The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1936 Page: 8 of 8
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HARVARD EXES
AIM SHOTS AT
SCHOOL HEAD
Charges Made Just
As FD Introduced
At College Fete By
Lowell
NEW YORK Sept. 18. <A> —
Twenty-eight alumni of Harvard
University asked all brother alumni
Thursday to study the record of the
Lowell committee in the Sacco-
Vanzetti case "and discover what
happened to the mental processes
of their alma mater's president.”
Their statement in the form of a
pamphlet mailed to prominent
persons throughout the country
was issued a few hours before
President Emeritus A. Lawrence
Lowell was scheduled to introduce
President Roosevelt at the Harvard
tercentenary celebration.
It reviewed the evidence consider-
ed by Dr. Lowell’s committee at
the request of the then Governor
Alvan T. Fuller prior to the execu-
tion of Nicola Sacco and Barto-
lomeo Vanzetti for the murder of
Alessandro Bcrardelli. a payroll
guard in a South Baintree. Mass.
holdup in 1920.
The Lowell committee advised
Governor Fuller it considered both
Sacco and Vanzetti guilty "beyond
reasonable doubt "
Alleged discrepancies in the re-
port prepared in 1927 are set forth
in the pamphlet titled ’Walled inf
This Tomb."
"In anything but a captious
mood.' said the foreword "we urged
the alumni to go to the record of
the Sacco-Vanzetti case and d
cover what happened to the mental
processes of their alma mater's
president
"Out of such discovery will come
an awareness of the Incredible and
destructive twists of men's minds—
even the mind of a president of
Harvard University.
"This cannot tail in our opinion j
to be of value in the struggle to
keep this nation from being torn
asunder by that mass unreason J
which lias been so skillfully de-
veloped by power-mad Individuals
and cliques in Europe.
”No one looking at the fate of
Intellectual and cultural pursuits
In Germany and Italy can escape
an Intense feeling of the immediate
peril confronting our own universi-
ties.'
Flashes of Life
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«By The Associated Pressl
Mysterious Death
JACKSONVILLE Fla. Heart at-
tacks killed two brothers at the
same hour in towns forty miles
apart.
William Charles Thomas. 59 died
In Jacksonville at 1 a. m. Relatives
were preparing to notify David
Madison Thoqia*' 64 of Fernan-
ciina when they received a mess-
age that he. too. was dead.
Did She Remember!
DENVER —In Paris twenty years
ago Elsie Janis. an entertainer for
the A. E. F. met Ted Syman now
a Denver business man. and he
said "you probably won't remem-
ber me the next time we meet.”
"If its twenty years I’ll know
you.” she replied.
At the National Encampment of
Veterans of Foreign Wars here this
week Miss Janis spied a familiar
face and called: "Hi. there Ted.
remember Paris?”
Farr Enough
DALLAS.—The taxi driver dis-
gruntled over a traffic ticket com-
plained to his fare: "Lousy police-
men. just waiting around to hand
some poor guy a ticket.”
Alighting the passenger gave
him a fifteen-cent tip "for coffee
and doughnuts to cool off on. and
handed him a card reading. "Po-
lice Chief R. L. (Bob* Jones.”
"When you've cooled off." said
the chief "go to that policeman
and apologize for the things you’ve
called him and tell him to report
to me."
The ticket was dismissed.
Are Our Fares Red:
SLAYTON Minn.—Eight com
pickers gathered seed for a local
firm set to their task with a will
on Andres Thread's farm.
After picking thirty bushels
they were called trespassers and
told to clear out. Investigation re-
vealed they were on the wrong
farm—by a half mile.
Coughlin Candidate
Wants Vote Recount
DETROIT. Sept. 18 (A*)—Louis B
Ward former Washington represen-
tative of the Rev. Charles E. Cough-
lin's National Union for Social Jus-
tice notified Governor Frank D.
Fitzgerald Friday that he would de-
mand a recount of votes cast for U
S. senate aspirants in the Michigan
democratic primary.
On the basis of incomplete returns.
Ward was trailing Congressman
Premiss M Brown for the nomina-
tion by 3.950 votes with thirty-four
precincts yet to be tallied. His tele-
gram to the governor explained that ;
he was asking a re-check “in the in-
terest of good government” and be-
cause "this result is so close." j
‘SWING TIME’ NEW KIND OF HIT FOR ASTAIRE-ROGERS TEAM
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TRADE HOLDS
PACE CLIMB
Wholesale Busi ness
Passes *33 Peak
NEW YORK Sept 18 /Pt—Un-
diminahed activity prevailed in all
divisions of trade this week. Dun
<k Bradstreet said Friday.
Retail trade suffered from linger-
ing heat in some cities. The report
stated but the return to school and
fall wear buying generally sustained
volume. Wholesale trade held well
above last year. The pace of indus-
try accelerated and was accompan-
ied by increased employment.
With the arrival of post - Labor
day.” the agency said ‘retail sales
established a firm stride which was
broken only m a few scattered cit-
ies. Heat retarded volume in some
cases but in others merely depressed
the flow of fall and winter requis-
ites.”
All major geographical areas re-
ported sales well above the com-
parative 1935 period the review' said
In New England the volume was
well maintained; in the East sales
were ten per cent ahead and good
increases were reported from the
midwest northw'est. .south south-
west. and Pacific coast
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At the Theaters
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CAPITOL
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
whose filmusicals have catapulted
them to the top of screendom’s
fame definitely score a new
triumph in ‘‘Swing Time.” their
latest vehicle which shows Friday
and Saturday at the Capitol theatre
Brownsville.
The plot of “Swing Time” con-
cerns itself with the interweaving
relationships between Astaire as a
happy-go-tuckv. sporting song-and-
dance man. Betty Furness as his
small-town fiancee. Miss Rogers as
an instructress in Eric Blore's
dancing academy and Georges Me-
taxa as a haughty band leader
with Victor Moore and Helen Brod-
erick doing their amusing and mis-
guided best to straighten out mat-
ters.
QIEEN
i The Zane Grey novel “Raiders ol
the Spanish Peaks” appears on th«
i screen as an adventure-filled
action packed picture in “Th«
i Arizona Raiders." Friday and Sat-
urday at the Queen theatre. Browns.
► ville. with Larry Crabbe and Marsh*
1 Hunt in leading roles.
The story's whirlwind develop-
1 ments are set in the old west when
i cattle rustling was a real and ever-
f present problem and include twe
thrilling stampedes one of mad-
. dened cattle and the other of i
herd of high-spirited horses.
[ OFFICERS ATTEND EXERCISES
Major W. T Bals and Colonel F
W. Whitney both of Fort Brown
* left Thursday morning for San An
i tomo to attend the third army posi
command exercises.
They are Ixpected to returr
October 1.
PADS FURNISHED
* * * * *
DINERS TO MAKE
*****
THEIR NOTES ON
8T LOUIS 8*pc 1> *■>—To
cut down table cloth wear ano
tear a New York hotel now fur-
nishes pads for diners to make
their notes on.
And if table artists ask the
head waiter they may obtain
pencils pens crayons or charcoal.
A study of table cloth markings
disclosed the report said that
• sixty-eight and one'-half per cent
of them are statistics; thirteen
per cent are plans of houses boats
planes baby carriages and other
buildable things; seven per cent
have verse song titles and so on:
six and one-half per cent are
girls’ faces and other anatomical
studies; three per cent are bawdy
humor; and three per cent are un-
classified blobs."
L. F. Sewell Opens
Collection Agency
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Sept 18 - L. r.
Sewell former secretary-manager
of the South Texas Shippers As-
sociation and one-time traffic
manager for the Alexander Market-
ing Co at San Benito has opened a
collection agency here He will
specialize in railroad and insurance
adjustments and commercial col-
lections. Sewell has taken space In
the Clayton Pritchard real estate
office. Van Buren Ave. at "A"
street.
Sewell not only has had consider-
able experience in this line but
also has a license to practice law
obtained in 1931. He has been in
j Houston for the past few years but
recently returned to the Valley. He
I is widely known in the produce and
allied trades.
Tick Eradication
Personnel Changed
i Special to The Herald t
HARLINGEN Sept 18— Three
changes in the county tick eradi-
cation set-up have been made il
was stated by L. G. Nichols super-
visor. E Duke will be inspector at
San Benito. Robert Goodrich at
Brownsville and Matt Brown at La
Feria. Inspectors at these potnti
were R. J. Brooks. J. A. Champion
and Roger Maloan.
Numismatists believe the first
coins issued by state authontj
were those issued by Croesus o:
Lydia in the eighth century. B C.
DOST STORMS
TO BE WORSE?
Expert Sees Greater
Menace In *37
LINCOLN. Neb . Sept. 18. (#>—D.
L. Gross extension agronomist at
the Nebraska Agricultural college
asserted Friday that conditions
brought about by protracted drought
in the middle west held a threat of
dust storms in 1937 "infinitely worse
than those of the spring of 1935 "
From observations in his own state
Gross said he was convinced that
should the spring of 1937 be a dry
one. the stage already is set for dust
storms the like of which Nebraska
has never witnessed.
• Millions of acres in Nebraska are
now bare of vegetation.’ he said.
Soil on these acres is in a powdery
blowable condition and with the
freezing and thawing of winter will
become more so."
The agronomist said more than
half of Nebraska* 10.000.000 corn
acres were unprotected by cover
crops or weeds and that an addition-
al two or three million acres of land
which never was summer fallowed
' before was in danger of blowing.
He urged the .seeding of small
. grains such as oats and barley and
fall rye or pasture crops to cover the
sou and hold It from the blowing
! winds of the winter and spring.
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Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in their latest and biggest musical hit "Swing Time" showing Friday and Saturday at the Capitol Theatre
Brownsville. _
Woman Who Developed
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Million-Do liar Appetizer
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Formula Concern Dies
Early Reservation
Of Exhibit Space
At Fair Is Urged
< Special to The Herald >
HARLINGEN. Sept. 18—Valiev
commercial exhibitors arc being urg-
ed by the Valley Mid-Winter Pair
Association to make their reserva-
tions for space as early as possible.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the fair which will be held
from December 2 to 6. this year and
C. C. Williams manager would like
all reservations made as quickly as
possible.
He pointed out that many local
firms can obtain the co-operation of
manufacturers and distributors in
taking *pace at the fair. A common
arrangement is for the manufacturer
to take the space and have the local
representative maintain it during the
fair.
Work on community exhibits will
start soon. Williams said. It is hoped
to have every community represent-
ed since every effort is being made
to make this a Valley-wide exposi-
tion.
Although the tair season will be
short the attendance is expected t<
be large. Not only will the fair as-
sociation give hundreds of dollars in
prizes to exhibitors but large cast:
attendance prizes will be given daily
It is felt that the numerous cash
premiums to be given exhibitors wll
make a much more attractive fair
Band Concert
The 12th Cavalry band will presen
a concert FYidav at 7 p. m. at For
Brown Sergeant H E. NicholJ
conducting.
The program follows:
March. "The Snirit of St. Louis.'
Woods; overture. "Le Diademe.’
Herman: fox trot. ‘The Wheel o
the Wagon is Broken." Carr; selec
tion. "Spring Blossoms" FYilton
descriptive. "Cocoanut Dance." An-
drew; fox trot The Lady in Red.’
Wruble; waltz "Symphia" Holz-
man: march "Chicago Polici
Band.” Mader.
Rio Hondo Schools
Join Safety Drive
(Special to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. Sept. 18— Lawson
Anglin county traffic officer and
A. Modesette. state highway patrol-
man. were speakers here Thursday
morning before 300 high school stu-
dents. stressing safety.
The speakers were introduced by
W. Reed Lang. Secretary of the
chamber of commerce. Lang also
spoke on safety.
The three speakers pointed out
that correct signalling is a salient
factor in avoiding accidents in driv-
ing. and told of ways in avoiding
casualties.
The program was in observance ol
Satety Week which began Sept. 14.
continuing through until Sept. 19.
Lang said that safety posters will
be made by children of the schools.
Literature on the subject of safety
also has been placed in the school
libra ry.
Harlingen Lions
Attendance Climbs
HARLINGEN. Sept 18—Harlin-
gen Lions had the largest attend-
ance since the new officers took
charge in July with forty-three pres-
ent and only nine absent Thursdaj
at the Madison Hotel. {Several ol
the absentees were on jury duty
i The Lions heard several pian<
solos from Frederick Savage or-
ganist for a New' York church. wh<
to visiting his parents. Dr. and Mrs
E. P. Savage John Richards was ir
charge of the program.
Three new members were taker
in. They were H. K Sharp. J. E
Maxwell and Dillard Turner. Bol
Knight's membership was renewet
after an absence.
Rev. E. Douglas Carver presents
a check as a wedding present fron
• the Lions to Miss Nell Jeffrey o
the hotel staff.
Dr. George Gallaher had Dr R
' S. Lloyd as his guest
Next weeks program will be u
I charge of Jack Hayes and Dr. Pau
Maxwell.
When Howard Carter opened th<
iomb cf King Tutankhamen riel
cases holding perfumes still elusive
ly fragrant after many thousand
* of years were found
; Thursday night of a heart ail-
! ment.
She had headed the Angostura- i
Wuppermann firm agent in the
United States and Canada for
the bitters first brewed as an
appetizer in the tropics of Vene-
zuela since the death of her hus-
band George Wuppermann in
1915.
Mrs. Wupperman. the mother of
the stage and server stars Ralph
and r ink Morgan never missed
a stockholders' or directors' meet-
ing and it was under her slirewd
direction that the business ex-
panded from a small agency to a
$1 .''00000 corporation.
But though she rail the com-
pany with a firm hand she never
learned the formula for its prod-
1 uct.
Held secret since it was origin-
ated 112 years ago Dr. Alfredo
Galo Siegert. grandson of the in-
ventor. guards the formula today.
Copies are locked in vaults in
Trinidad and London to assure its
i perpetuation.
Relief Chiefs Visit
(Special to The Herald i
SAN BENITO Sept. 18—A M.
Braswell representing the Texas
Relief Commission; and D. E Wool-
lett of Laredo supervisor of the
surplus commodities organization
were here for a routine inspection
of relief offices Thurs«a;. They also
visited other Valley offices.
Son Is Born
i Special to The Herald t
HARLINGEN Sept. 18—'The Val-
! ley Baptist hospital reports the birth
> of a son weighing eight and one-
quarter pounds to Mr. and Mrs
I Pryor Dillard.
GREENWICH. Conn.. Sept 18
p*»>—Death hag closed the career
of Mrs. Josephine Wuppennann
president of the $1000000 Angos-
tura - Wuppermann corporation
manufacturers of Angostura Bit-
ters of a century old formula the
secret of which was unknown to
her.
The gentle energetic 84-year-
old woman generally regarded as
the first of her sex to direct the
affairs of a large business died
Pe Voice
-of—
The Valley
Tbe Brownsville Herald welcomes
communications on matters of pub
11c interest reserving tbe customer)
right to reject such communications
as are libelous or unmailable All
communications must be signed and
the name of the writer will be with-
held on request Please be brief be
courteous!
To The Herald:
In the manner ol advertising our
citrus fruit I hate something to sug-
gest which from my own observation
of advertising is more productive of
direct sales than what is known as
national advertising.
National advertising in magazines
etc. Is what you may class merely as
advertising but it produces no direct
sales of your product as the party
reading the adv. does not go and buy
the article and if he should it may
not be on his market handy for such
purchase.
Advertising should be placed in
the newspapers in the cities where
the fruit is for sale shipment made
and distributed to the dealers. The
dealers can then put cards on the
citrus fruit display in his market
and it is a reminder to the purchaser
of the announcement he saw in the
newspaper and he will try some and
if. the quality is as it should be he
will come back for more.
The idea back of this is that the
freshness you say. in the persons
muid which brings results. The re-
tailer cashes in on the large adv.
placed in the new spa tier and it's to
his advantage to co-operate.
This Is what you may call live and
active advertising properly hooked up
at the place where the fruit Is on
.--ale and none wasted where there
ten t a grapefruit to be had.
Advertising pays but you can waste
a lot of*money on indirect methods
w hich grow cold and produce no im-
mediate results.
A. F Dittmann.
Brownsville
Sept. 16. 1936.
It is said males make the best
music pupils because they are more
placid while females try to con-
centrate abnormally on the lesson
Instead of relaxing and absorbing
calmlj*.
Foot Specialist
D». J. Kruze
Farmer; Hardware Building
SAN BENITO
Phone 84 Res. 812
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