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HOOVER TELLS
j FARH AID VIEW
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j President Flatly Opposed To
I - Debenture Proposal, Sen.
McNary Learns
WASHINGTON, April 20.—<&)—
President Hoover is opposed to the
export debenture plan of the na
. tional grange as a measure of farm
relief and is expected to set forth
his view^s a communication to be
considejn^uy the senate agriculture
committee at a special meeting at
10 a. m. Monday.
This became known late today
after a White House conference be
tween the president and Senator
McNary of Oregon, chairman of the
committee, who visited the execu
tive offices at the request of Mr.
Hoover some hours after the presi
dent had had nearly an hour’s tail:
with Louis J. Taber, master of the
grange.
Information was that the presi
dent told McNary that he was pre
paring a statement fcr the commit
tee on the debenture proposal which
paring a statement for the commit
tee on the debenture proposal which
would be put in the mails over
night, and requested that the com
mittee be called together at an early
date to consider it. On returning
to the capitol the chairman sent out
the call for the Monday meeting.
McNary would not predict what
action his committee might take in
the light of presidential opposition,
but he said his own position was
unchanged; that he had said all
along that if the plan met with ex
ecutive disapproval he could not
support it, as a protracted controv
ersy over it in congress might de
lay seriously the whole program of
relief legislation.
RESULT OF SOCIALISM
SHEFFIELD, Eng.—The city bud
get has increased more than 25 per
cent in a year under a socialist ad
ministration.
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‘BOY* PENSIONED
BERLIN, April 20.—(&)—Paul
Kroll, elevator “boy” at the Berlin
city hall for 36 years, has been
pensioned. He averaged 150 trips
up and down daily and carried 7,
000,000 passengers more than 44,- j
000 miles on his 60 foot route.
^SOLfEVERYWH'ERigo,1
British Lexicologist
Favors Slang of U. S,
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By ROY J. GIBBONS
Central Press Staff Writer
CHICAGO, April 20.—Modern
youth is rewriting tne dictionary
and all the king's philologists and
lexicologists can’t prevent it.
It may take a century or so to
encompass it, but tne shop girls and
their wise-cracking boy friends who
are giving birth to such expressions
as “baloney.” “razzberries” and
“whopee” today will have their
clang in the dictionaries of tomor
row.
There is no doubt that it is the
young people with their reckless use
of all kinds of slang terms who give
life and spirit to the language, and
make it an effective medium for
conveying thought, according to
Prof. Sir William A. Craigie, M. A.
LI D., Litt, D. of Oxford university,
who is now working on an Ameri
can dictionary at the University of
Chicago.
Ain't it the truth?
Professor Craigie «s regarded as
the greatest dictionary-maker in the
World, and he ought to know.
“I thoroughly approve or Ameri
can slang,” he says. “It is often
carried to excess, but many current
colloquial phrases are extremely apt
and win ths admiration of even the
most strict jurist.
“The real test of slang is in its
utility. If a slang phrase fills a
long felt want, it will cease to be
slang and will go into the language.
There are American expressions of
comparatively recent vintage which
'have already been adopted wherever
English is spokn, and they are so
particularly expressive that one
wonders how the idea was expressed
before they were invented.
“An instance of this is the phrase.
‘It’s up to you.’ There is no other
group of English words to convey
so concisely this exact shade of
meaning. Slang phrases of this kind
must obviously be included in a dic
tionary of American English.”
U. S. Dictionaries Incomplete
Webster’s dictionary has become
obsolete in many respects, according
to Professor Craigie. Besides being
incompete in its picture of the
American language at the time it
was finished in 1828, it was actual
ly supercilious toward good Amer
ican words. It omitted such terms
as prairie, paleface, pecan, political
platform, pow-wow, punk and pone,
except in a supplementary leaf.
Not only did makers of American
dictionaries from Webster on ig
nore many perfectly good American
words but they aseribed many
Americanisms to English origins.
Professor Craigie is here to rectify
all these matters. Already he has
been at work at the University of
Chicago two years on his historical
dictionary of American English. He
still has about eight years of labor
ahead of him, excerpting from the
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Professor Sir William Craigie, M. A.,
LI. D., Litt. D.
17th century on the works of promi
nent authors, as well as those of
miner writers, documents, bocks of
travel and description, newspapers
and periodicals, advertisement
sheets and textbooks.
Professor Craigie knows his p’s
and q’s. As Oriel professor at Ox
ford, he was knighted by King
George for his work in bringing the
Oxford dictionary to completion.
The Oxford dictionary contains a
record of 414,825 words, with 228,
009,000 letters and rg -es for the
whole and Sir William edited th*
final sixth of it.
Now hes engaged in another gi
gantic task and he's going to in
clude in his American dictionary a
whole raft of words and expressions
that never saw themselves in dic
tionary print before. Among the
expressions which were once slang
but no longer are “to make one's
pile,” “to strike off,” “to trade off,”
“to take a back seat,” “boss,” “to
catch on,” “to cave in,” “to face the
music,” “to have a good time.” “to
run for office,” “to stump,” “Uncle
Sam,” “square meal,” “almighty dol
lar,” and “tight place.”
And that’s only the beginning. It
may take some few years more to
get “flat tire,” “hunky dory.” “bozo,”
“bimbo.” “hot dog,” and the long
lists of other pointed expressions
of the steon and the dance hall gal,
the drugstore cowboy and the sheik
into print, but they’re bound to get
there.
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WHITT WINS
TYPING PRIZE
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San Benito Students Beats
Record Formerly Held By
McAllen Student
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(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, April 20.—Charles '
Whitt of the San Benito high
school won the district typewriting
contest and broke the previous rec
ord held by a McAllen student at
the district typewriting contest
held at Kingsville Friday under
the auspices of the Texas College
of Arts and Industries (formerly
the South Texas State Teachers'
college). Whitt defeated 41 con
testants from Kingsville, Beeville,
Kenedy, Laredo, Valley towns and
other places in order to take first
place in the “singles” contest. Whitt
established a new district type
writing record at the meet by
writing 54 13-15 words per min- !
ute. The previous record of 51 !
words per minute was made last I
year by Brooks Smith of McAl- 1
len, who also won the state champ- i
ionship last year and established !
a new state record of 58 words per
minute.
Whitt will enter the state type-, j
writing contest to be held in Can- :
ada, right across from Niagara'
Falls. A free trip and return to!
this contest was the prize offered
to the winner of the district con
test. According to observers at
the typewriting meet just held at
Kingsville and who saw Whitt at
work on the machine, he has a
good chance'to win the state con
test and thus be eligible to enter
the national contest which will be
held soon after the state tourna
ment. •
A team from Donna won first
place as a typewriting team, while
Whitt and Bob Lawton, his par
ner, took second place in this divi
sion. Y. T. Yoe, superintendent of
San Benito schools, accompanied
the San Benito entries to Kings
ville.
Presbyterians In
Resolution Thank
San Benito Folk
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO, April 20.—The fol
lowing resolution of thanks for the
hospitality of the San Benito citi
zens manifested towards the fifty
Presbyterian ministers and ruling
elders who attended the spring!
session of the Presbytery of West
ern Texas held here Wednesday
and Thursday was adopted jus:;
before the adjournment of the ses
sion:
“We express our sincere thanks
to the members of the First Pres
byterian chuch of San Benito, its
pastor and wife, as well as to Miss
Kate Owens and our friends of
this good city for the fine hospi
tality accorded the Presbytery of
western Texas at its spring meeting.
“We especially express our ap
preciation of the splendid repasts
served us each day and of every
courtesy received.
Winners In Music
Contest Entertain
San Benito Lions
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. April 20.—Three of
San Benito’s winners in the music
meet recently held at Kingsville
featured Friday’s program at the
weekly luncheon of the San Be
nito Lions club held in the dining
room of the Stonewall Jackson
hotel.
Miss Maud Nosier, district winner
in the girls’ solo division sang her
prize-winning songs “Mighty Lak a
Rose’’ and “Little Rose of May.”
Louis Valentine, winner in a 6olo
division, sang “Lonesome for you.
that's all.” “Sorry to Miss You,” and
“Weary River.” A comet solo was
given by Bernard Woods, who won
first prize at the music meet for
the best comet solo playing. Miss
Lois Franklin accompanied all the
solos on the piano.
During the meeting. Charles C.
Eowie made a four-minute talk on
“Individual Thinking.”
The ofifeers of the San Benito
Lions club are P. S. Dominy. presi
dent; J. E. McAnaly, vice president;
Dr. J. M. Downs, vice president; O.
C. Hamilton, vice president; A. D.
Methvin, secretary; and K. W.
Moore, treasurer.
Hubbard Opens New
$50,0C0 Garage At
Harlingen Saturday
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 20—Hundreds
of many different kinds of flowers
donated by Harlinsvr. Dusiness men
marked the opening of Hubbard’s
storage garage here Saturday.
The cost of the building and ma
chinery intsalled amounts to about
$50,000, and the garage is probably
the most modern in the Valley and
comparable to any up-to-date ga
rage of the larger cities of the coun
try, according to R. E. Hubbard,
of Harlingen, who is owner of the
new establishment.
Among the first class features
to be found in the garage are two
latest style four-way gasoline
pumps; eight large up-to-date oil
tanks, with visible gauges; modern
storage battery department under
the direction of A1 Ballard, who will
supervise the manufacture of stor
age batteries in the department it
self: high-powered apparatus for
washing, cleaning and polishing
cars, under the supervision of
“Blondie” Lemons; a first-class me
chanical and repair department,
containing hydraulic grease racks,
hydraulic jacks an« nigh-pressure
grease guns under the direction of
Bill Parsons. There is also a rent-a
Ford department and a ladies’ rest
room.
meeting, danceheld
BY TRINITY GROUP
A regular meeting of the Trinity
association was held at Hinkley Hall
Saturday evening.
The business session was followed
by a dance which lasted until
11:30 p. m.
The seeion was presided over by
Dr. M. K. Cook, president.
(three bargain!
DAYS
I MONDAY—TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY I
H Everybody gets a Chance at these Prices for 3 Days B
HI Come with your automobile, come with your wagon, come with your husband, come
with your friends and let’s keep the Clarence store in Brownsville alive with bargains
for these three days.
|i| Even if you have to come alone, we guamtee that you will II
HI forget your lonesomeness and get happy! m
I SUGAR *-* 53c I
I BLUE RIBBON MALT l". 52c I
I SUN MAM) RAISINS 2 packages .. 17c I
I PEANUT S^-ounce jar. 9c 1
1 RIIITTB CANOVA 7-ounce jar... 14c 1
ijfjjj fO 1 1 Saaa si 16-ounce jar .. 30c M
[cornIgjgU18c I
I SARDINES &£* 14c I
I Ginger Ale ST 16c I
I MATCHES Sis' 23c I
I |yi | I ht Borden’s,. Car* Small CM 5c I
g IWI B M H \ nation or Pet, Large Call . 10c H
I MEAT DEPARTMENT" I
I HAMS S”..21c I
I Bacon Squares SZr:”** 20c I
I BONELESS PICNIC HAMS K* 25c I
I BACON Sd”’“Ii“d’.35c I
ii Choice cuts sirloin or Ig
||| E3Ct Cr Jf 066) Porterhouse steak, pound g ii
I Baby Beef Roast H“u 24c I
a 9th and ELIZABETH—BROWNSVILLE I
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