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JANITORS '
TRAINING IN
EFFICIENCY
AUSTIN, Oct. 39.—{JP)—A new
wrinkle has been introduced In
the ancient occupation of janitor.
Heretofore Janitors have gone
their leisurely way, sweeping floors
and washing windows without the
benefit of instruction in the ele
ments of their craft. Now, however,
they are to be placed on an ef
ficiency basis.
Te Train Janitors
The bureau of industrial educa
tion of the state department of
education has inaugurated a plan
whereby janitors will be taught the
finer points of janitoring with the
idea of training them to do more
and better work in less time. It is
proposed to hold classes during the
early school months for the jani
tors. A bulletin setting out the
things a good janitor should know
is being prepared for use in the
classes.
Through janitor training, the
public school system hopes to save
many thousands of dollars annually
by increasing the efficiency of
janitors and broadening their field
of usefulness. #
Moat Do Much
A strong back no longer will be
the principal essential for a jani
tor’s job. The future janitor mew*
be able to do much mor. than send
a brush slithering over classroom
. floors and down school corridors.
•Under the new setup 13 must be
a "jack ©f all trades," competent to
‘care for much of the expensive
.machinery in the equipment of the
modem school or college.
* The first janitor training school
>as held in El Paso last year. It
produced such beneficial results
•that other schools were held in
•many cities with good effect. The
’best points brought out in the
.training schools have been com
bined in the bulletin. Requests for
•copies of the bulletin have been
numerous .
The Interscholastic League bu
‘reau of the University of Texas
[has changed its name and hence
forward will be known as the Bu
reau of Public School Interests.
* The change was made to prevent
confusion between the bureau and
[the University Interscholastic lea
•gue. The bureau administers af
fairs of the league but covers a
•wider field, publishing bulletins on
league relations and competitions
and the Interscholastic Leaguer, a
•monthly publication dealing wltn
league activities.
| City Briefs
; Mexican dinners, beer on tap.
•The Mecca. Adv.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. L. Starkey of
Pittsburgh. Pa., are spending sev
eral days visiting in Brownsville and
the Valley.
F. F. Wool worth of New York City
is in Brownsville for a short visit
'and will probably remain over the
week end.
Want transportation in car to
“Dallas Sunday or Monday. Share ex
penses. Phone 1171-—Adv.
Here from San Antonio for a few
days is Marvin H. Bird.
\ Recent visitors in the city from
-Taylor were Boyd Kennedy and
Harry Schraeder. They have return
ed to their homes.
Hugh Fischer of Chicago. 111., is
[spending several days in Browns
ville.
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* Here from Galveston is Warner
Stone.
I Pali Wall paper stock will be here
[Saturday. Come and see It. Morris
Lumber Co.—Adv.
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1 F. F. Bradley of Austin Is visit
ing in Brownsville.
Corpus Christl visitors in the city
^ include. J. G. Stell, J. C. Taylor,
-and M. A. Compton.
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* W. W. Kalteyer, Lee B. Miller and
J. T. Keahey are among the San An
tonio business callers in Brownsville.
Here from Harlingen Thursday
was R. E. Burleson.
m
) C. V. Milligan of Houston is visit
ing in the city.
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MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCKS
NEW YORK. Oct. 27. (#>—:Finan
cial market thermometers today
registered “dullness and caution,”
but prices generally showed a tend
ency to improve in the afternoon
despite the apparent indecision of
‘traders regarding the administra
tion's gold control program.
. Although the price of the yellow
metal was moved up 22 cents an
ounce to $31.76 by the R. F. C.,
foreign exchanges actually declined
in terms of the dollar. This puz
cling anomaly apparently left stocks
and staples hanging on a doubtful
ledge for a time and the activity
during the early hours was at a low
point for the past several weeks.
Wheat rallied later, however, and
stock firmed sympathetically. Bonds
\eere mixed.
* Recoveries of 2 to around 3 points
were recorded by shares of Na
tional Distillers. Case and Allied
Chemical. American Smelting and
Cerro de Pasco were up a point.
Moderate advances were shown by
Du Pom, Westinghouse, American
Telephone. U. S. Smelting, Sears
Roebuck. Alaska Juneau. New York
Central, Chrysler and Pennsylvania.
M ost of the tobacco stocks eased.
, Wall street, although chiefly in
terested in the gold situation, as
related to the wished-lor uptrend
In both commodity and equity
prices, was scrutinizing the third
quarter earnings statements of the
targe corporations. Many of the
quarterly reports were viewed as
hifblv cheerful, notwithstanding the
Intimations in some that fourth
quarter results may not be quite
so bright.
NEW’ ORLEANS COTTON
• NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 27. <P>—
Cotton opened quiet and a shade
easier today. While Liverpool was
About as due. sterling was a little
Merer. Figft trades here showed
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PADDED QUILTING IS EASY TO DO
If you saw the prize winning quilt at the Century’ of Progress, you,
, like all other visitors, undoubtedly were interested in the lovely padded
qilting. Many who saw it felt it did much to give this needlewoman the
honor bestowed on her, and most people wondered how it was done. It
is a very simple and delightful form of quilting and is quick to do. This
pattern tells you in all detail how to do it, and offers you motifs ranging
from tiny ones to one large enough to decorate a cushion.
Pattern 571 contains a transfer pattern with a basket motif 74x124
inches suitable for a pillow; a motif 2x10 inches shown on the lingerie
case, and a second matching motif 2x54 Inches; four motifs 24 Inches
square shown on the handkerchief case; and three small motifs 3 inches
high for sachet or pincushions; detailed, illustrated, directions for doing
padded quilting; suggestions and yardages for making a variety of arti
cles.
Send 10c for this pattern to The Brownsville Herald Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Avenue, New York City._
losses of 2 to 5 points, with Decem
ber at 0.52 and March at 9.78. The
market rallied a little later owing
to a further advance in the U .9
price of gold to $31.76 an ounce De
cember advancing to 9.56 and Mavrb
to 9.78, a recovery of four to five
points from the opening lows to
levels net unchanged to two points
above the close of yesterday.
Late in the first hour the market
was very quiet but holding near the
best.
Early in the second hour, cot
ton rallied on short covering and
some trade buying. December ad
vancing to 9.60 and March to 9.83.
or 5 to 6 points above yesterday's
close. Later in the morning the
market turned easier on weakness
of stocks and wheat, coupled with
hedge-selling. December dropping
to 9.49 and March to 9.73, or 10 to
11 points under the.highs and 5
points under the previous close.
Near noon, prices recovered 12 to
15 points on a renewal of short
covering for over the week-end,
helped by fairly large mill-takings
for the week. December advanced
to 9.64 and March to 9.85. at these
levels showing a net gain of 7 to
10 points.
The mill-takmgs for the week
totaled 413.000 bales, against 416.
000 last week and 379.0C0 m the
corresponding week last year.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO. Oct. 27.—(A*)—Action
of the gold market appearing to
have temporarily exhausted itself
as a stimulating factor, grain values
underwent early downturns today.
Wheat traders emphasized that
for the first time Russian wheat
exports were approaching 2.000,000
bushels a week. Opening 1-8 to 7-8
lower, wheat afterward sagged fur
ther. Com started 1-8 to 3-8 off,
and continued downgrade.
Montana has nine institutions of
higher learning; one to every 60
000 of population.
West Africa is the home of the
world's smallest antelope; it stands
only a little over 12 inches high at
the shoulders. I
TEACHERS TO
ELECT WOMAN
AS PRESIDENT
AUSTIN, Oct. 2S.—(i«P)— The
masculine element which domi
nated the presidency of the Texas
State Teachers association almost
every year, may be deposed when
the teachers meet here Thanksgiv
ing for their annual convention.
The women of the association are
sponsoring one of t’.eir sex for the
presidency. They reportedly are
tired of seeing 782 men elect a
president annually while the 30,
548 women teachers are ignored.
Woman for President
With this strength they believe
they can easily engineer a woman
member into the presidency.
Mrs. Roy C. Owens of Tyler has
been selected as the women's choice
for the post, if elected, she would
be the third woman to attain the
honor among 55 presidents ot the
organization.
Mrs. Qwens now is a member of
the executive board of the associa
tion. Her supporters say her ideas
are in harmony with the policies
of the association and that her
election would not disrupt the
continuity of its operations.
Business Argument
One argument purportedly used
by the male members is that a
man is necessary as president be
cause of the press of legislative
business in which the association
Is interested. This argument will
be of little avail this year because
the regular session will not con
vene until January 1934. and there
is usually little legislation at spe
cial sessions
Mrs Owens has had a varied
experience as a teacher. She has
first hand knowledge of rural,
elementary, grade and high school
problems, having engaged actively
in these branches as a teacher.
She has served as vice principal of
the Tyler high school and as di
rector of public instruction.
She is a past president of the
alumni association of the Com
merce State Teachers' college.
CHOIR SINGER 67 YEARS
AND HE S STILL SINGING
WINDSOR. N. C. «JP)—Friends of
I Judge Francis D. Winston believe
he has broken some sort of record
by singing continuously in the choir
of St. Thomas Episcopal church for
a period of 67 years.
He }oiend as a choir boy in 1869
and has sung every Sunday since
then except for a few instances of
sickness or unavoidable absence
from home.
There Is no scientific difference
between a pigeon and a dove; the
latter term is used usually in ref
erence to the smaller type of this
group of birds.
First NRA Coat for "First Lady”
The first coat made under the NRA code adopted by the cloak and suit
industry was presented to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York.
Mrs. Curtis Dali (left), daughter of the President, received the second.
Mrs. Roosevelt is here shown sewing in the Blue Eagle label that will
distinguish all coats made under the code.
Retail 4Mark-Up9
Will Be Decided
Early Next Week
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. <*>>—,
Hugh S. Johnson, recovery admin
istrator. said today at a press con
ference that the retail trade au
thority set up under the general
code which becomes effective next |
Monday would fix during the first
part of the week the amount of
“mark-up" to be charged in all re
tail sales.
The minimum price previsions
when fixed, he said, will be manda
tory on all lines of trade coming
under the code. This statement
was made in reply to a question as
to how phraseology' of the code,
which states that a retailer "should" j
charge an allowance for labor in |
his prices on top of the invoice
cost of goods, w'as to be interpreted.
Johnson repeated a previous
statement that the allowance above
invoice would be approximately 10
per cent, saying the one advantage
of this figure w'as that it definitely
did not include and profit to any
merchant whatsoever.
To a suggestion that chain in
terests might go to court if the
mark-up were made mandatory,
Johnson said:
"That’* all right, we are not
afraid of anyone taking it to
court.’*
In reply to questions as to whether
food or groceries sold in drug stores,
department stores and other es
tablishments not coming under the
food code handled by the farm ad
ministration would be covered by
the loss limitation provisions of the
NRA retail code Johnson said:
“I am going to insist that a store
go all the way under a code and
that its operations not be split
up under more than one agree
ment.”
He promised to appoint an au
thority of three members for the
separate drug retail code as soon
as possible, probably Monday or
Tuesday.
MIDDLEWEST
TO GET SNOW
(By the Associated Press>
The weather man apparently was
mixing a hodgepodge for the na
tion’s meteorological maps today.
In the east there was a modcm
tion of the premature attack of win
try weather, while in the middlewest
lower temperatures were the order
of the day.
Blustering winds that swept the
northeastern states apparently were
spending themselves far out in the
Atlantic but small craft on the
Great Lakes were warned of fresh
to strong winds.
More moderate temperature read
ings in the south, which also felt
the touch of the cold snap, were
promised with a prediction they
would be followed by rain.
Local rains and snow in some por
tions of the middlewest were also
predicted.
A disturbance that was over North
Dakota Wednesday night was re
ported advancing eastward over the
Lake Superior region, with a trough
extending south and south westward
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to Arkansas and thence into ha
Valley to the Rio Grande.
Billy Sunday had 7437 convert*
in one day in New York City.
COUGHS
Don't let them get a strangle
hold. Fight germs quickly. Creo
mulsion combines tue 7 best helps
known to modem science Power
ful but harmless. Pleasant to taw.
No narcotics. Your own druggist is
authorized to refund your money
on the spot if vour cough or cold
is not relieved by Creomuislon. Adv.
“Skeeter^Smoke”
A scieniifio^rotectior. from Mos
quitoes.] Jrsted—dependable. It
lights iijm a match' gives vapor
pleasanwhnrmleas, which fills every
crack m\d comer of house or of
fice and positively you have no
mosquitoes. May be smothered with
a cover and lighted again and again.
Effective out doors, on porch, lawn
or fishing camp. 10c at all drug
gists.—Adv.
PAINTS
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I keep coming back
to that word "balanced”
on the back of the
Chesterfield package
OU often hear the word balance—some
thing is out of balance—top-heavy, not
on an "even keel.”
What you read, "Chesterfield Cigarettes
are a balanced blend,” means that the right
amounts of the right kinds of tobacco are
welded together; that is, home-grown tobac
cos, the right kind, the right quantity—are
blended and cross-blended with tobaccos
from Turkey and Greece.
When these tobaccos are balanced one
against the other, then you have a mild
cigarette.
When they are in balance, then you have a
better-tasting cigarette.
May we ask you tp read again the statement
Lon the back of the Chesterfield packaget
May we ask you to try Chesterfield?
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