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5%r Unmmstrtlle Ikralfl
Established July 4 1892
Entered as second-class matter in the Poe toffies
Brownsville. Texas.
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COMPANY
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for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
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TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
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Arcadia Theater Building. Phone 1020.
Government Cotton Crop Forecast
A crop of 14.82000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight
with the conditions on Aug. 1 placed at 822 per cent
of normal compared with 69.8 per cent a year ago and
a 10 year average of 67.2 per cent is the forecast of
the agricultural department of the federal govern-
ment.
Forecast in Texas was placed at approximately 550.-
000 bales above the short crop of 1929 A severe
drouth affected the crop in Arkansas Louisiana. Mis-
sissippi Oklahoma Alabama Tennessee and Mis-
souri. According to the forecasters should rains come
more than average improvement is likely because of
the relatively small number of weevils.
Commissioner of Agriculture George B. Terrell has
let it be known that cotton growers in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley and the Nueces river valley need 10.-
000 pickers to gather the crop of fleecy staple.
Mexicans have been shut out. That is Mexicans in
Mexico. It is the irony of fate that Representative
John C. Box was shut out of congress on the very
day the state department bulletin announced that the
Mexican immigration problem had ceased to exist.
In other words thousands cf Mexicans had deserted
Texas for Mexico and the port of entry doors were ;
closed to Mexicans in Mexico who would like to
lift the barrier and cross the Rio Grande river.
Silver Lining for Economic
Clouds
Sen. James A. Reed of Missouri is touring the con-
tinent of Europe. He was invited by high officials
in the city of Berlin to speak over the German ra-
dio. He accepted and said that neither the American
nor European political or economic situation was ‘‘as
black as it seems.” As for the economic depression in
the United States he described it as a “passing phase
much exaggerated in the press and bound to return
to normal soon.”
He said it was true that speculators lost money
in the decline of stock prices but insisted that Ameri-
can stocks today are priced at their probable true
value. As for America’s industrial condition he as-
serted it was on the way towards recovery but suf-
fering from artificial barriers erected by the gov-
ernment in the channels of trade.
Reed of Missouri isn’t a pacifist He isn't an al-
armist. He is a very brainy man. He realizes there Is
a period of reconstruction on and that the silver
linings to the economic clouds are visible everywhere
to the naked eye.
Germany Visits Belgium
An extremely Interesting advertisement is to be
found in the current issue of a popular German
magazine.
It bears across the top in large type the words
“Visit Belgium!" There are pictures of famous Bel-
gian cathedrals words drawing attention to the in-
ternational exposition at Antwerp the 100-year cele-
bration of Belgian independence and the exhibition
of Flemish art and industry. Below there is a line
reading: "Excellent travel connections with all of
Germany—entry free.”
It is Just 16 years since the Oermans marched into
Belgium with an army. Today Belgium is inviting
Germany’s tourists. Could there be a better illustra-
tion of the way in which war-bred hatreds die out?
The Once Over
LBW H. t PHILLIPS
THE SUMMER VACATIONISTS' RELIEF FUND
(Copyright 1930 by The Associated Newspapers.)
Thanks to a generous and immediate response from
the public the Vacationists’ Relief Fund is cow going
ahead with its annual summer campaign. Already
hundreds of summer vacationists have been rescued
from the ordeals of summer resort life and brought
back to the comforts of their own homes. One of
the most humanitarian rescues yesterday was that of
an entire family lured to a summer hotel by the ad-
vertisement of a ‘‘strictly private beach."
«...
It found the beach the bathing habitat of sixteen
different communities as well as a public clamming
ground. The father and mother suffered serious body
bruises elbowing their way to the water and two of
their three children were trampled on by the bathing
mob. •
• • • •
Attention of the Vacationists’ Relief Fund was call-
ed to the pathetic and typical case by the Red Croat.
The fund supplied the money at once to rescue the
family from Its miserable plight
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Then there was the case of Mr X a middle-aged
offtoe worker who greatly fatigued went to a sum-
mer resort and found himself In a hotel entirely sur-
rounded by Tom Thumb golf courses. Mr. X was
jjolsed on the window-sill for a five-story Jump to
oblivion when an agent of the Vacationists’ Relief
Fund saved him. Writes Mr. X:
"I shall never forget my gratitude to your fund.
Thanks to its great work I am now back In the of-
fice. where I can get some rest and sleep.**
• • • •
Another letter testifying to the worthy cause
reads’
Vacationists’ Relief Fund:
Oents:—1 was at a seaside hotel in a state of
starvation due to the fact I cannot live on eom-on-
the cob and clam chowder. An agent of your fund
heard of my plight and transported me back to my
own home. Words can never adequately picture what
it meant to me to get a square meal again.
Ever grateful
A FATHER
9 • • •
Are you not touched by these letters? Do you not
desire to help this great cause? Then send in your
contribution today. If you have no money—a con-
dition not at all unusual this season—send In any
articles of food or clothing. They will be converted
into cash.
The fund now stands:
Previously acknowledged .$2356 18
8imeon Fess . 10
Mahatma Gandhi. 05
Atmee McPherson . 50
Harry Lauder .. 5000.00
A broker . 02
_
Total . $7.356 85
The Tough Part Of It
To G. B. Inwood goes this department's award for
the best cartoon of the month. It shows a store-
keeper replying to a collector with the line. "Maybe
next veek I could pay you but dls veek bitzness has
been fundamentally sound.''
The stock market took its latest plunge on news of
the severe drought. The alarm being occasioned by
the prospect of being left without water enough to
bathe the customers' heads.
—
Warner Brothers picture corporation passed its
quarterly dividend and when speculators heard of It
there was plenty of sound accompaniment.
Old adage revised: A man Is known by the hitch
| hikers he doesn’t pick up.
Evidence
My wife’s gone to the country
And here’s the proof I think:
The dishes He some six feet high
Within my kitchen sink!
Jason the Ooat.
Golf is being taken up by the Eskimos. What most
people will want to know is whether they use ice-
picks to replace divots.
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Sir Thomas Lipton’s latest Shamrock is making the
trip across the ocean without even minor troubles.
This must give our American defenders that most
embarrassing feeling.
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who used to swim a channel about this time ofTrear?
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Dan Rorimer Hollywood scen-
ario writer and former New York
newspaper man meets Anne Win-
ter who has come from Tulsa
Okla to seek extra work. Dan Is
with Continental Picture® and
not very satisfied with what he is
doing.
Anne gets extra work at Grand
United studios. She goes to live
with two other extras Mona Mor-
rison and Eva Harley.
Garry Sloan famous director
has noticed Anne Winter. He
gives her a “bit" In a picture. Dan
not liking Sloan although he has
not actually met him is a bit
apprehensive. The casting director
at Grand United calls Anne up
and tells her there may be a
chance for her In a musical com-
edy picture. He and director Fred
Hurley get her to dance and sing
for them and Hurley promises her
a screen test. Anne elatedly tells
this to Rorimer who is more dis-
contented than ever at Continental
Rorimer who Is living with Paul
Collier who writes a daily movie
column for a string of newspa-
pers tells Collier that he has torn
up his contract with Continental.
And he tells him about Anne's
forthcoming screen test and Col-
lier has news about Garry Sloan
Now Go On With The Story.
CHAPTER XV
"Whet about Garry Sloan?”
Rorimer asked
"I understand his wife got her
divorce.” Collier lit a clgaret blew
smoke toward the ceiling. “I Just
heard it today.
Dan. reclining ie his chair with
his arms folded and his eyes half
shut wanted to know without
looking at Collier what Sloan was
going to do now. "Marry Sylvia
Patterson?”
Paul shrugged. "Search me.”
Dan said thoughtfully: ' What
kind of a bird is this 81oan any-
way? You know him den t you?”
"Sure. I know him. He's a swell
director all right; he also has a
knack of keeping his name in the
papers.”
“Johnny Riddle said he had a
swell head.”
Paul Collier eajd. hesitantly that
he suppceed that was true. “Only
he’s not a snob. Dan. It's Just
that he's got a great opinion of
himself. The mans an artist—and
no getting away from it. And he's
got all the temperament that goes
with it. Sloan thinks that without
a doubt he's the greatest director
in the bustness and I'm not so
sure that he isn't.”
“Riddle said he was a Narcissar.."
Dan spoke with seme contempt
and Collier laughed. "Well he does
admire himself plenty” Paul said. ;
"but why so sour? You don't know
him do you?”
"No but I’ve seen him and he
! gives me a pain ”
' Yeah? But the women go for
him my boy.”
“I suppose so.” Dan said getting
to his feet "I'm going to bed.”
Collier watched him go to hie
rcom He sat where he was for
rome m lutes. smoking thought-
| fully until Dan's voice demanded
to know if he was going to sit up
1 all night. And then Paul went to
bed.
During the next few davs Dan
raw Adamron only once Then it
was in the hallway outside of
I Ronmer's office and Adamson
I who was walking past with Gregg.
! the head of the scenario depart-
ment. nodded shortly and un-
rmilingly and went on. The studio
manager was dark and heavy and
abrupt and Dan had never seen
him without a cigar in his mouth
save at luncheon.
Rorlmer felt a little foolish re-
membering his tempestuous out-
break in Adamson's office. Adam-
son and Gregg he thought resent-
fully probably were discussing him
now. Well Gregg would be an ally.
Gregg was all right.
That afternoon Gregg came to
see him in his office. He said with-
out preliminary: “I understand
you flew off the handle the other
day. What's the matter?”
Plenty. Dan assured him and
Gregg gave him a patient smile.
Dan wondered how often Gregg’s
patience neared the breaking point
having Adamson forever to contend
with.
“You don't want to act like that
Ronmer. Take it easy. Your stuff’s
good. I’m not kicking am I?”
Dan shoe* his head and Gregg
sitting down on the edge of his
desk gave him & friendly lecture.
At the end of It he put his hand on
Dan’s shoulder and told him he
would do what he could to make
things more pleasant.
“By the way you weren't think-
ing of trying to go over to some
other outfit were you?”
Rcrimer thought: “Adamson's
trying to find that out.” He said
“As long as I’m under contract here
it’s entirely up to Continental how
long I stay."
Gregg smiled a little sheepishly
and departed.
Sometime later there was a tele-
phone call from Martin Collins.
The director told Dan he was giv-
ing a housewarming in his new
home in Beverly Hills. “And you’re
invited. Bring your own girl or try
to grab one off at the party; suits
me either way... How’s things at
Continental?”
“Not so hot” Dan said.
“You'd better come over to a real
studio and go to work. They're
actually human over here. How Is
Grim Holiday* doing? I beg your
pardon—*P a s s 1 o n's Price*. You
might tell Adamson that we've got
a lot of old worn-out titles over
here that he might use when he
runs out of those original ideas of
his”
Collins was laughing but his
voice held an edge of sarcasm Dan
smiled reca'ling Collins’ version
of his farewell session with Adam-
son and said that the picture was
doing fairly well. “But It’s not
breaking any box-office records
that I've heard of.”
"No? Well see you Saturday
night. About nine or so”
Dan hung up. He would ask Anne
to go with him Anne would en-
*oy meeting Collins and it wouldn't
do her any harm either.
AAA
That evening he called her. but
Mena who answered the telephone
told him Anne was not in.
"She's busy this evening.’* Mona
informed him. and she added that
Anne had tried to reach him to
te’i him that her screen test had
turned out successfully.
• Shes’ going to start rehearsals
right away Dan. They have to
.earn a lot of dance steps ”
Gee that's fine!” Dan mur-
mured.
Mona chattered on singing Anne
Winter's praises but Dan only half
heard... Anne was “busy”. That
meant of course in the language
of these girls that she had an
engagement for the evening Why
didn t Mona tell him what she was
doing where she had gone and
with whom? Mona knew of course
but Mona wouldn't tell him—not
un’ess he cam* out point-blank and
asked her. He thought: "Why in
thunder are girls like that any-
how?”
There was nothing more that he
cared to say over the telephone
and yet he fe’t a curious reluctance
to hang up and cut himself off
from possible further information
about Anne Winter. He heard Paul
Collier whistling in his shower
bath heard him gasp and cry out
as he turned on the cold water.
Rorimer smiled grimly and ask-
ed Mena If she and Eva were busy
that evening. Mona said no and
he asked her if they wouldn't like
to go out some place. Mona said.
“Sure that’s a swell Idea.”
Dan threw open the bathroom
door and Collier who was busy
wi»h a bath towel gave him an in-
quiring look. “Ain't there no pri-
vacy around this Joint?” he de-
manded. and Dan told him to slut
up.
“YouVe got a date this evening"
he announced.
Tm Mmy S._
Intimate Glimpses of the Valley’s Alley
--- BY J. R. ~
Aloof Elisabeth.School Days Are Happy Days.They Start
Ayain Soon.... Another Sunday-Go To Church
Beware of the Killer....Get Your Salt
Along Elizabeth
W. A. Rasco ...former principal
of the high school and now z. big
pill man....riding along the main
stem in a big sedan ...Maurice
Brulay.... talking .gesticulat-
ing with his hands in a Big Way
.... Edgar Brown .. .of the College
Inn....in a doggy outfit.polo
ahirt and knickers....Eddie Bounds
....of the Eagle Pass Lumber com-
pany.... and who is building a new
home_talking.Paul Kennard
and Robert Northrop.station
KWWO boys.the latter the
“head man'.figuring things
out....they promise a number of
excellent original programs In the
near future—and it won’t be long
now before tha station is about
four times as strong as it now is
.... Rolland Friedman.... advertis-
ing and publicity man.with a
brown car....trying to start it....
Get Ready
A couple of Tuesdays from next
Tuesday and school bells will start i
ringing summoning almost five
thousand students to come to work.
School days are the happiest In
ones lifit Is said and there is
no successful contradiction to this
statement. Of course around exam-
ination time the students raise
plenty of howls and the impression
is implanted in their collective
minds that school is a rotten place.
• • •
But look back over your own
student days—don’t you realize
thst the only unhappy days you
spent were those during which you
had to cram to pass the exams?
Exactly.
The others were happy care-free
joyous.
And school helped you gci out
of a lot of work. It was a big aid
to us. Whenever the fond parents
would suggest that we cut the
grass or run errands or something
like that we always had a lot of
algebra that had to be worked. The
lessons were mainly fictitious but
afforded an excellent opportunity
to get in a corner hide behind the
book and read Horatio Alger.
• • •
School days and happy days are
synonymous say what you will.
Picnics class plays contests that
pretty blonde with curls football
games gala days. And dances.
Those who return are to be
envied.
But of course the customary
howls will be raised.
Beware of the Killer
A warning is hereby issued to
beware of an assassin who is run-
ning wild. He is easily recognised.
Height 65 miles. Complexion
white. Peculiarities black mark
down the middle from top to bot-
tom. Age. several years.
It is Highway No. 12 that every
Sunday kills many a man in the
Valley. Of oourse murder is com-
mitted during the week but due
to the much larger crowd that
clutters the highway Sunday the
toll is usuallly higher.
Again we say “Beware." And
again. “Beware.” If you don’t watch
out. No. 12 will get you.
The law forces in the Valley are
becoming more active and it is
hoped that in the near future the
situation will be remedied.
• • •
Prepare Your Salt
Get a handful of salt and keep
it handy Monday. You'll need it.
Fishing is continuing at a rapid
pace down on the gulf and fisher-
men (notoriously apt to prevar-
icate) will be circulating stories
Monday that will be tall—very tall
—and must be taken with a grain
of salt.
So have plenty of salt on hand.
We’re warning you.
Out Our Way.By Williams
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"Oh yeah? What are you any-
way—my social secretary?"
“Were taking Eva and Mona
out. Hurry up anc! clear out of
here."
“What’s the matter?" Collier
grinned. "V/is Anne dated up?
Better watch your step my boy.
Competitions pretty stiff in this
town."
"That’s the way I like it” said
Rorimer.
"Yej you do!”
Collier rubbed his chin. "Now
I’Ve got to shave again" he com-
plained.
They went that evening for a
drive that ended at a little road-
house where strange - sounding
Russian d*shes were served by
waiters m picturesque Russian
costumes and a balalaika orches-
tra furnished slow and plaintive
music. Only one of their tunes was
a dance number and that was a
waltz.
Who suggested this place any- !
how?" Rorimer wanted to know.
"Was it you. Mona?"
"Don’t look at me like that."
Mona said "It wasn't me ”
Nobody it turned out. was will-
ing to take the blame. None of
them had been there before; it
had looked picturesque as they
drove past and by common oon-
sent they had gone in.
• « •
Mona said. Gee whiz! Id like
to dance.''
How about you. Eva?” Collier
asked and Eva smiled and nod-
ded.
• Well listen.” Paul said. “I’ve
got an idea. We’il all go down
1 town and go to one of those public
’ dance halls.” He grinned and said
he knew a “swell place." ’ Thirty-
five cents admission ” he intoned
in a side-show barker's voice “en-
titles you to four hours of danc-
ing a buffet supper and a girl-
show.
i "No foolin’." he added "Talk
about your good clean fun!”
"Sold!” cried Mona pushing
back her chair and Dan. turning
to Collier asked him if he meant
it
“Why not?” Paul demanded.
"Only one thing" he admonished
Dan. "Don’t try to take a girl
away from a sailor or you’ll have
to fight the whole fleet."
On the way to Los Angeles Eva
rode in the front seat with Dan
and Paul and Mona sat in the
nimble. Mona's laughing happy
chatter was an incessant accom-
paniment to the song of motor and
tires and Eva as usual was silent
until he began to make conversa-
tion.
There was a loud squeal of
laughter at one of Paul Collier’s
wise cracks. Looking at Eva. Den
remarked her indulgent smile and
his mind went back to the day
they had eaten luncheon together
at the Continental lot and Eva’s
affection for the little red-headed
Mona had been revealed.
"She's a grand little person.
Eva" he said and when she nod-
ded he said. “I don’t blame you for
being crazy about her.”
And Eva nodded again. "Mona's
KEYS MADE FOR EVERY
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We Change Combinations
T. J. ROMMER
Rear of Miller Hotel
Phone 722
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father and mother are dead” she
said presently. “Did you know
that?”
“Why. no. That's pretty tough.
... Anne told me she had some
relatives in California—San Diego.
I believe she said."
"An aunt and uncle" Eva in-
formed him. "She was living with
another aunt in Chicago before
she came out here ”
Dan said thoughtfully: “You'd
never think she had a trouble In
the world."
"Well she's had plenty.” Eva’s
voice was harsh. Dan thought as
he had often thought before that
Eva Haley reminded him of the
tragic heroine of an Ibsen play.
Eva had known trouble—real trou-
ble. Of that he was sure.
The longest crocodiles and alli-
gators which have been measured
in the United States did not exceed
twenty feet.
First National Bank
Established in 1891
BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS
Firms and individuals who do their
banking here know that prompt in-
telligent service and cordial rela-
tions with our cusomers are two of
the main reasons why this bank’s
deposits have been steadily mount-
ing through the years. We are glad
to serve you In every way possible.
4% Compounded semi-annually paid
on Savings Accounts
W. O. Rozell
AUCTIONEER
! “If it has value I can sell it
and get the money”
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