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• THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 232 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY * 6c A COPY
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8UNSHINE that is characteris
tic of the Valley greeted the pop
ulace Thursday morning.
After an absence in mornings for
several days, during which a ‘ cold
spell” prevailed, but lasting little
more than twenty-four hours.
I And during which a small
amount of precipitation—a very
small amount—fell.
And rain is needed. Truck grow
ers probably would welcome it. The
potato fields doubtless could stand
some natural moisture.
And a few wet days, halting ship
ments. might bring about an im
provement in prices.
The Valley this year is keeping
abreast of shipments last year,
which broke all previous records.
Someone has estimated that last
year’s vegetable and fruit crop
brought the Valley $13,500,000.
Let’s hope this season's crop
makes it $20,000,000 for the same
amount of stuff.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC,
through Wills J. Carter, assistant
general freight and passenger agent
for the Valley, announces a rather
healthy cut in running time be
l tween the Valley and Houston-San
.^Antonio.
An hour and fifteen minutes is
i^lng taken from the schedule.
r example, the train which has
leaving Brownsville at 7 p. m..
Bwmi now leave at 8:15 p. m.. arriv
B ing at San Antonio at 6 a. m. and
B Houston at 7:45 a. m.
I The train which has been reach
i ing Brownsville at 9:45 a. m., is
K now scheduled to arrive at 8:15
B a. m.
I Improved ballast and tracks be
B tween terminals makes the cut pos
B sible. says Carter.
■ One additional train is to be used
■ in the change.
B That is. a train will operate be
Bj tween McAllen and Skidmore. And
H another train between Brownsville
■ and Skidmore.
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JACK CARTER, assistant to Ex
ecutive Vice-President H. M .Lull of
the Southern Pacific, is in the Val
ley extolling the merits of the
Southern Pacific Glee club s “Re- :
vue of 1929 ”
The 150 voices—men and girls— ,
will appear at the Harlingen audt- j
torium Saturday night
The receipts will be distributed
among the luncheon clubs of Har
lingen for use in their school loan
and other funds.
The Glee club comes to the Val
ley after very successful appear
ances In Houston.
It has a reputation extending
4 over many years
It is worth while.
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CANAL SYSTEMS of the Valley t
are slowly but surely going over to j
farmer management.
In the Mission district the other
day voters on some 13,000 acres of
1 the United company's lines voted
$2,500,000 in bonds to take over the
i lines and to make Improvements.
The purchase will not include
pumping plants, which continue
under the company's management
because there is still a large acre
, age to be served by privately own
ed canal lines.
This action leaves approximately
half of the United Irrigation com
pany’s lines still privately owned.
f and those of the American com
pany. in the Mercedes-Weslaco
section. And that may be taken
over bv the land owners later, nego
tiations being under way.
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BROWNSVILLE. San Benito and
Harlingen soon will have a com
pletely paved connection with Se
bastian. Lyford and Raymondville.
Work on closing the seven-mile
gap in the paving between Combes
and iifb-vstian is beginning.
TtVal will supply 100 per cent
paved connections between all the
Valley counties.
1 And. of course, means much in
i the matter of rapid and all-the
tlme transportation betwen all im
i portant points in the Valley.
5 In another year or two there
•won't be even a village in the Val
ley that doesn't have a paved road
through it. .
And will carry the Valleys as
- sessed valuations from about $110.
000.000 to $150,000,000 In a com
paratively short time.
• • •
MORE THAN a hundred Kiwan
ians up in Illinois, all of them golf
players, and barred from their
home links by snow and bad wea
ther. are hurrying to southern
climes for a few rounds.
Today they are in Austin. They
are enroute to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
They plan to overrun the courses
at Edinburg, at McAllen, and Mer
cedes and at Brownsville.
Valley Ktwanians arc making
elaborate plans for entertainment
for the visitors.
In Brownsville there is a course
of eighteen rounds. The nineteenth
ts declared to be In Matamoros
just across the Rio Grande.
Point Isabel Is
To Form C. of C.
Organtaattor. of a chamber of
commerce and election of officers
is planned at a meeting called at
Point Isabel tonight. The Point Is
without such bn organization at
present and growth of the town has
fed to need of a chamber, business
men there assert.
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AUSTIN JURY
HEARS TRIAL
OF M’CLOSKEY
Bookbinder on Stand
Insists Changes In
Talley Books Made
To Beat Wurzbach
AUSTIN, Feb. 21-</P)—
A bookbinding expert was
brought into the criminal
trial of Congressman-Elect
Augustus J. McCloskey of
San Antonia today and tes
tified that in his opinion two
pages from other books had
been inserted into the tally
books of the twentieth pre
cinct of Bexar county (San
Antonio) for the November
6 election.
McCloskey, winner on the face of
returns over Harry M. Wurzbach,
Texas only republican congressman,
is on trial on an indictment charg
ing that he altered the returns
from that precinct.
The expert was R. H. Wachter.
for 40 years in the bookbinding
business in Austin.
He testified that certain punch
marks on two sheets in both the
talley sheets of the county judge, a
position then held by Mr. McClos
key, and of the presiding officer
of the princtnct Showed the substi
tuted sheets.
The precinct presiding officer. Ed
Engelhardt. painter for the San An
tonio school board, testified as the
first witness yesterday that he had
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S. P. TRAINS TO
REDUCE TIME
To Leave And Arrive
In Valley Over
Hour Earlier
A reduction of an hour and a half
in the running time of Southern
Pacific passenger trains between
the Valley and San Antonio and
Houston has been tentatively an
nounced. and is expected to be put
into operation early in March, ac
cording to Wills J. Carter, assistant
general freight and passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific lines in the
Valley, who was in Brownsville yes
terday afternoon.
The change will be made effective
at this end of the line—that is the
trains will leave here later in the
evening, and will arrive earlier in
the morning, reaching and leaving
Houston and San Antonio at prac
tically the same time.
Under the new schedule the train
will leave Brownsville at 8:15 in
stead of 7 o’clock as at nresent. ar
riving in Houston at 7:45. the same
as at present, and in San Antonio
at « a. m.
The train will leave Houston at
8:45 p. m.. as at present, and will
leave San Antonio at 10:15 as at
nresent. arriving in Brownsville at
8:15 a. m. instead of 9:45 as at
nresent. This wfl mean a shorten
ing of the time between Houston
«nd Brownsville of an hour and a
half, and reduction of an hour and
15 minutes in the run from Browns
viPe to Houston.
The imnroved schedule is made
nosihte bv partial comnletion of
ronside’-nb'® reaving and reballast
ing of the Pne to Houston, and it is
exnected f'nal comnletton of the
program will result in further short
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200 Are Entered
In Play Contest
AUSTIN. Tex.. Feb. 21.—Entries
in the one-act play contest of the
Inter scholastic league total 200, ac
cording to Roy Bedichek. chief of
the University of Texas league bu
reau. These entries represent prac
tically every section of the state.
Preliminary tournaments in the con
test will be arranged during March
and April, with the final tourna
ment being held in Austin May 3.
The character of the plays chosen
bv the competing schools was very
satisfactory, a higher type of play
being chosen by the majority than
has been the case in the past, ac
cording to Mr. Bedichek.
WOMAN’S CLUB HEAD
VISITOR IN VALLEY
HARLTNGEN. Feb. 21. — Miss
Ruth Rich, secretary of the Na
tional Federation of Business and
Professional Woman's clubs, was a
visitor in the Valiev todav, at noon
being a guest of the local club.
Miss Rich tonight will be guest
at a banauet to be given at Edin
I burg, to which all Valley clubs have
| been Invited.
EAKER, PLANE TO AID FETE HERE *
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Added impetus to the local celebration of the Mexico City-New York Air Mail March 9. is expected to
be given by the presence of Capt. Ira C. Eaker iinset), and his plane in which he will hope off from here
March 10 on a dawn-to-dusk flight for France Field, Canal Zone. This flight is attracting nation-wide
attention. Above is shown Capt. Eaker’s plane, the Pan-American, first of the new P-12 army pursuit
planes.
DELEGATION 1
MAY ATTEND
G
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Propose Brownsville
Representation As
Eaker’s Plane Form
ally Named
While no definite plans have been
announced, it is probable that a del
egation of Brownsville residents will
Ily to San Antonio on the morning
of March 8. to attend the christen
ing of the "Pan-American," Captain
Ira C. Eaker's plane, in which he
proposes to make a dawn-to-dusk
flight from Brownsville to the Pan
ama Canal Zone on March 10.
The “Pan-American.’ a special
high-speed Boling type plane, will
arrive at San Antonio early in
March. It is understood that im
mediately after the christening cer
emony Captain Eaker will fly to the
Brownsville airport and have the
plane in readiness for the hop-off
when the first signs of dawn streak
the eastern horizon on March 10.
The flight will be an epochal one.
in that it will be the first to be
made in the daylight hours between
the United States and Panama, and
is expected to demonstrate the prac
ticability of the overland route from
Brownsville to the Canal Zone.
In the event a Brownsville dele
gation attends the christening it is
probable that one of the tri-motor
planes from the municipal airport
will be chartered for the trip. The
flight can be made in the morning
with the return trip in the late
afternoon.
Plans tor the two-day celebration
on March 9 and 10, marking the
inauguration of the American and
Mexican air mail between Browns
ville and the Mexican capital, are
progressing smoothly, Charles Bur
ton, chairman of the -celebration
committee, reported. All commit
tees have been appointed, and re
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Lover Kills Girl;
Turns Gun On Her
Sister And Self
EAST ORANGE. N. J. Feb. 21 —
iff*)—Margaret Bowes. 20. was in
stantly killed and her twin sister,
Frances, seriousluy wounded when
they were shot today by Peter J.
Mooney, sergeant of the Lackawan
na railroad police.
After shooting the girls. Mooney
shot himself over the heart. Prances
and he were taken to a memorial
hospital in a serious condition.
In Mooney’s pocket was found a
note, which said:
“Murder is the only way I can
prove my love for this girl.’’
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DAILY CHORES should not be irksome nowadays, for the
modern housewife has a distinct advantage, in being able to
dispose of her household appliances, as they grow "out of
date.” and buying new ones with the Cash she receives from
the sale of the old ones.
HOW? ... By placing a little Want Ad in the "Household
Goods” column of The Herald at small expense, and quick
RESULTS follow. Try it . . . call Phone No. 8 and a cour
teous ad-taker will help you to write an ad that will bring
RESULTS.
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QUINTUPLETS
ARE BORN TO
SPANISH WIFE
MADRID. Feb. 21.—(AV- El
Sol prints a dispatch from Ol
medo, Vallodolld. reporting the
birth of auintuolets. two boys
and three girls, to a woman
there. Sofia Hernandez Molpe
ceres. The five babies died
shortly after birth.
Dr. Isidoro Villa, professor of
obstetrics in the University of
Vallabolid. referring to the case,
says quintuplets are extremely
rare and the case is possibly the
first in Snain. The average of
such, he said, is once in about
forty million.
HARDY FACES
IMPEACHMENT
Assembly Votes 57-18
To Try Judge In
Aimee’s Case
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 21—</F)
Having voted to impeach Super
ior Judge Carlos S. Hardy of Los
Angeles on charges of committing
misdemeanors in office in connec
tion with his activities in behalf
of Aimee Semple McPherson, evan
gelist. the California assembly was
expected to make plans today for
conducting his trial.
The assembly voted 57 to 18 to
impeach the jurist yesterday after
receiving recommendations of its
committee which investigated
Hardy’s acceptance of $2500 from
Mrs. McPherson while her kidnap
ing story was under investigation
by the Los Angeles district attor
ney's office. Asa Keyes, then dis
trict attorney, filed a charge of
conspiracy to obstruct Justice
against the evangelist but it was
dismissed.
Appointment of a board of man
agers to prosecute Judge Hardy be
fore the bar of the state senate was
the order of business in the lower
house. Meanwhile the senate was
expected to receive the notice of
impeachment and prepare for the
triaL
JUDGE IS SILENT
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21.—</P>—
Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy had
no comment to make today on im
peachment proceedings against him
voted yesterday by the assembly of
the California legislature.
Judge Hardy has not conducted
court since investigation of his
Judicial conduct was started by a
legislative committee last month.
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TACNA-ARICA
ROW SETTLED,
NATIONS SAY
Disputed Area Divided
By Peru and Chile;
Kellogg Credited
With New Accord
SANTIAGO^ Chile,"”Feb. 21.—</P)
—The Tacna-Arica boundary dis
fiute, born in war and thriving
hrough 45 years on international
strife, has been settled by peaceful
means.
Official announcement here says
an agreement has been reached be
tween the governments of Peru and
Chile by which the Province of
Tacna goes to Peru and that of
Arica to Chile.
The boundary between the two
provinces is fixed slightly north of
the railroad leading from the port
of Arica to La Paz, Bolivia. This
railroad, of the utmost Importance
to Bolivia since it Is her sole outlet
to the Pacific, remains in Chilean
territory until it crosses the Boliv
ian frontier.
The railroad from Tacna to Arica
will be in Peruvian control, while
a spur which is to be constructed
at Arica connecting the two lines
will be under Chilean control.
The agreement is the result of
diplomatic negotiations undertaken
just four months ago, after resump
tion of diplomatic relations between
them at the Invitation of the Unit
ed States secretary of state, Frank
B. Kellogg last July.
The dispute had its origin in a
war between Chile and the allies,
Peru and Bolivia, in 1879. Chile
won and occupied the two provin
ces. Resulting disputes over the
land since often brought the two
countries very near to war.
G. 0. P. Leaders
Back Creager In
Patronage Probe
From present indications 15 to
20 Texas republican leaders will ac
company R. B. Creager. republican
national committeeman from Texas,
to Washington Sunday night, to ap
t>ear before the senate committee in
the patronage hearing. February 28,
the Brownsville man said Thursday.
Many others also are intending to
be In Washington about March 1,
and will be ready to offer testimony
should the committee desire, ac
cording to letters from republican
office-holders in many sections of
the state received by Creager.
"We are absolutely prepared to
show there is not an lota of truth
in the testimony given the com
mittee e.s to forced assessments for
the partv fund in Texas.” Creager
said. "The conies of letters sent to
Sen. Smith W. Brookhart. chair
man of the committee, deny any
methods of assessments, deny they
have been forced to pay 10 per cent
of their salaries to the fund, and
denv that they have been told they
•™*ould not be supported for re-elec -
i Hon unless they contributed to the
fund."
Creager and his party will stay
over for the inaugural ceremonies
for President-elect Hoover, he said.
H ARLI NGEN~SCHOOL
BONDS ARE APPROVED
AUSTIN. Feb. 21.—The at
torney general’s department yester
day approved $243,000 Harlingen In
dependent school district school
house bonds, the remainder of an
issue of $400,000.
NEGRO HELD IN ROBBERY
WACO. Tex.. Feb. 21.—<JP>— A
negro was held by officers here to
day in connection with the dis
appearance of about $1800 In cash
and checks from a Waco automo
mobile concern yesterday. The
funds have not been recovered.
J. E KELLER,
PIONEER OF
VALLEY, DIES
Is Victim of Double
Pneumonia; Funeral
Thursday; County
Head at One Time
J. E. Keller, 68-year-old Valley
pioneer, died at the Mercy hos
pital of double pneumonia at 6:10
p. m. Wednesday afternoon.
Funeral services were to be held
from the Hinkley Mortuary at 4
p. m. Thursday with Rev. R. O.
Mackintosh of the Episcopal church
officiating. Interment was to be in
the Buena Vista cemetery.
Mr. Keller was one of the oldest
living residents of this section, hav
ing come to Brownsville as a boy
with his parents from Vicksburg,
Miss. He was born at that place
July 10, 1860.
He was educated in the public
schools of Brownsville. Keller was
an active figure In the civic life of
this section for a number of years.
He was a county commissiuner at
one time. The pioneer lived at the
old family homestead in Brownsville
until he moved to ills La Encantada
ranch some 30 years ago. Keller
remained prominent among the pio
neers and was well known up until
the time of his death. Both his
mother and father died here.
He is survived by his wife and five
children of the La Encantada ranch,
and a brother, L. E. Keller of La
Paloma.
Active pall bearers have been an
nounced as follows: John Cham
pion. Fred Starck, Jno. Scanian.
Geo. Putegnat, Louis Landrid and
Oscar Suder.
All funeral arrangements were be
ing made by the Hinkley Mortuary.
Gilchrist Talks
As Highway Quiz
Approaches Close
AUSTIN. Feb. 21.—UPV—The high
way investigation seemed near an
end a hen the joint committee hear
ing testimony recessed last night
until this afternoon.
Gibb Gilchrist, state engineer,
consumed the session with testimo
ny relative to the merits of bids
received for gasoline and lubricat
ing oils and read many records
bearing on operation costs and gen
eral performance of machinery pur
chased by the department.
This was in refutation of testi
mony given early in the hearing by
Roy I Tennant, purchasing member
of the board of control, who had
disagreed with recommendations of
the highway engineer and commis
sioners.
Fire Drill At
Airport Tonight
Demonstration of modern meth
ods of fighting fire will be given at
the Brownsville municipal airport at
8 o'clock Thursday night. Les
Mauldin, manager of the field an
nounced.
The public is invited as there also
may be some night flying and the
searchlights will be turned on and
the field illuminated. A fire drill
will be one of the features.
The airport now has a modern
fire truck and is well equipped to
fight any fire that may endanger
the hangars or planes, Mauldin
said.
SEEK TO ESTABLISH
INSANITY OF SLAYER
GAINESVILLE. Tex., Feb. 21.—
(£*)—Allen Teague. 50. rural mall
carrier, believed he was being per
secuted by W .A. Hoskins. Myra
postmaster, before he shot Hoskms
to death, relatives of Teague testi
fied here yesterday In his trial for
murder.
Teague told them, his relatives as
serted. that Hoskins had cut his bi
cycle tires and tampered with his
automobile until it overturned with
him. They declared the mail car
rier hAd suffered hallucinations and
was of unsound mind at the time of
the shooting.
A physician who had known the
defendant 20 years testified he
thought Teague was of sound
mind.
THREE FURLOUGHS ARE
GRANTED BY GOVERNOR
AUSTIN. Feb. 2i.-^-Governor
Moody granted three furloughs yes
terday as follows:
Arthur Foss. Fayette county, fuur
years for theft. 90 days to make
provision for his wife and child who
are destitute.
John Woodson. Montgomery coun
ty. one year for prohibition law
violation. 30 days, to visit mother
who is ill.
D. C. Moody. 15 years for robbery.
30 days to visit mother who is 11L
13 Children and
Two Mothers are
Among Victims
PITSBURGH, Feb. 21.—(/P)—Ten persons, two
mothers and eight children, burned to death in fires which
destroyed their homes in western Pennsylvania today. At
Ebensburg, Mrs. Leo Mangold and her five children per
ished, and at Hillsboro, Mrs. Zenas Berkey and her three
children died.
The five Mangold children ranged in age from eight
motnhs to six years. The three Berkey children were aged
six weeks and three and four years.
Both fires apparently were caused by overheated
-*stoves.
WIDE AREA IS
SWEPT BY BIG
SNOW STORM
Most Severe Fall of
Winter Covers All
Country From Dixie
Northward
(By The Associated Press.)
A belated winter made up for lost
time in the East today.
From Dixie northward to the
border and from the Atlantic coast
west through Pennsylvania snow
fell through most of the night and
continued piling higher during the
day.
No serious transportation tieups
were reported but as the storm con
tinued some systems were slowed
down and snow plows worked over
time to keep the wav open.
As much snow fell in New York
Citv as there had been all winter
and in other places it was far deep
er. Ten thousand shovelers were
called out in Manhattan to dispose
of the half foot of snow that was
constantly augmented from the
skv.
Nashville. Tenn.. reported 14
inches of snow. Charleston. W. Va..
had 12. Philadelphia seven and
Harrisburg. Pa., eight. It snowed
steadilv in Albanv. N. Y., and other
up-state points, and New Jersey and
the New England states got their
full share of the winter's most wide
spread storm.
Cabbage Price
Holding at $12
Cabbage was holding at $12 per
ton at practically all Valley ship
?iing points Thursday, with $15 of
ered occasionally for better grades
for mixed cars. The rain Wednes
day reduced loadings to 111 cars,
of which 53 were cabbage. Ship
ments total 7.520 cars, as compared
with 7,797 to the same date last
year. . ,
The demand for carrots is good,
and the movement of this commod
ity has been heavy the past week.
The demand for other commodities
also is increasing as weather con
ditions in northern markets im
prove. . .
Shippers continued optimistic
over the cabbage outlook. Improved
weather in the north is expected to
be followed bv a heavier demand.
This combined with the light load
ings of the past week is expected to
materially improve the price situ
ation.
Water Ditsricts
Will Meet Friday
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Feb. 21.—Associ
ated Water Districts of the Valley
will meet here Friday afternoon at
3 o’clock for the purpose of hearing
reports on present status ofg the
Willacy County Irrigation district
and of the commute which re
cently went to Austin.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
FOR MISSION SCHOOLS
MISSION. Feb. 21.—A staff
of prominent speakers has been se
cured for the commencement exer
cises of the Mission public school
system. _ . „
The group includes Frank M.
Ijiw of Houston, chairman of the
board of regents of Texas A. A M.;
Rev. E. P. West, of the Second Bap
tist church of Houston: Hiram Gar
wood of a Houston law firm and
'William Hawley Atwell of the U. 8.
district court of Dallas and New
York City.
The commencement program be
ing prepared Includes band concerts,
public addresses and Inspirational
rallies. The list of speakers was
announced from the office of Sid
Hardin, superintendent of Mission
schools.
The only two other occupants of
the Mangold dwelling were Mr.
Mangold and his brother Donald,
who occupied sleeping quarters on
the first floor. Both escaped.
In the Hillsboro blaze, Zenaa
Berkey. lone survivor of the family,
suffered severe burns about the face
and hands.
The Carrolltown fire was discov
ered by miners on their way to work.
They broke Into the house and
aroused Mangold and his brother,
but the blaze had gained such head
way that rescue of the mother and
five children on the second floor
of the dwelling was impossible.
BOILING LAReT
STARTS BLAZE
CHICAGO. Feb. 21.—<AV- Fire,
started when a pot of boiling lard
ignited, burned to death five chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. John Ooms of
Lansing. 111., last night. A sixth
child, and the parents, were recov
ering from the serious bums.
The bungalow home of the Ooms
was destroyed. Flames from the
lard set fire to curtains and the
blaze quickly was beyond control.
Mr. and Mrs. Ooms each grabbed
a child and ran outside, their
clothing ablaze. Ooms tried to go
back into the house but was re
strained by neighbors.
Five children# who weie asleep
when the fire started, had no
chance of escape. They wsre Anna,
4; Edward. 6: Oerben. 8; Herbert,
13; and Sadie. 9, but Etarah. 11,
probably will recover, doctors said.
CLOTHES BLAZE: MAH DIES
EASTLAND, Tex . Feb. 21—
Bums received when hia clothing
caught fire from a stove on an oil
lease near here resulted fatally to
R. H. Dile. 77. watchman, today. j
Film on Drinking
Water Released
AUSTIN. Feb. 21—As part of the
campaign against the influenza epi
demic. a motion picture teachinir
how to maintain health through
drinking pure water and to rests';
infectious diseases by avoiding the
.common drinking cup has been re
leased for distribution by the Visual
Instruction Bureau of the Univer
sity of Texas.
The film is based upon the radio
lectures which have been broadcast
by the United States public health
service and has been officially ap
proved by the service, according to
Mrs. Charles Joe Moore, chief of
the university bureau.
HISTORY WRITTEN
ON CONSTANTINOPLE
AUSTIN. Tex.. Feb. 21— Prepara
tion of annotated translation of
"The History of Constantinople.”
written in Latin in the early Thir
teenth century by Gunterus Alle
manus. to be published by Columbia
University as one of a series of his
torical records. Is now being under
taken by Dr. M. R. Gutsch, profes
sor of history at the University of
Texas. Dr. Gutsch’s translation
will be completed during this year.
THE WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair and somewhat warmer tonight
and Friday.
For East Texas: Fair and not so
cold tonight; probably froet nearly
to the coast; Friday fair: colder In
extreme northwest portion.
Light to moderate shifting winds
on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Prwtst 21-Hr. 2t-Hr.
Stag* Stag# Chn*. Rain
Eagle Pass .. 1* 2.7 -0.1 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.3 0.0 .08
Rio Grande . 21 4.4 0.0 .00
Mission. 22 4.0 -0.5 .00
San Benito . 23 6 7 40.2 .00
Brownsville .18 1.3 40.2 .04
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological conditions:
High .4:38 p. m.
Low.8:41 a. m.; 9:22 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 5:27
Sunrise tomorrow . 7:00