The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 153, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1929 Page: 21 of 26
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CADILLAC OVER
BRIDGE FIRST
Fleet Of Forty Automobiles
Makes Initial
Crossing
Following the example of Antoine
ie la Mothe Cadillac founder of
Detroit who more than two hun-
dred years ago was the first white
Han to cross the Detroit River be-
tween what are now the United
States and Canada a fleet of forty
Cadillac cars made the first official
. crossing between these two countries
kjinnistice Day at the Dedication of
I the new international Ambassador
’ Bridge at Detroit. As Cadillac the
man. served to settle this section so
Cadillac cars served to bring about
the first intermingling of the people
of two great nations on the new
bridge.
The Ambassador Bridge is the
longest suspension bridge in the
world Its free span is 1850 feet
long 100 feet longer than that of
the hitherto longest span in the
world on the Delaware diver bridge
ionr.ecting Philadelphia and Cam-
den. It is 255 feet longer than the
Brook >n bridge and 218 feet longer
than the span of the Bear Moun-
tain Bridge across the Hudson.
The center of the span clears the
surface of the Detroit river at a
higher than the clearance of the
higher than the celarance of the
Delaware river bridge and of the
bridge across the East river at New
York. The Ambassador bridge was
greeted at a cost of over $22500000
and will handle automotive and
pedestrian traffic only.
Well over 100000 people attended
the dedication ceremonies which
were made an official part of the
Armistice day piogram at Detroit
and of the Thanksgiving day cele-
bration in Canada. Speakers head-
ed by Governor Fred W. Green of
Michigan and the Honorable Chas.
McCrea. minister of mines for On-
tario characterized the bridge as
another tie between the throbbing
friendly life of two nations.
A joint program was held at the
American and Canadian terminals
during which memorial tablets were
unveiled and silk ribbons symbolic
of former barriers between the
United States and Canada were
cut. Mrs. Joseph A. Bower wife
of the president of the bridge com-
pany severed the Canadian ribbon
while Mrs. Charles P. McTague wife
of the Canadian counsel for the
bridge company performed a simi-
lar task on the American side.
Forty Cadillac sedans gaily deco-
rated with stars and stripes and
the union Jack carried the offici-
als and a party of Invited guests on
the frrst official trip across the
bridge. At the international boun-
dary line the American party ex-
changed greetings with the Cana-
dian party while Marines held back
a throng of spectators which surg-
ed upon the structure for a closer
view of the proceedings.
Man Charged With
Burning His Wife
MEXICO CITY Mex. Ncv. 30—
(/P)—Manuel Vargas Ramirez has
been arrested on a charge of at-
tempting to bum his wife to death
after an argument. Neighbors who
broke down the locked bedroom
door when they saw smoke eman-
ating from the interior said they
found the women tied in bed un-
conscience. while a heap of clothes
piled in the middle of the floor was
burning. The woman semi-asphy-
xia ted by the smoke Is expected to
recover.
EFFICIENCY Q^U
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11 \iToeth Hotel
There Is ao soul'Stirring flutter of
doormen* pages and bellboys when
you enter the portals of this hotel*
There IS gnlet efficiency...*genu-
inely hospitable clerk to greet yon
... comfortable beds ... well lighted
and ventilated rooms...and Instan-
taneous servlee based on an appre-
ciation of travelers* preferences.
Here nt the Worth Hotel we are
striving to give a friendly under*
alandlno aid to tourists and to com-
mercial travelers.
During the past year approximately
30000 peraana hare been ear
yneats ... they aeemed happy!
Worth Hotel
300 Superior Rooms with Bath - at *2^ up
Ft.Worth Texas_
HEADED FOR PROSPERITY
iis a wise iixrRcy wno Knows ms des-
tination at this time of year but a
few of the plump Thanksgiving birds
on the Alfred Reid farm at Freehold.
N. J. demonstrated their preference
for the fine things in Motordom the
other day when a new Nash Twin-
Igniticn Six car Dulled into the yard
and found their Instant favor. There
are some 1.500 birds being prepared
here for as many Thanksgi ving tables.
(Wide World Photo)
“SKY FLEET” DROPS ANCHOR !
IN HOME PORT AFTER TOUR
The “Sky Fleet" has dropped an-
chor in its home port.
This aerial armada of seven or-
ange and black cabin monoplanes
has just completed the first and
only air tour of the country to be
made by a commercial air fleet.
Sent out last spring by the Gen-
eral Tire and Rubber Company to
test out new safety devices of rub-
ber or use on airplanes and to aid
the develpqjent of commercial
aviation the ‘ Sky Fleet” was in the
air for more than 18 weeks.
Flying over 32 states from one
end of the country to the other the
fleet traversed over 20.000 air miles
without injury to any of the fleet
personnel or serious damage to any
of the planes.
Analysis at the end of the tour
of the log books kept from day to
day by the pilots showed that it
cost approximately $1.05 a mile to
operate the entire fleet exclusive
of the salaries and expenses of the
the pilot* and fleet officials.
The cost per miles for each of the
seven planes was about 15 cents.
This included cost of gasoline oil
hangar space repairs and mechan-
ics wages depreciation and passen-
ger and liability insurance.
236 Hours In Air
Log books showed that the fleet
had spent 236 hours in the air.
which at an average cruising of
85 miles an hour would make a
total mileage of 29.017 miles.
All of the pilots were army fliers
from the First Pursuit Group in
which as has been said “none but
aces of the army can fly."
From all of the army pilots train-
ed at Kelly and March fields the
cream of the U. S. air corps is
selected for assignment to the First
Pursuit Group at Seifridgc field
Mt. Clemens Mich.
Military flying is the last word
in aviation and the First Pursuit
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are ever ready to discuss your financial prob-
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sistant with prudent banking.
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COMMERCIAL BANKING COLLECTIONS
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
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TRUST DEPARTMENT SATE DEPOSIT DEP’T.
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CAPITAL STOCK . $350000.00
(Paid In . $100000.00)
(From Earnings. $150000.00)
SURPLUS (Earned) . $60000.00
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Group is the last word In military
flying.
Approximately the tour was start-
ed under the army auspices. In
i June after the pilots had obtained
; their releases from active duty at j
Selfridge field they flew the eight
cabin monoplanes in the “Sky
Fleet” to Washington D. C. where
the fleet was formally dedicated
i under the auspices of Major Gen- j
eral James E. Fechet chief of the ;
army air force and the flagship
was christened by his daughter.
Miss Mary Fechet as the “Genera.1
Jim” in honor of her father.
Through the east central states.!
the “Sky Fleet” toured first glid- j
: ing down into city after city in
the Ohio and Missipp; rver oasns
Wherever specal aeronautic activi- j
ties were being held the “Sky Fleet" j
tried to participate and aid the pro-
jects by Its participation.
Then through New York and the
New England states as far as Port-
land. Me. doubling back to fly down
the Atlantic coast stopping at all
ol the principal cities as far south
las Washington.
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l Heading westward the fleet again
crossed the mountains and flew
through Michigan and the north-1
central area then down through |
the south-west and the mid- j
western states beyond the Mlssissi- i
npi. East from Texas the Sky ;
Fleet'* skirted the Gulf of Mexico
down the west coast of Florida.
Returning north through the
south-eastern states it completed
more than 20.000 miles of travel in:
a little more than five months.
Everywhere the "Sky Fleet" went j
it was warmly welcomed by the
leading officials and citizens of
cities states and the nation.
At Washington D. C. President
i Herbert Hoover invited the pilots
! and fleet officals together with W. j
O'Neil president of the General
Tire and Rubber Company to call
on him at the White House. He
chatted with them in the executive
offices for a quarter of an hour and
smilinaly expressed the wish that
! he might be going along on the tour.
Vice President Charles Curtis and
1 'genator Hiram Binvham of Con-
i ^ecticut. president of the National
j Aeronautic association greeted the
“Sky Fleet** party at the vice pre-
sident's offices in the senate build-
ing.
Governor Mvers Y. Cooper of
Ohio. Governor John H. Trumbull
of Connecticut many corsrressmen
and mayors of scores of cities greet-
ed the' “Sky Fleet" party during
the nation-wide tour.
Wright-Lab Visit
One of the most interesting in-
cidents of the tour was the visit
which the “Sky Fleet" pilots paid
to the research laboratory of Orville
Wright “Father of Aviation” at
Dayton. Mr. Wright chatted with
the young fliers at length relating
interesting incidents about the
earlv davs of aviation.
The “Sky Fleet” pilots were par-
ticularly imnres'ed by one remark
that Mr. Wright made. He had
told them how laboriously and
cautiously thev had to work to per-
fect some of the aeronautic devel-
opments that are regarded as mat-
ter-of-fact parts of every-day fly-
ins today.
“We didn’t want to take anv
chances.” he remarked several times
in sneaklnv of the first davs of
aviation. “We were not trving for
altitude In those davs but were con-
tent if we could ooeratc the nlanes
10 or 12 fe«t off the ground. If
we went higher it was unintention-
al I
“Aviation todav will be greatlv
benefited br a tour such as vou are
making tust as vou are making
lust as long as it is made with
««fetv so th»t it insnire con-
fidence in others it is a mighty
fine thin" to do.
Pilots’ Personnel
The young air service nontenant**
from the First Pursuit Oroun who
made uo the nersonrel of th°
wipef 1-ore Lieut. Arthur fl. Lv-
bareer. fleet comma "der; Lien* j
'Stanley R Femog. fin«noe nffirer-
t.lent. * Robert K mre-armoU fl«*t
-nHneer* T4eni. Bh-’^on B Voder
fleet technician* Tlent. Horec®
T Reid. rneteomWist* t tent. M'”*’
v^tes; T lent. Alf***d w«tHm*er* or**
Tteiit. Robert K Flack. Lt*”*
t ient. F’sok T>fio*ed th« :a?nufar-
tn-ers' in the fleet.
Frio F demand. Bid" experi
—Hh the w-emer Aire-eft Cmryva-
tion of Detroit accompanied the
SjfORF
fleet to tsVe rgre of the W«t»*
«car*b un p p jr»ntn«s sHtti -r.v.i/'V
j the nlanes mere P«t»lr»ned. Fr*n*-
Hoffman and V C «®ooobera a*r-
l plane and Rubber Domnanv. man-
Itged the “Sky Fleet” tour and ac-
*
companled the fleet most of the
time.
Harold S. Hoover news director of
of the General Tire and Rubber
Company flew with the fleet part
of the time and directed part of
the tour. C. H. Townsley. of the
advertising department of the Gen-
eral Tire and Rubber Company
n .v led ahead of the fleet pari of
the time making advance arrange-
ments.
General Tire and Rubber Com-
pany engineers now are working
on the results of the test and ob-
servations that were made by the
nilcts during the tour as recorded
in their day-by-day log books.
In many wavs the tour aided
in the development of greater in-
terest in aviation. Of the 2000 or
more persons who were taken for
short flights in the various planes
about 90 percent never had been in
an airplane before and nearly all of
them said that they wanted to go
again and as often as possible.
Hundreds of thousands of persons
who saw the fleet in operation and
watched the military maneouvers
executed by the army pilots who
manned the ships gained increased
confidence in the safety and com-
fort of air travel as it is conducted
today.
In a number of cases the visits
of the ‘‘Sky Fleet" so aroused re-
sidents of various cities to the im-
nortance of adequate facilities for
the accomodation cf travelng plenea
that they voted sums of monev to
be spent on the establishment or
improvement of airports.
Funsr?! Services
For Mission Man
MISSION. Nov. 30—Funeral serv-
ices were held at the First Meth-
odist church here on Saturday af-
ternoon for the late Willard H.
Parks who died last Friday after-
noon after a short illness he hav-
ing suffered a stroke of apoplexy
the first of the week followed by
a more serious one on Thursday
causing his death.
Rev. W. N. Carl his pastor was
in the charge of the services with
the body shipped to Houston on
the Missouri Pacific train the same
evening where it will be laid to
rest by the side of his wife who
died several years ago.
Mr. Parks lived in this commu-
nity the past sixteen years com-
ing here from Colorado and was
highly esteemed by every one who
knew him. He was aged almost
ninety years and is survived b'
three sons one of whom lives ir
Houston and another in Colorado.
Many Texans Will
Attend Church Meet
AUSTIN. Tex.. Nov. 30.—<SV~With
five conference divisions in the state
sending representative leaders. Tex-
as Methodism promises to have the
largest delegation of all at the ap-
proaching church-wide missionary
council cf the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South at Raleigh N. C.
Dec. to to 12.
With Bishops John M. Moore of
Dallas and Sam R. Hay of Houston
at the head the Central Texas.
North Texas. Northwest Texas and
West Texas conferences will be rep-
resented by the presidents of the
conference board of minions mis-
sionaries secretaries conference lay
leaders and conference presidents of
womens missionary societies.
Deiegates ore as follows: Rev. A.
T. Walker. Huntsville: Rev. S. M.
Black. Dallas; Rev R. F. Bryant
Dallas; Rev. Paul Kerr San An-
tenio; Rev. J W. Rawlins Lock-
hart; Rev. W. f\ Bryan. Austin;
Rev C. A. Bickiey Vernon; Rev.
J. W. Hunt Abilene; Rev. F. P.
Culver Corsicana; Rev. Roy A.
Langston Arlington; Rev. E. V.
Coles. Dallas; W. J. Baker Fort
Worth; E. D. Jennings. Dallas; B
M. McKeown. Abilene; Carl Mark-
ley. Silsbee. C. O. Hallmark. Ken-
edy; Mrs. J. H Stewart. Weather-
ford; Mrs. S. M Black. Denton: Mrs.
Nat G. Rollins. Abilene: Mrs. J. W.
Mills Beaumont; Mrs T. A. Brown.
Austin.
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HUMBLE PLANS
NEW LOCATION
Brooks County To Bo Given
Another Test For
Oil
—
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN Nov. 30-Humble Oil
& Refining Company has made a
location in northwest Brooks county
as the silte for a new attempt to
obtain oil in that section and will I
begin drilling operations immedl- j
lately according to information
reaching here.
The location according to this
information is 2500 feet south and
330 feet west of the northeast cor-
ner of section 312 in the Alta Verda
(Maupin) prospect. It is located
about 7 1-2 miles almost due south
of the Houston Oil Company's Ed |
C. Lasater No. 1 gasser which was
brought In August 30 the informa- |
tion stated.
The location is on the Singer
land and the well will be known
as No. 1 Singer.
Timbers are arriving at the loca-
tion daily it Is understood and it j
is expected that the rig will arrive
and will be placed within the next j
few days.
MILLIONS SAVED FOR CAR
BUYERS BY RESEARCH WORK
DETROIT Not. 30.—(/P)—Auto-
mobile buyers of the country are be-
ing saved millions of dollars annu-
ally in the cost of their cars
through research and standardiza-
tion of parts and practices in the
automotive industry.
Through standardization of minor
parts and fittings and other fix-
tures of the automobile which in
no way affects the originality of
design the Society of Automotive
Engineers estimates that the sav-
ing to buyers is $480000000 a year.
The calculation is based on the to-
tal valuation of $4700000000 of all
cars and parts produced last year.
In cooperation with the automo-
bile Industry equipment manufac-
turers Kid others the engineers’ so-
ciety and the United States bureau
of standards have brought about a
great reduction in the multiplicity of
shapes and sizes of screws bolts
nuts couplings and other minor fit-
tings.
To the layman this might seem
an insignificant achievement but
it has been responsible in large part
for the reduction in the price of his
car and in making it possible for
him to get a much better car fori
the same money he paid a few years
ago. Standardization to a certain'
extent also has been effected in the i
manufacture of automobile tires1
but further reduction in the number
of siaes is hoped for.
Work in the automotive labora-
tories has resulted in far rnova pow-
erful engines without Increase In
size or coat engines which will stand
the punishment of hard use long
after those of a few years ago would
have gone to the Junk heap.
Bodies springs headlights fan
belts ignition systems virtually
every part of the automobile has
been improved at no Increase in
cost or at lees cost through re-
search and standardisation.
Standardisation has been a two-
bladed knife in cutting manufactur-
ing costs. Multiple operation ma-
chines which do the work formerly
performed by crews of men and
turn out a more uniform grade of
work have greatly reduced the cost
of labor while at the same time
reducing expenses by speeding up
predilection.
WE SERVE TO SERVE AGAIN
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OFFICIAL
HEADLIGHT
TESTING
STATION
THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART OF A TIRE—
The part you can’t see!
IT IS HARD to understand why
one tire is better than another»
judging by looks or the first thou-
sand miles of service.
But after you’ve hammered your
tires for months the hidden part
of a tire—the most important
factor in determining life and
mileage—then reveals its worth.
It is the body concealed under
the tread. This body absorbs the
blows a tire gets. It bends mil-
lions of times under the car’s
weight to cushion your riding.
GOODYEAR
SUPERTWIST FABRIC
accounts for their longer mileage
records
To accommodate our
customers we will test
automobile headlights
during the month of De-
cember at any time
from 8 in the morning
until 8:30 in the eve-
ning.
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