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FO ) PLANT IS ) IN FULL SWING Reports Show That 8,797 Carloads Shipped From Plant in Month Detroit, Mich. May is—with production of the Ford Motor com pany in full swing, the big Rouge plant at Dearborn, the largest man ufacturing establishment in the world, has become the scene of the greatest activity In its history. Reports covering a month’s oper ations show the receipt of 9.009 car loads of material and the shipment of 8,797 of products from the plant. Incoming shipments consist large ly of coal, iron ore. the latter be ing unloaded from lake vessels at the Ford docks on the Rouge river, limestone, and sand, with numerous consignments of materials used in smaller quantities, while the Rouge paint sends out for sale not only automobiles and automobile parts, but also coke, cement, scrap and various other by-products saved through manufacturing efficiency. Within the Rouge factory enclo sure are 92 miles of railway, on which an average of 2.000 cars arc handled daily. Including those used few intra-factory movements. Ap proximately 350 freight cars carry products from this factory each day. The bulk of these shipments is com posed of automobile parts consigned to 32 other assembly plants int he United States and to foreign plants. Model A Ford automobiles assembled at the Rouge plant are delivered to dealers under their own power, as the plant assembles automobiles only for the Detroit area 11,234 Carloads For the Rouge and Highland Park plants combined. 11.234 carloads of material were received in the month and 11,199 carloads of products went out from these factories. These reports it is pointed out. evidence the fact that the Ford Mo tor company Is storing up no ma terials at either plant. One of the important policies of Henry Ford, which has been followed consistent ly throughout the growth of the Ford Motor company, has been to keep free from large factory In ventories and to move materials into plants at the rate of their consump tion. A single day at the Rouge plant witnessed the production in the foundry of 292571 castings The weight of the day's accomplishments in this foundry, which is the largest In the world, was 1595 tons. Taking r recent (toy rs Rn Rver age, the blast furnace produces ev ery 24 hours 699 tons of basic iron for the steel mills, and 510 tons foundry Iron, making a total output of approximately 1500 tons of iron. The blooming mill at the steel plant rolled 1.150 tons of Ingots into bil lets. while the rolling mills han dled 2,380 tons of steel a day. The Rouge plant now has furnace equip ment capable of producing 600.000 tons of steel ingots yearly, compared with a production of 321,476 tons In 1928. 22,000 Wheepls Per Day At the Hamilton. O.. plant of the Ford Motor company production of the Ford all-steel spoke wheel has been proceeding at the average rate of 22.000 wheels a day. A high day irrua::,- . sr'iTHr r.smz.■ i ! Performance issssz* clear-cut supremacy in performance—Get behind the wheel and Get the facts! BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN Division of General Motors Corporation Outsider the delivered price ms well as the list price when comparing automobile values. SERIES 116 Sedanf •• $1220 to $1320 Coupes*— $1195 to $1250 Sport Car • $1225 SERIES 121 SERIES 129 Sedans •• $1450 to $1520 Sedans • • $1875 to $2143 Coupes • • $1393 to $1450 Coupes • - $1865 to $1873 Sport Car • #1325 Sport Cars $1525 to $1550 These prices f. o. b. Buick Factory, special equipment extra. Buick delivered prices include only reasonable charges for dolioory and financing. Convenient terms can be arranged on the liberal G. M. A.C. Time Payment Plan. Abbott Buick Go. I Brownsville Harlingen San Benito McAllen "* -iWFrBN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT;:: BUICK WILL BUILD THEM .. ■imi—..- — -.. .-..-..-.— -. ■■ - MODERN TRANSPORTATION LIGHTENS BURDEN If you will take your atlas and turn to the map of Africa, you will find the town of Kano, a trading post, located in the heart of Nigeria, a British protectorate on the west coast of Africa. Here, despite their isolation in the midst of a native black population of over eighteen tilllions. the few adventurous pioneers who carry the white man's burden of commerce and administration in Darkest Africa, enjoy modern transportation both on land in the air. Cant. Bud'’ Carpenter. M. C.. D. F. C.. of the Royal Flying Corps, and now Nash agent with Miller’s Motors. Kano, is standing with Lieut. ’’Doc’’ Grader, formerly of the United States Naval Air Service, beside the Nash Special Six "400” series touring car with Twin Ignition motor in which they had com pleted a f>,800-mile reliability trip over the jungle tra Is of Nigeria. Lieut. Grader is representative of the Wile Corporation. New York, distributors for The Nash Motors Company in West Africa. The Nash Spe cial Six and the Moth airplane, property of Capt. Carpenter, were the first of their kind to be registered in Nigeria. showed the completion of 25,395 wheels in 24 hours. These figures from the daily pro duction reports of the Ford com pany indicate the vast operations being carried on not only at the Rouge plant, but also at the other factories and branches. The volume of spring orders and the addition of the new body types to the lines of Model A cars has caused a gcn eral stimulation to production throughout the organization and the output of passenger cars and com mercial vehicles is now averaging approximately 8.100 a day. There has been a consistent forward move ment in both production and sales ever since the Model A car was de veloped. Three new barges have been add ed to the Ford fleet operating on the Great Lakes, bringing the total number of Ford barges to nine. The new barges were constructed from three of the 199 ships purchased by Henry' Ford from the shipping board and were saved for the pur nose of lake transportation when the remaining 196 vessels were scrapped. NOBILITY TITLES BANDED ON PASSES WARSAW. May 18—Polish "princes" and "counts” whose titles were abolished by the constitution of 1921. may no longer use their des ignations of alleged nobility on pass ports. ♦ Government offices have been, lenient with the de-ranked nobility since their “fall.” but the ministry of the interior has now prohibited one of their last indulgences. ..■■■■.. ■ 1 .......— ■» • ^ _ Na±ioi\eJ - Ferity Outlook By ARTHUR H. JENKINS Editor. The Farm Journal, for Cen Among the opponents of "sum mer time" in this country, the rural population is by long odds, the most determined group. It was farm influence that had the national daylight saving law re pealed as soon as the war was over, in 1919. It is farmers who have forced anti-daylight saving laws through the legislatures of many of the states, actively seconded by mo vie theater owners and some other special classes. It is easy to see why the movies should look with disapproval on the outdoor evenings of the city popu lations. But Is harder to account for the fixed antipathy of farm peo ple. What difference does it make to farmers when city people get up and go to bed? There are. to be sure, important contacts between country and city that must be made. Milk trains and trucks leave at certain hours, and when those hours are moved ahead by summer time, it is a serious matter for the dairyman. Cows, as has often been remarked, do not eat nor let down milk by the clock. • • • Of what might- be called second ary inconveniences there are a few. J Produce and live stock reports come through earlier—not always an ad vantage. The city bank closes at 2 o'clock, country time—sometimes an annoyance. In some farm opera tions work cannot start until the j dew dries—a matter controlled by I sun strictly. Children wakeful long J after bed time are a problem on j the farm, as in the city. But these are scarcely enough to account for the general animosity, and I think the reason is to be j found rather in the generally con servative character of country peo ple. They find time well enough managed and organized as it is, and see no reason for change. Summer is the time for early ris ing and long hours, on the farm, and it is hard to visualize the city fam ily’s satisfaction and pleasure In a cooler morning's rising, and an ex tra daylight leisure hour at the end of the day. * * * So the whole situation is charged with misunderstanding and resent ment, and I think the worst of it is that in this, as in so many other things, the farmer has to give in A defeat in an Insignificant mat ter like this often smarts more than a much greater disaster. For in spite of opposition, of j which a good deal is in the cities and towns themselves, summer time is gradually extending itself. I sav i a statement the other day that about 25.000,000 people moved up j their clocks this year, the largest number since the war. The utmost ! that farm opinion can do is of no j avail in stopping it. In the district where I happen to i live, three million people quietly and automatically have gone on summer time without any official action of any kind, and ignoring a state law that was intended to pre vent it. And there is positively no way of stopping it. The law is not dis obeyed in any way. Business of all kinds merely begins and ends an hour earlier, and the individual cit- i izen. finding he can keep his af fairs straighter so. moves ahead his j private and personal time-piece 60 minutes. What can farmers do about that? ! Not a thing. It is an annoyance i that cannot be remedied, and that j is bv farm the most annoying part of it! TORRENT OF ORATORY IS SWAMPING ULSTER BELFAST. May 18.—North- j ern Ireland is being subjected to a j double flood of political oratory with j two general election campaigns now ! In progress. Ulster will have Its own general election May 22. when 52 members are to be elected. The British elec tion. which falls on May 30. re quires the choice of 13 persons to sit In the house of commons at London. The Ulster parliament was dis solved May 2 and the British legis lature on May 10. Air Mail Schedule* ——-—1 The schedule for the mall between Brownsville and Dallas Is announced by the postoffice department as fol lows: Southbound— Leave Dallas .7-45 a. m. Leave Ft. Worth . 8:15 a. m Leave Waco . 9:20 a. m Leave Austin . 10 25 a. m Leave San Antonio . 11:20 a. m j Arrive Brownsville . 2:05 p. m Northbound Leave Brownsville . 1:25 p. m 1 Leave San Antonio . 4:15 p. m . Leave Austin . 5:10 p. m Leave Waco . 6:15 p. m Leave Ft. Worth.„.. 7:15 p. m Arrive Dallas . 7:35 p. m The schedule for the American air mall to Mexico City Is as follows: Leave Brownsville .8:30 a. m Arrive Tampico .11:00a. m Leave Tampico .11:30 a. m Arrive Mexico City. 1:45 p. m Following is the schedule for the Mexican air mall: Leave Mexico City ... 7:45 a. m Arrive Tampico .10:00 a. m Leave Tampico ...10:25 a.m. Arrive Brownsville .12:55 p.m. Following 1a the schedule on the Browns rUle-Maxatlan Route: Leave Brownsville .. 7 a. m. Arrive Monterrey .. 9:30 a. m Leave Monterrey . 9:50 a. ra Arrive Torreon . 12:50 p. m Leave Torreon ... 1:50 p. m Arrive Durango . 3:50 p. m Leave Durango .. 4:10 p. m Arrive Mazetlan ............ 6:10 p. m Return trip: Leeve Mazatlan .. 7:00 a. m Arrive Durango.. 9:00 a. m. Leave Durango . 9:20 a. m Arrive Torreon .......... 11:50 p. m Leeve Torreon . 12:10 p. m Arrive Monterrey . 3:10 p. m. Leave Monterrey . 4:10 p. m. Arrive Brownsville ........ 6:10 p. m. POSTAL RATES The United States air mall pottage rate is 5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for eecb additional ounce or fraction thereof. Letters mailed in the United States tor the points In Mexico take this rate. WOMAN WIELDS BIG INFLUENCE Oakland’s Landaulet Sedan Built to Meet Demands of Milady - i Each succeeding new car model reveals that a greater influence has been exerted in its design and equipment to satisfy Milady's whims. First came smart colors harmonizing with the season's fashion modes; then vanities and smoking sets and interior fitments of a luxurious and ornamental quality. This season's new creations find the trend more pronounced than ever. This Is particularly remark able because It is as true of the low priced car as of the most costly custom model, a tribute to value giving made possible by volume production! Take the landaulet sedan—a new body type this year which first made its appearance in the me dium-low priced field on the new Oakland All-American six. A soft fabric top covers the rear quarter section. This may quickly and eas ily be folded for healthful open air ) driving during the warm summer months—a feature that imparts to 1 the car a swagger air particularly j appealing to the woman driver. I Shortly after its introduction on the | All-American six. this type was also adopted by the new Pontiac big six, as well as by several other makes of cars. Adjustable Seats The adjustable driver's seats on the Oakland and Pontiac lines like wise were designed to meet the needs of the woman driver. A turn or two on an easily operated regu lator conveniently placed within reach of the driver moves the en tire seat to that position most com fortable behind the wheel. Drivers of different stature may exchange positions behind the wheel, adjust the seat to suit them best, and be off again in a few seconds. Wider seats, both front and rear, also have been built to add to the comfort of Milady's guests. The rear seat on the new All-American is one of the widest on any make of car. while the new Pontiac Big Six provides body roominess for merly available only in the higher price field. Till-Ray Headlamps The tilt-ray headlamps with foot control enable the woman driver to dim for an approaching car without taking her hands from the steering wheel or lifting her eyes from the road, while the non-glare glass in the rear vision mirror pre vents the eflection of an approach ing headlamp from blinding her. Instrument panels directly lighted allow her to take in everything at a glance and yet have all controls instantly at her finger tips. Add to theee features, sleek body lines that appeal to her notions of fleetness and power, the unique concave belt moulding of the Pon tiac, the smart louvre grouping and the foot-controlled side cowl venti lators on the latest All-American, and you have some Idea of the pains exerted to endow these lines with those qualities of newness and youth which Milady asks for in her car. SOCIETY ISLANDERS TRY TO EAT RUBBERS PAPEETE, Tahiti, May 11—</P>— After more than 20 years, white resi dents of the Society islands still find it necessary to explain to tourists how the title of ‘‘shoe eaters" was acquired by the natives of Reao is i lands. I Many years ago a sailing ship ! broke up on the reefs of Reao. the most easterly atoll of the Paumotu group. In the floatsam which drift ed ashore was a large case of rub ber overshoes. As the rubber had ; the appearance and texture of **p j hua." a shellfish that is the favorite I diet in Reao. but calls for teeth like ] a dinosaur's and a digestion like a cave bear’s, the natives decided it ; was some seafood of the white man Fires were built, cauldrons filled i with sea water and the rubber shoes j thrown in. They were boiled for three days, and laid upon the coral 1 beach to see if thetropical sun would make them fit to eat. Then a schooner from Papeete ar rived. and the Joke spread through out. Polynesia. Train Schedules MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES No. 12—To Houston. San Antonio. 6J0 a. m. No. 14—To Houston. 7:00 p. m. No. 18—To Houston. San Antonio. 9:00 p. m. No. 15—From St. Louis, San Antonio. Houston. 7:30 a. m. No. 13—From Houston. 8:10 a. m. No. 11—From San Antonio and Hous ton. 9:55 p. m. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES No. 319—Prom Houston. San Anto nio. 8:15 a. m. No. 320—To Houston. 8an Antonio. 8:15 p. m. NATIONAL LINES OF MEXICO (Matamoros Station* No. 132—To Monterrey. Mexico City. 9:50 a. m. No. 131—Frtm Mexico City, Monter rey. 3:30 p. m. RIO GRANDE RAILWAY .... To Point Isabel. 9:30 a. m. Prom Point Isabel. 4 p. m. 19S C. I. A. SENIORS TO HEAR RICE SPEAKER DENTON, Tot.. May 18.—Dr. John Willis Slaughter of Ric* In stitute will deliver the commence ment address to 195 seniors at the College of Industrial Arts Monday evening. June 3. and the baccalau reate sermon, scheduled for Sun day morning- June 1, will be de livered by Bishop Clinton 5. Quin of Houston. Class day exercises, given Mon day morning' under the direction of Mrs. Grover C. Shaw of the C. I. A. speech deportment, will corry out the tradition of the Canterbury pilgrims. MARMON ran the first time — might- cylinder care at ail fricra New Roosevelt—vcrUT.sfirjt jtraiglU^ighe mmier $1000 At your price i A Marm on straight-eight at just the price you want to pay The hew /?oo.t*p#/f—-the world's first straight-eight tinder $1000. The car which has registered the greatest success of 1929. Price, $995. The Mormon 68—the car which more than 30,000 owners say is the smartest yet thriftiest automobile in the world. The price is $1465. The Mormon 78—the finest car Mormon now builds. Entirely a new sensation in road balance and riding ease at all ranges of speed. A truly fine car at $500 less than you would expect to pay. Price, f1965. Prices olfactory. Croup equipment extra. Attractive Income Purchase Flam. On Display at VALLEY MARMON COMPANY Harlingen, Texas -d For Your Protection A written guaranty with every “Good Will” car enables you to buy these superb cars with the same protection and confidence in their dependability you feel when you buy a new car. Among other important fea tures, this guaranty entitles you to thoroughly test the car you purchase and ex change it within 48 hours if it does not give entire satis faction! New car buyer*—own a beautiful, luxurious 1928 Oakland instead of the small new car you planned to buy. The cost is no higher and these fine General Motors Sixes present an array of brilliant fea tures to be found only in cars selling for hundreds of dollars more. Their smart Fisher bodies, fin ished in permanent Duco, with rich upholstery and perfectly appointed interiors, assure you fine car appearance, luxury and style. Their roomy bodies and long wheelbase assure you big car comfort and riding ease. Their Oakland-built power plants and chassis, incorporating such great features as the Harmonic Bal \ Late 1928 Oakland* —as Low as p75° ancer • • . G-M-R cylinder head • • • gas, oil and air filters . • . self ventilating, self-adjusting clutch . . • and man-sized four-wheel brakes assure vou vibrationless performance, driving ease and safety unmatched in this price class. Prove for yourself their superiority to smaller new cars of equal cost. See these practically new Oak lands today. In addition to these beautiful Oaklands, our varied stock of “Good Will'* guaranteed cars con tains equally big values in lato model Pontiacs and other popular makes. Come in and see them if you want the supreme value for your motoring dollar. Late 1927 Oaklands —as Low as, $600 JR 0 1% , *' The Isom Motor Co., Inc. 820 ElizabetK — Brownsville, Texas '