Brownsville herald. [volume], June 28, 1929, Page FOUR, Image 4

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PHONE PLANT "
IS ENLARGED
*
Outside Facilities For 1100
New Substations Be
ing Installed
_
Construction work now under way
and contemplated will give the lo
cal telephone exchange an increased
capacity of 1100 telephones. TV.#re
are now about 2250 telephones in
the exchange.
New lines are being run to the (
Country club. Los Ebanos, West
Brownsville, Olmlto. to the end of
the pavement on the Boca Chica
road, to El Jardin. to the airport,
and other places inside and outside
the city limits.
This is tne largest single construc
tion job undertaken by the local
plant since its erection, according
to Ed Mockabee. manager.
A large portion of the cable al
ready has been strung and work is
being continued. The installation
will take several months.
The present central office equip
ment will he able t*> take care of
the new outside facilities, Mockabee
states.
BARRETTS ON WAY TO
WEST TEXAS FOR REST
'Special to The Hcrald>
HARLINGEN. June 28— Mr and
Mrs. Howard Barrett have gene to
west Texas, where Mr. Batrett will
rest after ruf ferine a stroke re
cently. Mr. Barrett is editor of tire
Harlingen Star.
THAT SWEET SCENT
MAY BE PARTLY FISH
—
NFW YORK. June 28 —< B'—The 1
ednr of fish oil is being mixed with
the sweet scent of flowers in
American gardens in increasing
emounts.
Fortunately the fishy odor lasts
©nlv a few hours. The oil is used
as an tnrredient in insert sprays,
because of its efficiency in spread
ing the poisons intended to kill the
firmer pnre'ites.
Without this spreading element,
fcnme of the most effective poisons
dry up in surh a manner as to
leave many bugs and worms un
harmed.
FRANK ROBERTSON
HEADS BROTHERHOOD
t0 The TToraMT
SAN BENITG. June 38— Frank S
Robertson was elected president of
the Bantlst Bro*herhood. a new or
Baniration of Baptist men formed
Et a meeting here.
Dr Robert E. Lee Mewshaw was
elected, vice president. About 60
were present at the meeting.
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What more can any woman ask of a
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MORTO V
IODIZED SALT U
A
Illinois Armageddon
In Women’s Rights
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CHICAGO, June 28.—Illinois is1
to be the Armageddon of American
women in the legal battle to remove
the chattel restrictions that still
hedge Uncle Sam’s 50.000,000 nieces
with a thorn-barrier of inequality.
The day when the right of citi
zrns of the United States shall be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account
of sex is at its sunset. You may take
the word of Mrs. C. P. Fowler,
chairman of the legal status com
mittee of the Illinois League of
Women Voters for that.
New Legal Deal
And with the dawn of another
day, there'll be a new legal deal all
the way around, and a new deck of
privileges under the law!
Women of this state have started
off the battle by pushing through
the house of representatives a bill
permitting women on Juries, sub
ject to a referendumin 1930. Here
tofore. there has never been a refer
endum vote on this subject in the
United States, those common
wealths allowing women jurors to
serve having settled the matter by
court decision.
But let Mrs. Fowler have the
floor.
“The Nineteenth amendment to
the constitution of the United
States, giving women the franchise,
neither directly nor indirectly re
moved all desirable legal inequali
ties between men and women.” said
Mr. Fowler. “In many states, for
instance, it doos not operate to
make women eligible or liable for
jury duty.
“Jury service was open to women
in three states before 1920. Since
that time, by new state statutes or
bv construction of those already ex
isting. women have been made ju
rors in 18 states and the District of
Columbia. Of the 21 state laws pro
viding for women jurors, nine are
compulsory; in two states there arc
special exceptions—for nurses—and
in the other 10 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia, service is permis
sive.
"The Illinois legislature has pass
ed the ’women on juries’ bills, and
it's up to the women of the state
to see that the referendum makes
effective their years of work to
achieve this success. If Illinois ad
mits women ns Jurors, it will mean
the call to arms of the women of
the nation.”
But Illinois women aren't out to
change their status and that of
their sisters in the other 47 states
of the union in the matter of jury
service alone. Their grievances are
many, and the remedies they sug
gest drastic. The fight is on. and
tiicir position is to strike hard while
the iron is not.
Mrs. Elrod Speaks
At this juncture, it might be best
to recognize Mrs. Rena Elrod, mem
ber of the Illinois legislature from
the twenty-fifth district in Chica
go. and a leading figure In the
League of Women Voters.
“There is still much to be done
to remove the barrier of women’s
inequality in the law.” she declared.
“Why, in the state of Oklahoma
women are still ineligible to hold
major state offices, such as gover
nor, lieutenant governor, attorney
general, state treasurer and the
like. In spite of the herculean ef
forts of women leaders In the va
rious states, one word still bars
women from becoming governor of
Wisconsin.
“According to fcderall aw. a worn-1
an citizen loses her citizenship by
marriage to an alien ineligible to
citizenship, while the converse is
not true. A man may marry a
woman ineligible to citizenship
without loss of his status as a citi
zen.
"A woman who marries a natur-j
nlized citizen loses her citizenship
through continued residence out-1
side of the United States <after two!
years in a foreign state of which her:
husband is a subject!. A native j
born male citizen, however, married j
to an alien woman, does not lose his
citizenship through continued resi
dence in a foreign country.’’
About laws affecting family re’a
tions. Mrs. Elrod has this to say:
“An equal guardianship law has
been passed in 3S states, although
in one of these it is provided that !
in case of dispute the father’s au
thority shall prevail. In the rest
of the nation the father’s guardian
ship rights are unquestioned.
"One-third of the states in the
Union provide that the wife shares!
equally in the children's earnings!
with the husband. There are eight j
community property states in which1
the husband has control of the:
community property during his life
time. but In four of these states
the wife must join in a conveyance,
cf rea! estate. In these states, hus-1
band and wife have no interest
whatever in each other's separate
estate. Of the remaining 40 states.
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tZES-’A £U-*ZOO
the laws of 25 provide for an equal
interest by married persons in each
other's real estate. In four states
a married woman has an interest in
her husband's real estate, where no
reciprocal right is granted to the
husband.''
The Family Income
And recognizing Mrs. C. P. Fowler
once more:
“No state by law accords to wives
any portion of the family income,
except suen as they may have earn
ed outside the home, and in six
states the susband also takes her
wages.
“In no state may a wife collect
for services performed in the home
and there is no state in which the
wife is entitled to a voice in the
choice of a family home, or in
which there is a joint headship in
husband and wife."
The battle to change all this is
looked for in Illinois. In fact, the
skirmishing has already begun. The
real fireworks are to get under way
in the immediate future And it
will be tooth and nail for legal jus
tice.
Re-recognizing both Mrs. Fowler
and Mrs. Elrod.
“And equality!" 0
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RELIGION IN BUSINESS
BATH. Erg—A minister dedicat
ed the tobaceo shop of Joseph Corry.
who believes that his religion must j
be associated with his business.
CARRIES MAN ON
* * *
BACK OVER MILE
* * *
TO WIN $1.00 BET
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, June 28 — The
spectacle of one man carrying an
other on his back for a mile and
a half greeted the eyes of amazed
residents of this section, when this
novel feat was carried out to win
a bet of one dollar.
Haskell Stadard and C. W. Dan
iel lived at a tourist camp about
a mile and a half from the Har
lingen postoffice. They became
involved in a discussion about
mailing letters, ending with a
remark by Stadard that he would
carry Daniel to the postoffice on
his back.
A bet of one dollar was made,
and half an hour later Stadard
came plodding into the city with
Daniel oerched on his back.
Academy Mates Meet
In Uniform Again
On Duty In Valley
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, June 28—Two men
who fifteen years ago wore uniforms
of the same military academy, met
again here this week for the first
time since school days, and were
both wearing similar uniforms again.
The two men are Dave Ferguson,
senior border patrol officer here,
and Elliott S. Davis, who has been
transferred here from Kingsville,
and added to the force.
Davis and Ferguson went to a
military academy in Mississippi to
gether in 1914. It was several min
utes after they met here before they
recognized each other.
The force here is now increased to
four, other officers being K. S. Len
nington and W. R. Brady.
The money spent in 1914 to run
the French government finally has
been approved. The war interrupt
ed the auditing of the books.
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