo and
Washington came to London Octo-
Der l6 and spent over two months
with the British In conversations
seeking bases for another conTen-
ticn to replace the Washington
agreement.
During the conversations the
Americans ~enunciated their belief
that existing treaties give the three
powers fun equality III security,
though not in armamentS. and the
British publicly accepted this view.
The British and Americans stood
together firmly for continuance Of
the principles of the Washington
and London treaties. declaring ac-
tual equality as proposed by Japan
would make the Oriental Empire
superior In the Pacific.
, 1934-12-30
Lawyer Dies

DALLAS. Dec. 29.-P-The body
Of Lon Curtis. outstanding Texas
criminal lawyer who died here Fri
day, was sent to Bolton Saturday
Tor funeral services at the family
residence there Sunday afternoon.
The former city and county at
torney OF Temple succumbed here
after a long illness. He had lived in
Bell county since infancy.
Curtis was a graduate OF the
University Of Texas and University
OF Michigan.
, 1934-12-30

NSOAANAAA9Sa 4AOAAA oEO OANf
able for building OF homes. ard
through such an association with a
capital stock OF $4,000 there would
be made available eventually $780,
900. including the three to one
participation of the Federal Home
Loan bank in stock subscriptions.
In addition, the association is al
lowed 10 rediscount its paper with
the federal bank I'd to so per cent
of its face value, making available
additional funds for building pur-
poses.
Loans 70 be made BY the asSocia-
ton are limited to first mortgages
on homes, or a combination OF
home and business property. NO loan
may exceed rs per cent OF the APP
praised value o. the home, nor so
per cent of the appraised value OF
other improved real estate.
Repayment Of loans is made
made monthly. the loans running
from 5 10 20 years, with the average
loan repaid in full in 10 to u years.
, 1934-12-30
HAIL ROOSEVELT As FILIPINO

MANILA. PD-Theodore Roosevelt
was called the first Filipino COVER
nor general az q Harvard Univer-
sity alumni dinner here by Saliva
tor Araneta. the toast master. when
the latter lauded the CHIEF guests
efforts in behalf Of the little man"
in the islands.
, 1934-12-30

tNOuIALlucu FIOm rage OAAGl
committee II 1t receives the utmost
cooperation from both the growers
and shippers in RETAINING from
rushing their fruit TO market In or
der to avoid volume regulation.
There Is no reasonable argument
that can be advanced for such ac-
ton. II the growers become pan
icky and rush their fruit To market.
they viii not only receive little or
nothing themselves for their fruit
but prevent the citrus control COM
mirtee from attempting 70 establish
n reasonable price 70 all growers
for the balance Of the saleable fIuit
now remaining in the groves.
IF the majority OF the growers
support the control committees
action. there Is hope for the indus
try - noncompliance means demor-
alization - II is up to you growers
now 70 decide which you will have
an organized industry or chaos"
, 1934-12-30

Full details regarding the asso-
citation may be obtained from the
office OF the chamber Of commerce
or from either H. l.. Stokely az the
Frontier Lumber company or W..
< Heaner at the Eagle Pass Lum-
Der company.
, 1934-12-30
FRENCH PUT FAITH IN PULL

PARIS. R-That the French
have an abiding faith in the power
Of pull" was remarked by Minister
OF Education de Monte when he
revealed that in q recent scholar
ship examination $4,000 OF the So
600 candidates invoked the influ-
ence OF ministers. senators. depu-
ties and other high officials.
, 1934-12-30

BELGRADE. JugoSlavia. lRl-The
Orthodox Woman's Association OF
81. Barbara. an influential relig-
Gus society. has broadcast an APP
peal TO women not TO use lipStick,
especially on the day of taking
communion.
, 1934-12-30

Robert L. Craigie. Of the British
delegation. were among those who
saw them off.
The Americans appeared conf
dent such an accord will be made
unless Japan proves willing to n
ter some agreement continuing the
existing $3.50 ratios Of the navies-
something Tokyo has insisted she
will never do.
The Japanese abrogation OF the
treaty. the Americans we're repre-
Sented as feeling. threatens the
political stability OF the Pacific and
NAV lead to unrestricted ship build
inr.
, 1934-12-30
RnnY IDENTIFIED

SAN ANTONIO. Dec. 20. 1.-THE
body OF q man killed by a freight
train at Kirk Junction. q mile
southwest OF Won Ormy. was iden-
titled Saturday by relatives Al An
ton NJ. Dali. SO. San Antonio.
, 1934-12-30

Mrs. Reya Clarke Of Harrington
was a guest in the home Of Mrs.
Hayden Collins Friday and Satur-
day.
, 1934-12-30
LOBBYING IN
WAR
ALSO CHARGED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. -F-
A grand jury inquiry was in pros
pect Saturday as q result Of the
house military affairs committees
charges OF "deplorable" lobbying in
the war department and corruption
OF government officials.
II things are as / understand
they are, ! certainly shall present
the information the the grand
jury" Leslie G. Garrett, district 40.
torney for the District OF Columbia.
told The Associated Press.
Foulois AssaiIed
The military committee, reporting
Friday 70 the house, after a nine
months investigation, also renewed
its attack on Major General Ben
Jamin ID. Foulois as chief OF the
Army Air Corps. He was not involv-
ed in the lobbying or corruption
charges, but the committee recon-
mended that he be removed on the
grounds that he violated existing
law" testified falsely" and said the
army could fly the mail last winter
when he should have known diff
ferently."
The war department inspector
generals office, at the direction
of Secretary Dern, already has ms
tituted a study OF the Foulois
charges and its report Is expected
soon. The committee report said
such action Is the usual step pre-
hminary to placing such a matter
before a military tribunal"
Loans and Gifts
Congressional investigators. COM
menting on the other phase OF their
report, said they expected at least
two indictments for accepting ia
vors from and giving favors 70 con-
Germs represented by lobbyists.
Meanwhile, they declined n men
ton names for fear. they said, they
might give away the district attor-
ney'S case.
Testimony had been placed be-
fore the committee purporting 10
show that army officers aided lob
byistS for certain concerns. and
that specifications had been altered
for the benefit OF the companies.
The committee report told OF
'loanS or gifts. Ito at least two
war department officials in high
positions" But 1t centered its cri-
ticiSEn upon men outside the dep
artment.
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FEDERAL LOAN

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Venerable Mill Still
in Working Condition

A novel kind of entertainment
which Eastman provides for its Wis
itors is the sight of an authentic
Eighteenth century windmill, turning
over slowly as it did when it ground
grain for Cape Codders 40 years
ago. 1t is the only authentic mill In
working order in New England.
A CWA appropriation last winter
enabled town officials to restore the
ancient structure and to landscape
its site. This summer officials pur.
chased a new suit of sails" for the
blades or vanes Of the wind wheel
Each Saturday is open house at the
mill, the sails are unfurled, and the
old mill creaks and groans into &C.
ZION.
Within the mill are the original
wooden cog wheels, which lead down
from the great oaken shaft which
was part of the restoration. Corn
is ground under supervision of John
Fulcher, who in his youth was EN-.
ployed In the old mill. The heavy
grindstone, turning against a fiat
stone, makes corn meal in front OF
the visitors eyes.
Eastham's mill is al years old
having been built in Plymouth, float.
ed over to Provincetown on RATS
and moved to Eastman the following
year.
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Obedience to Health
Laws Duty of Parents

September is a momentous month
In the history of our nation. Thou
sands of children have resumed the
school work interrupted last spring
by the arrival of vacation time, or
have begun their first year of the
educational process which we hope
win make able, cultured, enlightened
citizens of them.
The school has a grave response
bility, not only toward the child's
mind. but also toward its body.
What good is learning without
health? We know, in fact, that the
learning process and health are mex
tricably combined; the healthy child
learns quickest, remembers better, is
more interested in his work. Recog-
nizing this, most modern school sys-
TENS include health teachers and les
sons in health.
But the school cannot bear the
whole responsibility for the health Of
children. The parents and the home
are usually more potent directional
forces for the health of children
than any outside institution ever can
be. Healthy children come from
healthy homes.
1t is the duty of parents to know
and observe health laws.-Dr. Allen
G. Ireland, Director Physical and
Health Education, New Jersey State
Department of Public Instruction.
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Eruptions on
Scalp Etched
and Burned
Healed by Cuficura

my sisters skin became itchy
and, before long, sore eruptions be-
gan to appear on her face and scalp.
They were red and soon began to
weep. We thought she would have
to have her hair cut and be bald.
Her scalp itched and burned, caus-
ing her to irritate it by scratching.
"She began to use Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. The first week the
eruptions became fewer and in two
weeks she was healed and no sign
of her trouble can be seen" (Signed)
Mrs. Emma Youska, 706 Monterey
ST., McKeesport, Pa, April u, 1884.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and SOC.
Talcum 25c. Sold everywhere. Pro-
prietors: Potter Drug & Chemical
Corp, Maiden, Mass.-Ady.
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Dry years are nothing new In the
experience of many parts of this
country. The total rainfall for 1884
cannot yet be determined. of course,
but a study of weather records indi-
Gates that there have been other dry
years, too.
The longest American weather rec
ord, as shown by the World Weather
Records of the Smithsonian institu-
ton, is that for Charleston, S. c..
which has been kept for 1876 years.
The mean rainfall up to 1925 was
4S.42 inches, but with spread of
slightly more than 45 inches-from
a years total of 66.7S inches in 1765
to 1850 inches in 1850.
Records have been kept in Boston
for 116 years. The average was 41.50
inches; the wettest year being 1859,
with a fall of 1895 inches. and the
dryest 1922, with 27.20 inches. Burl-
ington, vt, with mean of 32.49
inches, had 1914 inches in 1888 but
only 20.99 inches in 1881.
Records for Detroit show a low Of
21.06 inches in 1889 and a remark
able high Of lilo inches in 1855.
Denver, with a mean of 142S inches,
had a maximum of 22.96 inches in
1909 and a minimum of 7.T5 in 1911.
Chicago, with a mean of 33.03 inches,
ranged from 1886 inches in 1888 to
24.52 inches in 1901.
Other means and extremes are:
Cheyenne, Wyo., mean from 1871
to 1922, 14.01 inches; maximum, 226S
inches in 1905; minimum, 5.04 inches
in 1876.
Helena, Mont, mean for 43 years,
1910 inches; maximum of 1894
inches in 1881; minimum of GIL
inches in 1889.
Bismarck, S. D., mean Of ia
inches, from 1875 to 1923; maximum
of 1892 inches in 1876; minimum of
11.03 inches in 1889.
Omaha, Neb.. mean of 2S.SS inches,
1871 to 1923; maximum of 1892
inches in 1888, and minimum of 15.49
inches In 1910.
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ARTIFICIAL RAIN
BROUGHT ABOUT,
RUSSIANS CLAIM

Man has learned &c control and in
crease the productivity of the land
by methods of fertilization. He has
learned to increase the variety and
yield of his crops. But man has not
yet learned to control or induce the
fall of water from the skies. Until
he does so, the world supplies OF
food and the year-tO-year welfare of
great sections of humanity remain
subject to unregulated natural haz-
ards.
In this connection the preliminary
report of the director of the Turk.
manistan Institute of Rainfall is of
considerable interest. For four years
Prof. B. A. Fedoseef and group OF
Russian associates have been con.
Quoting experiments in rain making
on the high and arid plains of cen.
trail Asia.
They have found, the report says
that even in the driest regions the
atmosphere contains enough mois-
ture to make agriculture possible
They have been able at times to
transform this moisture into clouds
Of fog. And they have been able by
scattering chemicals from an air
plane to make the moisture of nat
ural clouds condense and fall in the
form of light rain.
This is long way from any kind
of weather control which would have
helped the farmers of the American
Midwest this season. Even without
discounting the report to allow for
Professor Fedoseeff's natural en-.
thusiasm and any eagerness there
may have been to make a showing
that would justify the Russian gov.
eminent in financing further expert
ments, it is but beginning. But il
is an encouraging one.
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Weather Records Show
Extremes In Seasons

North Platte, Neb.. mean of 1857
inches from 1875 to 1922: maximum
of 32.70 inches in 1915, and minimum
Of 1910 inches In 1910.
Though the extremes of dryness
and wetness are often great. study
of the weather records does not re-
veal any definite longtime trend in
dicating a change in climate.-Lit-
erary Digest.
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Neptune Harnessed

Power of the tides was demon
strated recently near Boston when
the flow was used TO move 1900
000-pound drawbridge over the Fore
river. The tides were made to do
most of the work of moving the huge
structure 400 feet. Seows were
placed beneath the bridge at low
tide and as the tide rose the draw
was lifted from the supports and
f1oated to its new place assisted by
tugboats.
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Film Developed cleartone prints and .
engagements Csc coin Standard Photo
Service. Box IVA. Minneapolis. Mimi.
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a Gigantic Image Of Andr
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

the eastern seaboard, and partic-
ularly in New England, there's
rejoicing among some of the old
salts who are survivors Of the
days when ships of wood with
men of iron" sailed the seven
seas. For yachtsmen are reviv-
ing the custom of placing carved
figureheads on the prows Of
their boats and once more these
sYmbolical adornments are nos