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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 286 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY ■
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, • THE BROWNSVILLE Junior
; College has laid the groundwork
for an institution of which the
community can be proud, in the
opinion of Alfred H. Nolle, exam
iner for the •American Association
of Colleges.
Mr. Nolle, on a regular inspection
trip here, writes that “the tone of
the whole institution had been
greatly elevated generally.”
The Junior College, among the
earliest started in the state, is
f working this year for the first time
with adequate plant and equipment
*nd the faculty has been increased
and bettered from year to year as
the enrollment and finances of the
school system would permit.
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The college has done and will
continue' to do increasingly worth
, while work. Many students whose
educational opportunities otherwise
would stop at high school gradua
tion now will be enabled to secure
the first two years of college work
at home.
And the fires of ambition will be
kindled in many during that two
year period to such an extent that
It will drive them on to higher edu
| cational attainments.
The junior college is destined
one day to become one of the lead
ing assets of Brownsville and that
day is being hastened under the
capable direction of Supt. G. W.
Gotke and Dean A. S. Caldwell.
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WILD RUMORS of a bandit raid
which stirred people in the Mission
section Sunday night probably re
called desperate times to many
“old timers,” people who lived
along this portion of the border a
half century ago.
But the rumor proved to be just
that—and future like rumors are
likely 4 have as little or less
in fact.
?ho are “in the know”
ibility of such a thing
___ Anywhere in the Lower
RicTorande Valley is very remote.
No bands of outlaws are known
to be operating in the state of
Tamaulipas and if there were the
i leaders would be sure to know how
unhealthy it would be for them on
this side of the Rio Grande.
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The arrival at Mission within an j
hour of the time the alarm was j
I sounded of five trucks loaded with |
trained men. equipped with modern
arms and machine guns is a fair j
demonstration of why there will be
no real bandit raids.
“Those days are gone forever.”
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AIR TRAVEL between Browns
; ville and Mexico City is due for a
further increase on next Sunday
when combination tickets are to go
cn sale all over the Missouri Pa
cific system.
The Missouri Pacific’s fast train
in here, “The Pioneer,” is to be
further speeded to make connection
with the planes.
Under the new arrangement it
■will be necessary to go down to the
i depot at St. Louis. Houston or any
other city touched by the Missouri
Pacific lines and buy a ticket to
Mexico City whicn is good for a
ride on the through sleepers of
that railroad to Brownsville and
from here on the modern planes of
the Mexican Aviation Co.
The train wall arrive here at 7:30
a. m. instead of at 8 p. m., giving
Mexico City bound passengers
plenty of time to have breakfast,
go to the airport and make neces
sary customs and immigration ai
rangements and board the plane
which leaves at 8:30.
More than 300 persons were car
ried between here and Mexico City
curing the first month of service.
The new method of travel
should materially increase this
traffic.
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BROWNSVILLE PEOPLE who wit
nessed the hair-raising stunts of
E. E. (Shorty) Radack here during
: the airport celebration on March 9
and 10, feeling a special interest in
him. are grieved by the accident
which cost him his life at Pratt,
Kans., last Saturday afternoon.
The airport celebration was the
second appearance here of Radack.
i and while many considered his
feats foolish, all admired his nerve
/ and daring.
I He had been performing aerial
feats for many years and those
! who are acquainted with him and
his record say that he always wa3
?! extremely careful to thoroughly in
spect all the apparatus used in his
j stunts.
The repe which bound his har
ness to his parachute parted when
the safety device opened into tne
\ breeze, probably because it had
3 been subjected to the strain too
J many t*Us or because of a flaw.
At an|{rate, it broke and he fell
1500 feet to instant death.
* farmer driven to arson
BRAINTREE, Eng.—Made bank
rupt by farming losses, Henry Wal
;ton set fire to his home to get the
^ insurance
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Hoover Asks Farm Board, Tariff Revision
FIRST STATE
PAPER READ
AT SESSION
President Also Propos
es To Complete Leg
islation Initiated At
Former Meeting
WASHINGTON, April 16.—OP)—
President Hoover, in a mesage of
unusual brevity and directness, rec
ommended to congress today the
creation of a federal farm board
with authority and resources to
remedy recurring causes of depres
sion in the agricultural industry and
a limited revision of the tariff with
a reorganization cf the tariff com
mission.
In addition he proposed in this,
his first state paper, the completion
of legislation initiated at the last
session for the suspension of the na
tional origins clause of the immigra
tion act, the taking of the 1930 cen
sus and the reapportionment of
congressional representation.
Here is the full text of Presi
dent Hoover’s message to the spe
cial session of congress.
To the congress of the United
States:
I have called this special session
of congress to redeem two pledges
given in the last election—farm re
lief and limited changes in the
tariff.
The difficulties of the agricul
tural industry arise out of a mul
titude of causes. A heavy indebt
edness was inherited by the indus
try from the deflation processes of
1920. Disorderly and wasteful
methods of marketing have de
veloped. The growing specializa
tion in the industry has for years
been increasing the proportion of
products that now leave the farm
and, in consequence, prices have
been unduly depressed by congest
ed marketing at the harvest or by
the occasional climatic surpluses.
Railway rates have necessarily in
creased. There has been a growth
of competition in the world markets
from countries that enjoy cheaper
labor or more nearly virgin soils,
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CROWBCHEERS
GREAT SINGER
Thousands Roar Applause
After Every Number By
Schumann-Heink
(Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN, April 13.—From the
opening burst of applause as she
appeared on the stage of the muni
cipal auditorium here last night, to
the last deafening roar as she fin
ished singing “The Rosary.” as a
request number, Mme. Ernestine
Schumann-Heink, famous singer,
had not only the attention, but she
held the heart anrl mind as well,
of every person in the huge audi
ence.
The great diva, singing in a voice
that to the novice appeared to be
as sweet and full as 10 years ago.
won the capacity audience gathered
in the building as she walked across
the stage and before she had uttered
a sound. As she appeared in the
wings every person rose to ther feet
and the roar of applause rose to a
pitch that made the auditorium
ring.
As she concluded “My Heart Ever
Faithful.” by Jah. S. Bach, as her
opening number a second round of
applause rang out and the enthusi
asm appeared to grow with each
succeeding number. Mme. Schu
mann-Heink appeared to enjoy ev
ery moment of the concert and her
personal charm manifested itself in
many little incidents, adding to the
enioyment of her hearers.
At an interlude in the program
she announced that she now is a
great grandmother and that she in
tends to continue singing for the
children “forever.”
Dividing honors with the singer,
was her protege, Josef Leskowitz,
17-year-old Kansas City vioUnist.
He plaved two groups of numbers
and was heartily applauded at the
end of each. His first number was
Gvpsv Airs by Sarasate. This prob
ably was the most popular number
on his program. In the second group
he played “Serenade” by Toselli,
Mclodie by Tschaikowskv. and La
Capricieuse” by Algar. The second
number of this group also was loud
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SENATE CONFIRMS
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DAWES WITHOUT
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ROLL CALL VOTE
WASHINGTON, April 16.—UP)—
Within a few minhtes after Presi
dent Hoover today forwarded the
nomination of Charles Gates
Dawes, former vice president, to
be ambassador to ESngland the
senate confirmed it without a roll
* call.
The senate accorded Mr. Dawes
the honor of considering his nom
ination without the usual pro
cedure of referring it to com
mittee.
Immediate approval also was
given to the nomination of Joseph
Dixon, former senator from Mon
tana, who has been selected by
President Hoover as the assistant
secretary of the interior.
The three score other nomina
tions by Mr. Hoover, including
mostly postmasterships, were re
ferred to committees in accord
ance with the regular practice.
holcoMMout
FOR GOVERNOR
Former Houston Mayor An
nounces Oath Administer
ed To Successor
HOUSTON, April • 16.—{&)—Oscar
F. Holcombe, four times mayor of
Houston, today dramatically an
nounced his candidacy for governor
in the 1930 democratic primary’.
The former mayor made a brief
announcement speech just after
administering the oath of office to
his successor, Walter E. Montieth.
“I now assume the role of a pri
vate citizen and I urant to say to
you, Judge Monteith, that I hope >
the next time I am addressed as j
a public official it will be as gover
nor, for I now announce my candi
dacy for the high office of governor
of the great state of Texas,” Hol
combe said, and walked out.
Houston's first entry in the guber
natorial derby was at the helm of
city affairs for eight years. He was
defeated for renorr.mation in De
cember by Monteith.
In a more complete announcement
to representatives of the press, Hol
comb said he would base his cam
paign on his recort! as Houston’s
mayo rand ‘the constructive views
mayor and ‘the constructive views
“I believe the people of Texas
want the same constructive policies
applied to the state government
which my administration has ap
plied to the growth and development
of Houston,” he said.
Mr. Holcombe asserted he would
await the proper time to outline his
platform. He stressed the need of
co-operation between the governor
and the legislature and asserted he
believed he could obtain that co
operation.
Mayor Holcombe was born in
Alabama and came to Texas when
he was three years old, the family
settling in San Antonio. When he
was eight years old his father died,
leaving him and a younger brother,
with the widowed mother, not in
the best of financial circumstances.
By selling paper and other work,
he managed to finish the seventh
grade in school. While he was em
ployed in a planing mill he studied
engineering and later went into the
contracting business. He was a con
tractor, comparatively unknown un
til the campaign at the time he was
first elected mayor.
FEDERALS PREPARE
TO CHASE REBELS
JUAREZ, Chihuahua, Mexico,
April 16.—(/P)—Mexican federals
continued preparations to pursue
the rebels into Sonora today, de
claring the uprising was about
over, while insurgents vehemently
contended General Juan A. Alma
zan and his loyal troops not only
would be unable to go to Sonora,
but would be blocked from “retreat
ing” to Chihuahua City.
C. OF C. HEADS WILL
MEET HERE TONIGHT
A regular meeting of the board
of directors of the chamber of
commerce is to be held Tuesday,
beginning at 7:45 p. m. at the
chamber building.
Several important matters are
expected to come before the body.
BOY BLINDS SISTER
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Robert Elston,
aged 8, destroyed his sister’s sight
by striking her with a book.
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FORMER TEXAS
GOVERNOR TO
SUCCEED NEFF
Nomination Ends Row
Started With Oppo
sition Encountered
By Neff Last Year
WASHINGTON, April 16.—(^P>—
Oscar B. Colquitt, former governor
of Texas, and a Hoover democrat,
was nominated today by President
Hoover to be a member of the rail
road board of mediation, succeed
ing Pat Neff, also a former gover
nor of Texas, whose term has ex
pired.
In naming Colquitt, the president
turned aside a recommendation
that he reappoint former Governor
Pat M. Neff, whose nomination by
President Coolidge last session met
considerable opposition.
Mr. Neff wras opposed by former
Senator Mayfield of Texas, and a
group of labor organizations which
contended Neff was unable, on the
fact of his record in several media
tion cases ,to exercise an impartial
opinion.
The senate interstate commerce
committee held lengthy hearings
on Neff’s nomination and subse
quently rtttrtKary rtmmks re
port. The opposition, however, pre
vented Neff’s name from coming
before the senate and his nomina
tion automatically died for lack of
confirmation on March 4.
MARTIAL LAW
RULES MEXICO
Rumor American Shot as Spy
At Nogales Proves To
Be Unfounded
DOUGLAS, Ariz., April 16.—OP)—
Following the killing of Private
Ignacio Ramos of the rebel forces
in Agua Prieta, Monday afternoon,
by Sergeant Ruperto Escadillo and
the execution of Escadillo on the
spot by a lieut. colonel, the city of
Agua Prieta was placed under
martial law and every resort, store
or restaurant selling intoxicants
padlocked.
NOGALES, Ariz., April 16.—OP)—
Joe Ohensorgen, oil company em
ploye of Nogales, Ariz., and Rafael
Berejarano, dairy owner, also of
Nogales, American citizens, arrest
ed late Sunday night by Mexican
rebel authorities and lodged in jail
at Nogales, Sonora, on a charge of
being Mexican federal spies, were
released yesterday and sent back
to the United States, it was
learned todav.
A report was circulated here last
night that Ohensorgen had been
executed by a firing squad. The re
port which became current after
a detachment of soldiers was seen
to draw up in formation across the
international line and fire a volley
of shots, could not be verified for
some time because the border had
been closed for the night.
MEXICO CITY. April 16.—(/P)—
General Calles today ordered Gen
eral Juan Andreu Almazan to leave
Chihuahua and with 5.000 picked
troops make his wray into Sonora
through Pulpito Pass to attack the
i west coast rebel army in its rear.
The order came after flight into
southern Sonora of the last rebel
troops from San Bias, northern
Sinaloa, where they had entrenched
themselves. They burned a bridge
across the Rio Fuerte behind them,
and tore up the Southern Pacific
rail line as they fled.
NACO, Ariz., April 16.—vP>—
Mexican rebel chieftains left by
their leaders with 3,000 troops sat
stolidly in northern Sonora today,
refusing to negotiate with federals
as two loyal armies began closing
in on them.
General Francisco Manzo, who
recently deserted the rebel cause,
and Federal General Abelardo Rod
riguez, of Lower California, made
repeated efforts yesterday to get
General Ramon Yucupicio. one of
the Indian chiefs, to Bisbee, Ariz.,
for a conference, but were unsuc
cessful.
BANDITS CHILL VICTIM
CHICAGO — Otto Marzen, a
j butcher, was locked in his rcfrig
ierator by robbers and almost froze
to deatlv
I FOUR KILLED IN ONE HOME BY TORNADO
Four persons were killed in this house at Swifton, Ark., when a tornado struck Arkansas, taking a
toll of 50 lives.
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BODYFOUND IN
SHIP CHANNEL
bystander Sees Car Dive In
to Water at Dizzy Speed;
Hears Woman Scream
HOUSTON, April 16.—CP)—The
body of a man. about 43. was found
floating near the Galena ferry ap
proach on the ship' channel here
today.
Discovery of the body climaxed
an all-night search which began
last night when Fred Williams, op
erator of the ferry, heard a woman's
scream and saw a sedan plunge into
the waters of the channel.
There were no marks of identifi
cation on the body of the man. At
tempts were redoubled to locate the
body of a woman, believed to have
been in the machine.
Williams, ferry operator, said he
was on the Pasadena side of the
ferry when he saw an automobile
approaching at a high rate of speed.
The machine did not slacken a bit
but plunged into the water with a
loud crash.
The spot where the car struck the
water was about 20 feet deep and
high water has made tne boyou cur
rent swift. The automobile was a
Galveston car, and officials believed
the man was an automobile polish
salesman.
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D. A. R. DENIES
BAILIE REQUEST
I
Woman Was Expelled After
She Made Public So-Call
ed Blacklists
WASHINGTON. April 16.—(A*)—A
petition for reinstatement in the
National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution by Mrs.
Helen Tufts Bailie, of Boston, was
refused today by the 38th annual
congress.
The resolution to refuse reinstate
ment of Mrs. Bailie was introduced
by Mrs. Robert J. Johnston, of
Iowa, and Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau,
the president-general, immediately
moved a vote. There was one dis
senting voice that arose from the
group of 3.600 delegates on the floor.
Mrs. Bailie was expelled last year
after she had made public state
ments charging the existence of
blacklists authorized, she said, by
the national officers of the D. A. R..
accusing certain public men and
women of socialistic beliefs and ad
vising that they be black listed by
all daughters.
SILVER’S MOTHER
GLAD HE CAME BACK
FORT WORTH, April 16.—(AV
Mrs. Marv Silver, mother of Bob
Silver, said today she intended to
go to Dallas sometime today and
leave there by bus for Huntsville.
She said she had received no di
rect, word from her son.
“I am deeply grieved, but I am
glad he came back,” Mrs. Silver
said.
STRAY WHEEL KILLS BOY
WINNETKA, 111.—A wheel broken
from an auto in a collision struck
James Dugan, aged 10, thirty yards
away and killed him.
Pan-American Seeks
Lease for Shops at
Municipal Airport
Efforts of the Pan-American Air Lines and the Brownsville city com
mission to reach an agreement upon a lease at the local airport were to
be resumed at 1:30 p. m., after the two graups had been in conference
the greater part of the morning.
The Pan-American lines were represented by Goerge H. Rihl. nresi
dent of the Mexican Aviation com-*
pany, which is a branch of the
Pan-American.
The two groups were carefully
going over a proposed lease that '
would give the aviation company aa
acre and a half of land at the air
port. The company also seeks to
purchase one of the hangars and
will erect their own shops. Im
provements amounting to approxi
mately $60,000 would be installed
and constructed by the Pan-Amer
ican.
Monday morning the two bodies
: wrere considering sources of reve •
nue for the city. It was proposed
I that the city obtain a profit of one
cent a gallon on gasoline and oils,
but with a limit of $3,000 profit for
a year.
CABS STRIKE
IN MATAMOROS
| Chaufferus’ Union Protests
High Taxation By Halt
ing Service
The road between Matamoros and
Santa Cruz was lined with pedes
trians Tuesday morning due to the
strike declared over Tamaulipas by
the Chauffeurs’ union in protest of
increased taxes. The strike wrent
into effect Monday at midnight.
Only official cars were moving
about the streets of Matamoros and
the numerous people wTho come to
Brownsville each morning w’ere
forced to walk to the bridge. A
group of the chauffeurs w'ere con
gregated at the foot of the bridge
on the Mexican side of the river
seeing that there were no violations
of the strike. Cars were stopped
from time to time and questioned
as they started to re-cross the Rio
Grande.
The strike does not apply to
American service cars or civilian
cars. These may pass back and
forth without danger, Roberto Gon
zales, president of the Chauffeurs’
union, stated Monday morning.
Mexican service cars and Mexi
can private cars are tied up, how
ever.
Members of the union declared
that the strike would be continued
until relief was obtained from what
they consider too high taxation.
They said that under the new rul
ings, service cars must pay a tax
ranging around $95 each year.
The bus lines plying between
Brownsville and Matamoros were
not in Operation Tuesday.
STRANGLES WIFE WITH TIE
BELFAST — Joseph Valdeen
strangled his wife with his necktie
and then committed suicide.
2 COUNTERFEITERS KILLED
WARSAW. Poland—Two coun
terfeiters were shot to death by the
police when they resisted arrest. .
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BIG APARTMENT
HOUSE PLANNED
Modern Structure To Go Up
On Corner of St. Charles,
Seventh Streets
The apartment house at the cor
ner of St. Charles and Seventh
streets, along wit ft two corner lots
has been purchased by Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Jones and pians are be
ing completed for the construction
of a new building to contain 25
efficiency apartments.
The property was purchased for
$15,000 and the new structure is to
cost approximately $30,000.
It is the plan of Mr. and Mrs.
Jones to move the old building to
the inside lot and construct the
new structure on the comer. Three
types of construction are being
considered for the new building,
tile and brick, tile and stucco and
brick veneer.
Eight of the apartmnets will
consist of a living room, bed room,
kitchenette and bath. The other
17 will consist of a combination liv
ing room and bed room, a kitchen
ette and bath. Disappearing beds
and other modern equipment will
be features of the new building.
More Impeachment
Charges Against
Long To Be Heard
BATOtf ROUGE, La.. April 16.—
(/P)—The: Louisiana senate today
decided to receive additional im
peachment charges against Gov.
Huey P. Long from the lower house,
leaving the exact date of trial to
be fixed later. The trial date
would depend on the length of
time the house remains in session.
Meanwhile, the house of repre
sntatives began investigation into
the charge that the governor mis
appropriated public funds, one of
the charges remaining after he had
been impeached on two counts.
‘MONEY FIGURED IN
SILVER ESCAPE*—MEAD
AUSTIN, April 16.—(^P)—Prison
authorities have good reason to be
lieve that money changed hands
in the escape from Wynne state
prison farm of J. R. Silver and
three companions, Col. W. H.
Head, manager of the state prison
system, said here today. He de
clared an investigation of the
break, already being probed, would
probably reach a climax within the
next three days*
EXPENSEONLY
OBJECTION TO
PLAN BY FOX
Heads of Brownsville
Navigation District
Say Money Needed
Provided In Bonds
Notice that report of
Major Milo P. Fox, district
engineer at C alveston had
been made to the Chief of
Engineers in Washington on
the proposal to change the
channel at Brazos Pass from
Point Isabel towards and
near Brownsville, was receiv
ed by the members of the
Brownsville Navigation Dis
trict here today and was con
sidered by them to be very
favorable to the project.
The only objection to the location
of the turning basin about 4 miles
northeast of Brownsville instead of
at Point Isabel is the additional ex
pense.
Members of the local commission
point out that the project is not
considered either impracticable or
not feasible and that in anticipation
of the additional expense the citi
zens of the district already have
provided to meet that objection by
providing the necessary funds with
a $2,000,000 bond issue.
Z. A. Rosenthal, chairman of the
Brownsville navigation district, dis
cussing the notice of report, said
that the commision is highly grati
fied at the favorable terms of the
report as indicated by the notice.
“We gather from this notice of
report that there is now no ques
tion of the feasibility and practic
ability of the proposed Brownsville
ship channel,” Mr. Rosenthal said.
“It is also evident that the pro
posed Brownsville project has ad
vantages over the proposed Point
Isabel project. Apparently the prin
cipal objection to the project is the
additional cost, which was antici
pated by the Brownsville navigation
district and provides for. The voters
of the Brownsville district answered
this objection on the 22nd of De
cember last by voting a $2,000,000
bond issue which has been validated
by the legislature of the state of
Texas.”
A copy of the notice of report in
full follows:
“To whom it may concern
“It having come to the notice of
the undersigned that you have ex
pressed an interest in the pending
proposition for a modification of the
project recommended in river and
harbor committee document No. 9,
70th congress, first session, to pro
vide for changing the canal and
turning basin from Point Isabel to
wards and near Brownsville, you are
advised that the report there on
authorized by resolution of the river
and harbor committee on October
15. 1928, has been made, and is part
CContinucd on psge seven.'*
the weather
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For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair or partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; not much change in
temperature. Light to moderate
winds on the west coast, mostly
southerly. ., S
For East Texas: Increasing
cloudiness tonight and Wednesday:
warmer tonight in south and east |
portions, except near the west
coast: warmer in extreme cast por
tion Wednesday. Light to moderate
east to southeast winds on the |
coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next 24 to
48 hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr. s
Stage Stage Chng. Ram
Eagle Pass .. 16 2.4 -0.1 .00 !
Laredo . 27 -0.4 40.1 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4.6 -0.2 .00
Mission . 22 4.8 -0.1 .00 |
San Benito . 23 10.0 -0.7 .00
Brownsville . 18 5.3 -1.0 .00 ?
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isa- g
bel tomorrow, under normal met
eorological condition:
High..... 1:01 p. m
Low ... 3:59 a. m
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today ... 6:54
'Sunrise tomorrow . 6:0J |