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MOTHERS FACE HEAVY IX Program for Next 2 Years To Be Mapped Out At Austin Meeting AUSTIN, Jan. 4.——Election of a board of trustees, plans for dis trict conferences, recommendations of the executive committee and plans of special committees are among the matters to be dis cussed at the annual meeting of the board of managers of the Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations here Jan. 8-9. The fifteen district presidents have been called to meet Jan. 7 and the executive committee will con vene that evening. Mrs. Noyes Darling Smith of Aus tin. state president, said that the organization’s program for the next two years would be manned out at the Austin meeting. The board of managers consists of the 12 state officers, the 15 district presidents, one life member of the executive committee. 13 standing committee chairmen and six special committee chairmen. Bandits Get Small Loot From Bank BEASLEY. Jan. 4.—(JP)—The Beasley State Bank was robbed here today by robbers who made a hole In the vault but did not get into the safe. The bandits* loot consisted of a small amount of money left in the vault, said to be less than $100. The robbery was discovered when cashier W. S. Pinkert opened the bank this morning. Docks to be Built PORT ARTHUR. Jan. 4.— The American Iron and Metal company of Dallas has announced docks for loading scrap iron on sea going vessels here will be construct ed at a cost of $50,000. Contracts have been made with the two re fineries here for handling their waste metal, according to D. D. Feldman, president of the com pany. NOW SHOWING ANNEJUCIJOLS' _^HB with Charles (Buddy) Rogers Nancy Carroll AND A GREAT CAST Five Years on Broadway? Now it's on the screen! The Dlav that made the world marvel! The story with universal appeal. BROADWAYS SUPREME SENSATION Also Comedy Admission 5—10—15 SHOWING THIS WEEK AT VALLEY THEATERS Three dancing beauties in "Rio Rita” now showing at the Palace theater In McAllen Will Rogers Star Of Capitol Talkie When the best known and most loved American personality is both heard and seen on the screen, then it may surely be called an event Last night Will Rogers, the quaint, philosopher and the naive wit wha is equally the friend of royallty and the common people, came to the Capitol Theatre in his first Fox Movietone starring picture, "They Had to See Paris.” and it was sure ly an eye and ear treat. Millions of people who have ex pressed a wish to hear the Rogers witticisms from his own lips but have hitherto been denied the treat, now are having the pleasure. “They Had to See Paris” fits Will i Rogers like a glove. It starts in his home town. Claremore. Oklahoma, where we find Will happy and con tented with his wife (Irene Rich) and his son and daughter (Owen Davis, Jr., and Marguerite Churchill) Oil gushes on their land. They be Something J Interesting • .. • FOR MEN— SEE OUR AD ON SPORT PAGE come rich and Will’s family gets bitten with the social bug. They want to go to Paris and absorb cul ture and other things. Oklahoma oil and French cognac don’t mix, however, and the result is highly humorous but in a way pathetic. Complication follows com plication and they go back to Okla homa broke only In spirit. Special mention should be made of Fifi Dorsay, a vivacious and piq uant French actress who gives much color to the production. She appears as a cafe entertainer in Paris and sings. "I Could Do It For You’’ to Rogers with most ingratiating art. Rogers has been provided by Owen Davis, Sr., the dialogist, with some corking lines, and it is evident that he has added a few and inter polate many real Rogers witticisms. Frank Borzage has turned in a line piece of direction, and some very lavish sets arc in evidence. Rogers qualifies as a highly emo tional actor as well as a comedian. In Paris. Mrs. Peters is determined to marry her daughter to a title, and when Peters refuses to pay half a million dollars to consummate tills desire. Mrs Peters, in h frenzy of bitter disappointment turns oa her husband and gives him a severe tongue lashing. Among other thmgi. she tells him she and her daughter are both ashamed of him and that she never wants to see his face again. Peters leaves the house while his wife sobs bitterly on a chaise lounge. Peters’ leavetaking, as enacted by Rogers, is a marvel of dramatic ex position. The celebrated wit, who makes millions laugh and smile daily, sheds real tears. It is, per haps. the high spot of the delightful firm si STARTING TODAY -1 Will Rogers —In— HIS FIRST TALKING PICTURE. Paris night life with the kick of a bronco! A comedy of Gay Pared THE MOST PUBLICIZED MAN in America speaks to his public on Pox Movietone. Lei America's foremost humorist show you the wide open spaces of Montmarte. ADDED TALKIES PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS 1*r . - The 20th century Mark Twain marks time in the dizzy swirl of of Paris! HEAR HIM SING “I Could Do It For You” YOU'LL AGREE that Will's per formance is an artistic triumph of natural actine in this bully story of the Boulevards Brownsville * Phone — 62 Marjorie White. Janet Gaynor. Frank Richardson and Charles Far rell in the Fox Movietone musical comedy. “Sunny Side Up," open ing Sunday at the Riv>li theater, San Benito. . V- .M. * , -jk • . *. ■ -v. A . S.V...V. . . - w * —"*• - jorsoni Will Rogers with Fifi Dorsay in “They Had to See Paris," all-talking Fox Movietone comedy drama starting Sunday at the Capitol theater. Queen Film Laugh Riot With Stars Hilariously amusing from start to finish is "Skinner Steps Out", spark ling Universal farce-comedy co-star ring Glenn Tryon and Merna Ken nedy, which opens at the* Queen Theatre Sunday. Tryon has never done better work than in this picture. He has a role ideally suited to his exceptional fun making talents. Opposite him is beautiful tit tan-haired* Merna Ken nedy, who also is exceedingly hap pily cast. In the role of "Honey”, the young wife. Miss Kennedy is a most winsome and appealing hero ine. The plot of the story concerns it self with the business and social ca reer of young "William Henry Skin ner", who is a great man to his adir mg young wife and a very small po tato at the office. In icar and trembling. Skinner finds himself compelled to Justify his wife's belief in himself. His efforts to do this furnish the motive ior some of the most amusing scenes t.iat ever have been shown upon the screen. In his amazing portrayal of his role, Tryon veers from a pathetic timorousness to boisterous sell- con f.dence. Among the many scenes which especially stand out are those in which he asks for a raise, and in which he leads the orchestra and conducts an auction at a charity ouzaar. Screen Sweethearts In Musical Comedy Janet Gaynor and Charles Far rell. perhaps the most popular of all screen sweethearts, not only talk m “Sunny Side Up.” starting a lour days engagement at the Rivoli m San Ben.to. Sunday, but also ,ing and dance in a manner which marks them as outstanding per formers in this field as they were in silent pictures. Miss Gaynor has studied voice culture ever since .she first entered pictures a little over three years ago. She sings several songs in “Sun ny Side Up" all written especially for licr by the highly successful song writing combination of De Sylva. Brown and Henderson. She also displays real ability as a solo dancer in one number. Farrell, who was on the stage be fore pictures reached out and claim ed him for their own. has a highly developed baritone voice which he nas developed during the last two years under the tutelage of the best teachers money could employ. Screen Version Of Stage Play at Texas It might be a flower of some kind but to the devotees of the theatre and this means nearly every citi zen in this world, that title means much. “Abie’s Irish Rose” has been suc cessful play. Five and one hall years of continuous performance on Broadway, New York, and record en gagements in every city, town, ham let, state and nation in the world I have made “Abie” ^lie outstanding theatrical event in centuries. It has now gone into the movies, and the film version, made by Para mount, is being exhibited on the screen at the Texas theatre. Victor Fleming, who directed Emil Jannmgs in The Way of All Flesh", ! handled the megaphone on "Abie,” directing from the script by Jules Furthman. who, too, was largely re sponsible for the success of the pic ture. The featured players include Jean Hersholt. Charles Rogers, Nan cy Carroll, J. Farrell MacDonald, Bernard Gor rev, Ida Kramer, Cam illas Pretal, Rosa Rosanova, Nick, Cogley and other.-. Sites for eight large irrigation projects have been selected by the National IrrigaMon Commisdon of Mexico, and work on some of these will be started this year. 1930 PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR CITY DEVELOPMENT AT ROMA By VIRGIL N. LOTT (Special to The Herald) ROMA. Jan- 4—The year 1930 dawns brightly for Roma. It finds the town about to witness a trans formation. The Texas company, say some, is about to erect a tank farm here to take care of the oil fields which they arc to develop. The Texas Co well recently drill ed in on the Guerra tract west of this city could have been made a good producer, but, because of lack of storing facilities, was not per mitted to do its best by any means and in order to conserve the oil (which is of the highest gravity ever discovered in Texas) the cas ing was sunk below pay sand and is there now. Whether or not this casing will be pulled up to pay sand when the time is ripe, depends on other wells to be drilled by the company soon, a number of which will be drilled, no doubt. The Texas company has much land under lease and there are a number of independents holding choice leases in the vicinity and these are to begin an active drill ing campaign in January. Across the Rio Grande and along the banks of the San Juan river 16 miles from Roma, there is a Valiev company with more than 100.000 acres under lease, with a rig on the ground and a field force organized, ready to start drilling One of the major oil companies with vast holdings In Mexico in that section embraced In the juris dictions of Mier, Tamps., and Cer ralvo, N. L-. has a large force of engineers and geologists in the field and will begin operations soon in tlie vicinity of Mier. nine miles from Roma. The Mexican government. It is rumored, is about to let the con tract for a dam across the Rio Chiquito above Mier to store water for irrigating lands between Mier and San Juan. If this is accom plished It will bring under irriga tion a vast section of very rich lands, (all in the trade territory of Arcadia Books 3 Weekly Programs Effective today with the opening for a three day engagement of A1 Jolson's latest ail talking singing, picture “Say It With Song6” the Harlingen Arcadia Theater Manage ment announces a change in the Arcadia’s program policy, the book ing of three program changes week ly with change days each Sunday, Y'edncsday and Friday. Colleen Moore’s first talking pic ture. “Smiling Irish Eyes,’’ in which she is supported by James Hall oo ens a two day engagement at the Harlingen Rialto theatre Sunday as second all talking picture to be presented at this theater. The fu j ture policy of the Rialto will be an all-talking picture each Sunday and Monday, and v pictures synchroniz ed with musical score, opening each Tuesday and Friday for two-day engagements with a one-day book ing for Saturdays. In ’Say It With Songs’’ at the Arcadia Theater today Jolson sings seven new song hits, acts the role of a popular radio singer, and in general with his effective mixture of humor and pathos proves once attain that he is perhaps the peer oi entertainers now appearmg on the audible screen. Today Thru Tuesday SEVEN SOUND HITS . . . . LINKING A STORY OF TEARS AND LAUGHTER! To your heart of heart comes the song of so^gs .... sung by the golden voiced singer who does with you what he will! In “The Jazz Singer'* he won you! In “The Singing Fool’ you loved him! Now lies back again In the biggest hit of all! AL JOLSOON TV “SAY IT WITH SONGS” wun > DAVY LEE I? MARIAN NIXON ALL TALKING, SINGINO > - \ —AlbO On the Same Program: ) ALL TALKING SENNETT COMEDY “THE GOLFERS” Movietone News Shows Sunday At | 1:00, 3:00. 5:00, 7:00, 8:00 8:00 P. M. Romai which now. in the hardest md driest of years produces a fair crop. With water available, the producing qualities of these lands ire beyond estimation. On our own ude of the river there is an irri rntion canal under construction which begins at Roma and when completed will reach a point near La Grulla, below Rio Grande City, md will bring under irrigation sqmething like 35.000 acres of rich ralley lands. The pump site is near the international bridge at Roma. Bonds for the work were coted last year, the plans approv ed by the state board of water en lineers and work actually started. :>ut for some technical reason, the progress has been slowed up. It will be completed before the end >f 1930. Roads Built During 1929 the highway from Roma through to the Hidalgo coun ty line, was hard-surfaced and all bridges rebuilt of steel and con crete. From Roma west to the Za pata county line the highway has been straightened and graded and twelve miles of it Improved by the construction of modem concrete and steel bridges, spanning ar •oyos that were impassable. An auto may now start at Brownsville md go through to Laredo over a high-class, graded road. On the Mexican side there Is an awakening in highway Interest and work has started on improvements pn the road from San Pedro, op posite Roma, to Micr, nine miles inland. The people of Micr having darted work on a three-miles link connecting with the Monterey ga; line right-of-way The year of 1929 was a good year for Roma. It found the town primitive. It lias grown 50 per cent It has electric current- A water works plant has been installed The telephone exchange is being enlarg ed. ropmannn Larjrr There is no accurate method of getting the increase in jxjpulation nor have records been kept of the amount expended in buildings in Roma, but it is safe to say that at least 500 new people have beer added to the population during the past year and about $75,000 will cover building activities, a number of new homes having been con structed. several old homes added to and about ten business 1- :ses con structed Progress is shown in the follow ing ftcures compiled bv Deputy Collector of customs Hugh Wood >f the port of Roma- During 1929 there was exported through this port $660,751 in machinery, build ing material and merchandise to Mexico and from Mexico there pass ed through to the United States, $297,734 worth of machinery, hides, cattle, sugar, antiques, furniture and other merchandise. Roma is midway between the Valley and Laredo; it is a good place for a good hotel and tourist ramp; it is only 94 miles to Mon terey over a proposed highway, and it has an international bridge con-! necting it with this highway. NO FINES IN : COUNTY ‘Court Adjourned for Two Year** Favorite Expression SAN MARCOS, Jan. 4—(/TV— "Court stands adjourned for two more years,, boys.” Is an expression originated in the hill country north of here by EU Hill. 88. long time Justice of the Peace. "The boys have failin’ outs and knock each other about some some time,” the aged dispenser of Justice said recently, "but there's always enough on the right side to Straighten out the feller on the wrong side. We re civilised up here. We settle our difficulties out of court.” Had a letter from some state of ficer here not long ago wantin’ to know what I’d done with the fines I’d collected, ha, ha,” the old man continued to chuckle. "We settle our difficulties out of court, an’ let the boys keep their money.” Hays county officials stated that if there had ever been a tral at Wimberley during his tenure of of fice they had no record of It. With a cargo of 63.500 barrels of oil, valued at $1,750,000 and rep resenting the capture of 732 whales, a vessel has just returned to Nor way after a four month’s cruise. Btttmaiw BROWNSVILLE “THE GYPSY , r“ STROLLERS’* Musical Comedy Company 18 — PEOPLE — 18 —In— MUSICAL COMEDY and Five Acts of VAUDEVILLE Elcht Pretty Chorus Girls Plaved to packed houses last week Picture “PORT OF MISSING GIRLS’’ —with— BARBARA BEDFORD m.Tlcolm mcgregor Matinee Picture..1:30 Vaudeville ....3:30 Nite Picture. 7:00 Vaudeville.8:45 ADMISSION 30 - 25 - 10 Starting Today I1E KAN A DRESS SI IT —into a Million Dollars! AND THERE'S A MILLION —[auths in it for too! Glenn Tryon “SKINNER STEPS OUT” See Skinner pull a Million Dollar Bluff on 33 a week! —Added— MOM COMEDY MGM NEWS NOW SHOWING Admission — 10-15-25 The Breeziest, Funniest Comedy of The Year A Great Show SEE IT NOW M CHAMPIONSHIP AUTO RACES 9 HARLINGEN -O Fair Park Track -O Famous Drivers FEATURING JOE RUSSO, Alatian Speed King MAYNARD CLARK, Midwe.t Champion ART CHALLANDER, Chicago Dirt Champion FRANK SANDS, Minne»ota Star SHANO FITZGERALD, of Iowa NOTED TEXAS STARS 7 EVENTS —o START 2:30 —o— STYLE PARADE SUNDAY, JAN. 5th