The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 111, Ed. 2 Monday, October 21, 1929 Page: 8 of 8
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Giant Airplane Carries 169 Passengers on Tes t Flight
BOAT IN AIR
FOR ONE HOUR
Ore&tet Number of People
Ever In Airj on One
Conveyance
ALTi:~rRHEir Switzerland Oct.
21.—(JP)—The huge 12-engined fly-
ing boat DO-X. which was launch-
ed here last July today made an
amazing one-hour flight with a hu-
man load of 169 the first time in
the history of aviation that so
many persons have been carried in-
to the air c rry conveyance.
The giant Dornier plane took off
at 11:15 a. m. and landed just one
hour later. The machine flew over
Lake Constance her motors work-
ing faultlessly and landed with her
51-ton load at 12:15 p. m. without
a hitch.
The DO-X carried 159 passeng-
ers and a crew of ten. She had
made previous test flights but this
was the first time that so great
a load was taken up.
The flying boat which may be
used for a trans-continental cross-
ing for the purpose of trying out
her capacities was built in the gerat
est secrecy. She was designed to
carry forty passengers normally
but has accommodation for 100 if
necessary. Her twelve engines can
develp a total f 000 horsepower
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“Let There Be Light”
The world today is observing the golden anniversary of the inven-
tion by Thomas A. Edison of the incandescent lamp and Pres. Hoover
has gone to Detroit Mich. where Henry Ford has arranged a huge
celebration for the man who did so much for the world’s progress.
and each engine can be treated in-1
dividually without affecting its
neighbors.
The DO-X measures 150 feet from
tip to tail. Its wings are 100 feet
thick and 150 feet from wing to
wing tip. Six great turrets project
from each wing and each turret is
equipped with two engines of 500
horsepower. The turrets are man-
ned by mechanics who can walk
along a passage on the inside of
the wings from one turret to an-
other.
One of the features of the plane
is her three decks while another
is that the machine can fly with
only eight motors in use.
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Pronounce Absolution
As Plane Takes Fire
LONDON. Oct. 21.—(A5)—A dls- j
patch to the Express from Brussels
today said a Roman Catholic priest
flying from Antwerp to Ghent. Sat-
urday pronounced absolution for
the dying on behalf of the eleven
nassengers.
The plane’s carburetor took fire
and eleven believing they were
doomed besought absolution of the
priest. He readilv comnlied.
While he recited the so^mn
words the pilot carried on in grow-
ing peril and finally landed his
nlane safdv. The nrssene'ers were
scarcely clear of it wh°n the naso-
line tanks exoloded and the ma-
chine was destroyed.
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BUILDING IS I
ON DECLINE
Only Three Cities Reach
Permit Totals In Six
Figures
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DALLAS Tex. Oct. 20—UP)—Only
three cities in Texas scored build-
ing permit totals in six figures this
week. Houston and San Antonio
were the only large cities to pass
the $100000 mark and Port Arthur
experienced an unusual flurry of
building to rank with them. Figures
for the principle cities in the state
follow:
City For Week For Year
Houston 451039 25.069919
Port Arthur 127455 2500743
San Antonio 122.969 12978639
DaJ1&s 93443 7906972
Fort Worth 83261 9103829
Shreveport 65.929 3.123905
Austin 40822 2.792930
San Angelo 35830 1672846
Lubbock 28180 3062.459
Amarillo 27.985 1547720
Pampa 27.125 1176427
Corpus Christi 25095 1888 663
Plainview 10000 976 800
Midland 8.200 832470
VVaco 5105 1918973
Wichita Falls 3.175 955 426
Beaumont 48.526 2404959
Brazilian Deputies
Fight In Chamber
BUENOS AIRES Oct. 21.—</p)_
A dispatch to La Nacion from Rio
Janeiro today said the Brazilian
chamber of deputies Saturday ex-
perienced a tumultous session In
the course of which chairs and
other objects were thrown at the
chamber president.
The scene. La Nacion said de-
veloped during discussion of a house
measure designed to diminish the
power of he chamber’s minority.
Rumors persisted that Dr. Rego
Monteiro president of the cham-
ber -would present his resignation.
Crash at Shreveport
Fatal to 2 Aviators
SHREVEPORT. La. Oct. 21.—UP)
—Fred Broussard 28 pilot of Oak-
dale. La. and T. M. Cox mechanic
of Pittsburg Texas were burned to
death at the Shreveport airways
yesterday when their plane burst
into flames after falling 200 feet
to the ground. Witnesses said the
plane attempted a turn at low alti-
tude and side slipped crashing sud- j
denly to earth.
HARRISON-OVERSTREET
EDINBURG Oct. 21.—Miss Mary
Harrison and Thomas Overstreet
were married here at 3 p. m. Sun-
day at the Baptist parsonage with
the Rev. Judd B. Holt officiating.
They left immediately after the
ceremony for San Antonio where
they will make their home.
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MCALLEN YWCA
BEGINS DRIVE
Mrs. J. E. Leslie Heads Cam-
paign to Raise Bud-
get Quota
McALLEN Oct. 21.—A drive
opened Monday in McAllen for
subscriptions to the quota of $650
set for McAllen as this city’s pro-
rata share of the 1930 budget for
Rio Grande Valley Young Women’s
Christian Association.
The campaign is under the di-
rection of Mrs. J. E. Leslie local
club finance chairman and Valley
treasurer of the Valley Y. W. C.
A. She will be assisted by a com-
mittee composed of the following
members: Mesdames J. O. Whar-
ton. E. M. Card C. H. Britton. V.
J. Eckelkamp Bob Fenwick F. E.
Osborn L. E. Humvhries J. C.
Paxton. Val Folsom D. C. Perkins
L. L. O’Neall H. V. Dismukes
Georgp Wilson Harold Brehm and
Earl Suttle.
It is exoected that the quota will
be subscribed before the close of
the week allotted for it it was
stated. Similar drives will be
made in all other Valley towns dur-
ing the ensuing month.
Between 900 and 900 girls in
Cameron and F*daleo counties are
enrolled in Y. W. C. A. work of-
ficials stated and money raised
during the camnaign will be used
in defraying exnenses of this work
among th* local organization*.
Mrs. wiofenro Ha^ec of Mission
?s nresidenf of t>»® Vali'n7 e^socla-
tion and Miss T.«H*n Hocking of
Weslaco is secretary.
100 Arrested After
Clashes at Berlin
BERLIN Oct. 21.—MP5—Attempts
of German nationaliss to stage
street demonstrations protesting
adoption of the Young preparations
plan brought about a series of
clashes with police in various parts
of the city yesterday.
Police who had forbidden the
demonstrations arrested more than
100. Minor injuries were incurred
when the constabulary used clubs
to disperse the manifestants.
PILOT JUMPS SAFELY
AS PLANE CRASHES
PITTSBURG Oct. 21.—(JP)—Tuck-
ing his mail bag under his arm
Harry Sievers pilot of the Pitts-
bugr-Cleveland air mail route leap-
ed in his parachute 1.000 feet to
safety as his plane crashed in a
field near Beaver Falls today.
FIREMAN KILLED IN
MASSACHUSETTS FIRE
WORCESTER Mass. Oct. 21.—
(P)—one fireman was killed and a
dozen were seriously injured in a
fire which destroyed a warehouse
block today. Lieut. Carl R. Swen-
son was killed when a wall toppled
on firemen who were within the
building. Damage was estimated
at $200000. __
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ARCADIA—HARLINGEN
One of the notable performances
that make a fascinating picture of
“Illusion” which opened Sunday at
the Arcadia in Harlingen co-star-
ring Nancy Carroll and Charles
“Buddy” Rogers is contribut-
ed by a seventy-eight year old
actress making her debut on the
audible screen. She is Emelie Mel-
ville who first appeared on the le-
gitimate stage as a child actress
before the Civil War subsequently
playing leading feminine roles op-
posite that great American actor
Edwin Booth.
In “Illusion” this charming vet-
eran of the stage is cast as Mother
Fay an aged trouper still filled
with the zest of life and eager de-
spite her age to take her place once
again behind the footlights. Her
performance is a rare treat; her ac-
tions and caustic comments provoke
much hearty laughter. Mrs. Mel-
ville’s is a role that both young and
old will enjoy thoroughly.
DITTMAN
“The Perfect Crime” based on
Israel Zangwill’s popuplar story
“The Big Bow Mystery” seems to
have won as much favor on the
screen as did the novel in reading
circles. This gripping mystery dra-
ma which Bert Glennon directed
for BPO will have its final show-
in Monday evening at the Ditt-
man theatre.
The story concerns a master
criminologist who conceives the
idea of committing the “perfect
crime.” His daily duties as a de-
tective failed to furnish the mental
stimulus he desires and with the
thought of the “perfect crime” in-
stilled in his mind by brother de-
tectives he plans to do the “im-
possible.”
TEXAS
Bancroft and Von Sternberg!
Marvelous portrayers of life on the
screen.
With “Underworld’ it seemed that
these two star and director achiev-
ed the greatest things possible on
the screen but "Thunderbolt” comes
to the Texas theatre Tuesday for
a two days run and the miracle
of workers have perfected a new
and greater picture of life in the
little known melieu of the under-
world.
The story captures and vivifies
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the dramatic incidents that cross
the news horizon in the newspapers
every day. It goes behind these
flitting episodes and brings the
whole tale forward. Su«serb:y acted
by a splendid cast headed by Ban-
croft Richard Arlen and Fay
Wray it is a slice of contemporary
life made to live.
CAPITOL
“The Great Divide” Dorothy
Mackaill’s picture at the Capitol
theatre is supplied with plenty of
the newest type of Hollywood pul-
chritude—the chorus girls.
Although a dramatic romance
there are arts of the picture lavish
in music and dancing and using
three groups of chorus girls to add
to the entertainment. One of the
groups is made up of Mexican
girls the first of its kind ever
brought to Hollywood.
The chorines trained three weeks
under the direction of a former
Ziegfield dance director. All of the
American girls had been on the
stage about half pf them coming
from New York.
The hoof and hip experts take
part in the fiesta sequences which
are a brilliant feature of “The
Great Divide’ a First National
Vitaphone picture.
Mrs. Manry’s Rites
Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. A. L.
Manry 43 who ried here Satur-
day night at 10:40 will be held at
the Darling chapel Monday after-
noon at 5 o’clock.
Mrs. Manry had been ill only a
week.
She is survived by her husband
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age 14; two brothers Simon Fru-
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Houston and two sisters Mias Mo
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nie Berry of Virginia.
The body will be forwarded to
Houston on Monday night for in-
terment there.
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A Life
Dedicated to
the Service
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of Mankind
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Enshrined in the hearts of millions who know the magnitude ?j
of his services to the world’s people Thomas Alva Edison
will live in history as the outstanding mechanical genius of
the ages. No man has lived who has contributed so much to
the world’s comfort and convenience and it is hardly con- I
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