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RADIO WORST
OVER RED SEA
Testa Show Many Station!
^Heard 24 Hours Out
Of Honolulu
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—(/Pi
—The world's worst spot for radio
reception is the Red sea.
Such is the conclusion of Capt.
J. J. Cadogan. master of the
steamer President Hayes, whose
’round-the-world cruise terminat
ed the circumnavigation of the
globe by a standard seven-tube
broadcast receiver.
Among the interesting radio dis
coveries of the captain, in addition
to the worst spot for reception,
was what he considers the best
region for listening in. Less than
24 hours out of Honolulu, Captain
Cadogan heard programs from the
United States, Japan and Aus
tralia. Radio programs also were
plentiful in the Mediterranean and
between the Azores and New York.
The President Hayes sailed from
San Francisco September 8. When
more than 800 miles out, KFI, Los
Angeles, was tuned in, and then
again when 1.954 miles away. As
the boat neared the Hawaiian
islands, signals from the United
States faded and JOAK and other
Japanese stations were heard, as
well as Shanghai and Calcutta.
One night the captain heard 3-LO,
Melbourne, Australia, more than 4,
200 miles away.
Reception was not good in tropi
cal waters, and in the Red sea it
was terrible.* Conditions improved
when the ship reached the Medi
terranean, where programs in Eng
lish, French, Spanish, German and
Italian were plentiful.
November 20, when the President
Hayes was off the Azores, Captain
Cadogan heard WJZ, New York,
while still In the range of Euro
pean stations. As he passed the
Azores, American programs came in
clearly and one night six American
transmitters were logged.
ANCIENT PARIS IS
REVEALED BY SUBWAY
PARIS, April 6.—UP)—Excavations
. for a new subway station uncovered
portions of the arena of Lutece, the
name of Paris in the days of the
Romans. Portions of the arena
were also discovered when a street
was cut through in 1869.
5SIAN IS DOUBLE
R ADOLPH MENJOU
tADE. April 6—(TP)—A Rus
■ is an exact double of
|Ienjou caused lots of com
re. He has trained him
[ratching films to walk, act,
eat ariri drink like Menjou, even to
holding a wine glass between the
third and fourth fingers of the
left hand.
RUSSIANS REPORT
MOSCOW. April 6.—</P>—'The So
ciety for Cultural Relations abroad
heard a special report which stated
that by means of exchanges be
tween scientific societies, universi
ties, libraries and similar institutions
there has been a constant improve
ment in Russia’s cultural relations
with the United States.
CRUCIFIES HIS CHILDREN
BUCHAREST—Anton Zystich. a
Roumanian peasant, went insane
and crucified his three children.,
two of whom died.
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Why Science Seeks to
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The beautiful, blonde visiono pic
tured above is one reason why
visitors crowd the New York studios
of the National Broadcasting com
pany... She’s Evelyn Hoey and
while she hasn’t voted yet she’s
had a wealth of experience as a
dancer, singer and musical comedy
star...Just at present she is devot
ing her time to the microphone and
Is heard frequently in NBC pro
grams.
Little Miss Evelyn Hoey, winsome
star of the stage, crooning before
the microphones of the National
Broadcasting company, has little
consciousness of the vastness of her
unseen audience. Her only thought
is for the people of the towns of
Oklahoma and Texas; for them she
is singing her heart out.
For nine months four years ago
Muss Hoey toured these little towns
with the Greenwich Village Follies,
Her voice was technically perfect,
her dancing was perfect, her stage
craft was perfect. But Miss Hoey
was young to the stage and lacked
confidence in her own ability. The
enthusiasm and warmth of these j
CANCER REPORT IS
REQUIRED IN CUBA
HAVANA. April 6.—(JF)—The Cu
ban health department has ordered
its officials in every city and town
to enforce compulsory reporting of
cancer cases. The government is
trying to gather all possible infor
mation regarding the dread disease.
COUNTESS DIES
KIEL, Germany, April 6.—(/T*)—
Countess Margaret Von Spee, widow
of the German admiral who, with
their two sons, perished in the bat
tle of the Falkland islands on De
cember 4. 1914, died here, aged 61.
Von Spee’s squadron was destroyed
by British ships under Admiral
Sturdee.
people taught her confidence, confi
dence that was to lead her to star
roles on Broadway and in Paris and
London.
Miss Hoey’s radio debut is very
recent. Her first appearance was
with the Freshman Orchestradians
Her success was immediate.
Miss Hoey obtained her first stage
experience in high school presenta
tions in Minneapolis, where she
was born in 1910.
She had the lead role with Lean
Errol in “Yours Truly,” during its
Broadway run. Last summer she
played a long engagement at Les
Ambassadeurs in Paris and had the
lead in the London presentation of
“Good News.”
SANTA MARIA
BAPTIST MISSIONARY
The Baptist Missionary society
met with Mrs. Harpester Monday
afternoon with eight members and
one vistor present. The president,
Mrs. Harpester, had charge of the
meeting. Mrs. Walton of Donna
conducted the mission study review
and held the examination. Six
members took the examination and
were granted seals. Refreshments
were served by the hostess.
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LEAGUE PARTY
Miss Vivian Mathew’s entertained
the league at her home Saturday
evening. Bunco was played during
the earlier part of the evening, then
an Easter egg hunt was enjoyed by
all present. Those enjoying this oc
casion were Geneva Shipley, Corine
Merton, Coretta Gunn, Thelma and
Grace Rowe, Vivian Mathewrs, Ross
Clifton, Cordell Gunn, Elmer Mc
Cannon, Charles, Edmund and Fer
die Brandt, Dale, Delmar and Lu
ane Mock, Byron Sanson III, Mel
vin Fouler, Mrs. Shipley. Mr. and
Mrs. Mock, and Mr. and Mrs. Ma
thews.
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PERSONALS
Miss Thelma Rowre spent the
week-end with her parents. Miss
Rowe is attending high school in
Edinburg.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Kluck of San
ta Rosa visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Davis Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Louk of Mc
Allen and Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Kaiser
spent Sunday at the Point.
Miss Bernice Harpester of La
Feria spent Wednesday afternoon
with her mother.
Misses Daisy Gray and Anne
Smith spent the week-end in San
RADIO USED
BY SCHOOLS
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Instruction Broadcast To
36 Institutions In Fort
Bend County
RICHMOND, Texas, April 6.—
Radio spells education to nearly
1,000 pupils in 36 scattered schools
of Ford Bend county.
A radio school, with lecturers
broadcasting instruction over a
county-wide hookup, has solved the
county’s financial dilemma—insuf
ficiency of the school tax to em
ploy competent teachers in all
schools.
“By radio, one experienced teach
er is able to address every school
in the county at once,” explained
Jess Ward, chairman of the coun
ty board, “saving money and giving
better instruction than otherwise
possible.”
For $3,000, the school board
bought receivers and loud speakers
for every school in the district.
Broadcast equipment was installed
in the superintendent’s office here.
Radio instruction starts at 9:30
a. m. daily when each classroom
tunes in. The station’s assigned
wavelength is 200 meters. Due to
a lack of general power sendee, re
ception is by battery sets.
School authorities in nearly ev
ery state, their curiosity aroused by
the experiment, have asked infor
mation about Ford Bend county’s
instruction by radio.
“Adjoining counties have pur
chased radio sets for schools and
religiously listen to our lessons,”
Mr. Ward said.
Every day pupils hear Miss Agnes
Schultz, county superintendent,
speaking from her office here.
Richmond amateurs supervise use
of the equipment.
S. M. N. Marrs, state superinten
dent of public instruction, formal
ly opened the radio school by
broadcasting an address from
Richmond.
30-YEAR-OLD AUTO TUNED
UP FOR RACE IN ENGLAND
LONDON.—When the London-to
Brighton motor race takes place on
Sunday the oldest automobile par
ticipating will be driven by an inn
keeper, Douglas Copley. The ma
chine, now thirty years old and
named “Aunt Jane” by its owner,
is being tuned up for the contest,
and Mr. Copley believes it has a
good chance of winning the annual
event, known as Old Crocks’ race,
though its speed has never exceeded
18 miles per hour.
FUND LEFT
CAMBRIDGE, Eng., April 6.—(JP)
A bequest of $1,250,000 was made to
Cambridge university for the pro
motion of chemistry, physics and
allied sciences by Humphrey Plum
mer, a man who never saw the in
stitution. His only son was willed
an annuity of $1,000.
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YOUNGEST C. C. MEMBER
BIG SPRING, Tex., April 6.—(JP)
—Miss Dora Allen Blankenship,
only a few days old. is the youngest
member of the West Texas Cham
ber of Commerce. She was made a
“life member” when she was three
days old.
NEW COW GORES WOMAN
DUBLIN.—Mrs. Catherine Calkins
was gored to death in the after
noon by a cow she had bought in the
morning. Y
Benito with Miss Margaret Crad
dock.
Miss Elizabeth Allen spent the
week-end with relatives in Mer
cedes.
Mrs. Personius is able to be home
after having to spend several weeks
in Mercedes on account of her de
cent illness.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Walton and
children of Donna visited here
Wednesday afternoon.
• * * *
P.-T. MEETS
The P.-T. A. met Tuesday night.
Business was conducted by the
president, Mrs. B. M. Sanson. Jr.
The following new officers were
elected for the coming year, Mrs.
B. O. Harpester. president; Mrs G.
P. Washington, secretary, and Miss
Annie Smith, treasurer. An inter
esting program on “Obedience and
Character” was given by Mrs. San
som and Miss Craddock. Refresh
ments were served by the hostesses.
Misses Balfa Greer, Elizabeth Al
len, Margaret Craddock, and Earline
Rowe. The high school won the
picture this month.
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Mrs. Florence Barnes, wife of
Rev. C. Rankin Barnes, Episco
palian rector in Pasadena, Cal.,
plans a try at Los Angeles for the
world’s solo endurance flight rec
ord. Mrs. Barnes hopes to break
the mark set recently by Martin
Jensen.
ENGLISH MANUFACTURE
OF PIANOS INCREASE
LONDON, April 6.—(£’')—More pi
anos were manufactured in Eng
land last year than in any 12
months since 1913. The Federation
of Music Industries believes this was
due to stimulation of public inter
est in music through the radio and
the gramaphone.
NEW YORKER PLANS
NEW CHINESE CITY
SHANGHAI, April 6—UP)—R. Kil
lam Murphy, New York architect,
who has been commissioned by the
nationalist government to rebuild
its capital city of Nanking, is work
ing out plans for a modern metro
polis to accomodate two million
people. No buildings in the new’
city will be higher than three
stories.
RUSSIANS APPROVE
7-HOUR WORK DAYS
Moscow, April 6.—</F)—A seven
hour w’ork day has been approved
for 88 government industrial plants. I
The list includes salt, iron and coal
mines, chemical plants, oil refin
eries, textile factories, saw mills,
railway shops, electric plants and
printing and engraving establish
ments.
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LON
CHANEY
“While the City
Sleeps”
The man of a thousand
faces in a great detec
tive story.
Thrills aplenty
Don’t Miss It!
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Dancer Gets Wealth
By Vow of Marriage
On Bible in Hotel
BALTIMORE, Md., April 6—'
Alone in a hotel room in New York
City in 1923, Claire Ulrich, dancer
and Charles E. Whitehurst, wealthy
Baltimore theater owner, opened
a prayer book, took their vows and
signed their first names on the
book. 1
Such is the contention of the
dancer, and upon the basis of this
“ceremony” Miss Ulrich has just
been declared the legal widow cf
the late Mr. Whitehurst under the
laws of the state of New’ York, and
has been named in the opinion of
the Maryland Court of Appeals as
the one to administer his estate of
$280,000.
Thus the little dancer wrho met j
Whitehurst while she* was appear-.
ing at the Century theater, here
when he owened that theater, comes:
into a fortune to which she has ;
been asserting her right ever since1
Aug. 6, 1924. At that time she
filed a petition declaring herself
to be the widow.
Wins Narrowly
Even in this now favorable de
cision, how’ever. Mrs. Whitehurst
won by only a small margin. The
favorable opinion wTas w’ritten by
Judge Willian H. Adkin and five
other members of the court con
curred in it, while Chief Jtfdge Car
roll T. Bond and two others dis-}
sented.
Whitehurst died intestate on Jan.j
30, 1924, and in February fetters
of administration upon his estate!
was granted by the orphans’ court i
of Baltimore to M. Morris White-1
hurst and J. Herbert Whitehurst
his brothers, and Mrs. Anna L.
Whitehurst Taylor, his mother.
It was a few months after this
that Miss Ulhich (or, rather, Mrs.
Whitehurst) began her court bat
tle and told of the prayer book
marriage in the New York hotel.'
Shortly after her revelation she
signed a deed disclaiming any
rights to be called the widow, re
ceiving $11,000 in return.
Now the court holds that, she does
not have to return the $11,000 and
that she is Mrs. Whitehurst, und^r i
testimony of a New York lawyer !
who told the court that the require- 1
ment of the New York law is, first,
that there be “two parties compe-1
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Mrs. Claire J. Ulrich Whitehurst
tent to be rtiarried,”- a man and a
woman, and secondly, “that there
be an agreement presently to be
come and assume the obligations
toward each other of husband and
wife.”
BISHOP LEDVINA ON
TRIP TO VISIT ROME
especial to The Herald)
CORPUS CHRISTI, April 6.-CP)
—The Right Reverend E. B. Led
vina, bishop of the Corpus Christi
diocese of the Catholic church, is
enroute to Roma to report to the
Supreme Pontiff, Pius XI, regard
ing the spiritual and material
growth of the diocese. Bishop
Ledvina is scheduled to sail out of
CAPTAIN RICE
RETIRED HER!
Medico Who Saw Service Ii
World War to Return to
California Home
Capt. Frederick T. Rice of tin
Medical Corps who has been sta
tioned at Fort Brown since July
1927, was retired Saturday wltl
| the rank of major due to physica
disability.
The captain planned to leave to
day by automobile for his home a'
Los Angeles, Calif. No replacemen
for him has been ordered but wil
probably be done In the near fn
ture. according to officers at For
Brown.
Capt. Rice has seen much milt
tarv service, beginning as a secont
lieutenant in the Illinois nationa
guard in 1899. His first federa
service came in 1916 as a firs
lieutenant in the medical reserve
corps after having been made i
captain in the Illinois nationa
guard. He has b->en continuously
in the sendee since.
During the World war he serve<
with various units of the 3rd divi
sion in the American expeditionary
forces from March, 1918 to August
1919. and is accredited with the fol
lowing combat sendee: Aisne
Champaene-Marne. Aisne - Marne
St. Mehiel. Meuse-Argonne, ant
Chatteau Thierry.
The official orders of the retire*
ment published at Fort Brown
headquarters state in part: “Dur
ing the past two years his lova
and efficient service at this statior
has endeared him to the entire
command. The post commander ir
announcing his retirement ex
presses the regret of the garrison
at his loss and extends to him the
best wishes of all the officers anc
men of the command.”
New York harbor April 20 and pos
sibly will not return until July,
although the return date is not
certain.
Every bishop is expected to visit
the pope every five years, report
ing especially upon the spiritual
growth of the diocese. Reports
are also made regarding church
extension, buildings, hospitals, or
phanages and the like. ;
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♦ She lied
T She hated
She drank
She swore
She stole
She killed
She sinned! .
Yet in her
Bins she found
redemption!
WAS
SHE
SAINT
OR
SINNER?
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