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Tuesday, June 25, 1935
A Shippers’ Licensing And
Bonding Bill
Governor Janies V. Allred will Include the passage
of a shippers’ licensing and bonding bill among the
legislation to be considered by a special session of
the legislature to convene In September when he is
sues the call according to E. I. Bucklin, president of
the Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange.
A bill of this sort has been agitated in the Valley
for the past 15 years and has actually been Intro
duced in the Texu* legislature twice. The first time
It was introduced, through no fault of the Valley
representatives, time remaining In the session was too
ahort to allow passage. The second time, which was
during the last regular session, the biH was allowed
to die without action due to the failure of Valley In
terests to make up their minds Just what was want
ed in the way of legislation of this kind.
The bill, as Us name Implies, would force persons
or firms dealing in fruits and vegetables by pur
chase from growers for resale, to become licensed by
the state of Texas, under a governing body to be set
up to determine their fitness to engage In this sort
of business, and would further place such persons or
firms under bond to assure that they will observe or
dinary business ethics and to protect financially
those with whom they may deal.
It Is the bonding provision of the proposed legisla
tion on which the Valley has split in times past.
During the last legislative session the claim was set
up that should shippers of the Valley be forced to
make a $5,000 bond, many of them would be driven
from business. This argument furnishes its own best
nnswer. If a person or firm engaged in the pur
chase of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise
(luring the course of a season is unable to make such
a bend, that person or firm is manifestly out of
place in such a business.
We are prone to think that the days of the rubber
check in the Valley's fruit and vegetable business
fere things of the past, and yet the Rio Grande ex
change reports that to date “hot” checks amounting
to $16,000 have been uncovered as paid to Valley
growers lor their citrus during the past season. If
checks to this amount have already come to light, the
chances are good that citrus growers of the Valley
were filched out of close to $50,000 during the past
season, a loss that the industry could ill afford in
times of low prices, or at any other time for that
matter.
It is to be hoped that the citrus growers of the
Valley and the shippers of the Valley will make
their sentiments on this piece of legislation known
to our Valley representatives in no uncertain fashion
As a class, the shippers of the Valley are firmly in
favor of the legislation. They look on such a bill as
furnishing protection not only to the grower, but to
themselves, and they are right.
The bill can be passed If the Valley stands unitedly
behind It.
Valley Get-Together*
These joi’it meetings of service clubs and other
Valley organizations are fine things. It Is good to
mix and mingle, it Is good to put into practice the
oft reputed theme that the Valley is Just one big
city, and all that sort of thing.
J It occurs to us that Cameron county has been the
seat o' most of these occasions, and Cameron county
has enjoyed them mightily. Our friends from Hl
dalg >, Willacy and Starr counties attend them In
numbers, and we not only get to know them, but
they get to know us and our county.
Why not reverse the procedure and hold one of
these Joint gatherings up around Mission or Rio
Grande City or Raymond ville? Give the folks down
in the lower end of the Valley the opportunity of
seeing those sections.
Equality In Pioneering
It is interesting to note that the very first acts
considered by the pioneers who went up into the
Matanuska Valley in Alaska concerned the health of
the colony.
The question of garbage disposal, the control of
stray dogs, and the distribution of milk for the chil
dren became the first subjects of importance to the
colonists, and the council of 18 delegates from the
nine camps made rapid progress for the benefit of
the 200 families settled there.
But even more interesting than this is the fact
that the 18 persons forming the first council in this
pioneer colony included nine men and nine women.
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Bad Reputation Given
Onions in Food Survey
By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association,
and of Hycela. the Health Magazine
A little detective work to discover the foods that
disagree with the most people reveals three flagrant
offendera—onions, cabbage, and apples.
One doctor who studied 500 cases of Mood dis
agreement” found onions causing trouble In 27 per
cent of the cases, milk and milk products In 26 per
cent, raw apples In 26, and cooked cabbage in 25.
Chocolate was responsible in 18 per cent of the
cases and radishes in 17, tomatoes in 15, cucumbers
and eggs in 13 each. Next came fats, greasy and
rich foods in 12 per cent, meats in 11, strawberries
and coifee in 10 each, and a number of other foods
which had less than 1 per cent of trouble associated
with their use.
When 400 patients who complained ol gas. belch
ing. flatulence, or distension wer# examined, it was
found again that onions, cabbages and apples led all
the trouble-makers.
Symptoms caused by sensitivity to foods may vary
from distress associated with the stomach and Intes
tines to headaches, attacks of asthma, nervous dis
turbances, eruptions, heartburn, regurgitation, and
abdominal distension.
Interesting enough, some persons who could not
eat raw onions or raw apples without distress could
digest cooked onions and apples without any trouble;
others who did not dare to eat boiled cabbage man
aged very well with coleslaw or sauerkraut.
Particularly interesting is the fact that so many
people are sensitive to chocolate.
• • •
If any one fact was established by these studies of
the peculiar reactions which people have to foods, it
was the interesting observation that they vary so
greatly in their reactions to the same foods.
This emphasizes again the necessity for individual
izing human beings in relationship to their diseases.
Not all the trouble after eating loods is due to
sensitivity. Apparently there are some people whose
bowels are irritated by chemical factors associated
with certain foods.
Among the foods which seem to cause the least
trouble to the most people are lamb, gelatin, butter,
rice, barley, tapioca, lima or string beans, cooked
apples, beets, asparagus, peas, potatoes turnips,
parsnips artichokes, pumpkins, cooked pears, and
weak tea.
Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge crumpled under the
tasks of the presidency. Roosevelt eats up the prob
lems and is imperturbable, serene, ready for more.
—C. F. Potter, founder of First Humanist Society of
New York.
I believe Mae West cleaned up the screen. She
took the very thing of which the nastiest sex films
were made, and then not only laughed at it herself,
but made the public see the joke also.—Sir Cedric
Hartwicke, English actor-writer.
There never has been a civilization that did not
have its beginning in the recognition of man's right
to the product of his own labor.—Frank O. Lowden,
former governor of Illinois.
I believe if nations provided for universal con
scription of materials, goods, and the means of pro
ducing them, as well as of men, the principal cause
of wars would disappear.—Gov. George H. Earle,
Pennsylvania._
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policy at this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By Ray Tucker
Lurks — The private utilltieg lob
by against President Roosevelt's
power program may prove a boom
erang. It may lead to passage of a
measure which had been hopelessly
lost — the Black anti-lobby oill.
Mr. Roosevelt has displayed little
interest in this demand lor regis
tration of lobbygows and revelation
of their expenditures. He has fear
ed that any effort to enact it would
block more important measures on
his list. But he has been angered
by the drive which the power peo
ple have directed against TV A and
holding company bills and may yet
mark it “must,”
Senate veterans say the power
companies have spent more money
than any lobby since 1900. In their I
opinion the manufacturers, the
railroads, the bankers and shipping
interests have been pikers in com
parison. Either the B.a« k bill or a
special Investigation lurics around
the corner if the utilites win out in i
their present struggle.
a ■ ■
•Contacts" — Lobbyists often
write bills for congressmen to intro
duce. But every major bill on the
Roosevelt program has been framed
by an administration penman.
Tommie Corcoran and Bennie Co
hen wrote the banking, holding
company and social security bills.
Jim Landis drew up t ie two se
curity measures. White House aides
have sat on the floor during debate
—* privilege which prime lobby
ists do not enjoy.
Every executive department has a
"contact man” on Caplte! Hill.
They buttonhole members on be
half of pet bills and report daily
to cabinet members. Some cabinet
eers. like Secretary Icke\ lobby in
person, summoning senaters to the
anteroom. Messrs. Ft r ley and
Hurja apply the finishing touches
when a bill stands In jeon' :dy.
• • •
Benefits — The mu^h- nalli.ned
AAA looms up as Presii>.% K< ae
velt's political mainstay for 1936.
Most people missed It, mt the
house vote on the licensing amend
ments commanded the sun ort of a
majority of the republicans from
the ten states which participated in
the "grass roots” confertuee. The
delegation from Kansas, where the
idea for republican revival origin
ated. led the AAA parade.
AAA dopesters talk poli'icr as well
as farming In confidential it oments.
They point out that 3.000.9C0 farm
ers have signed benefit agreements.
About half of these live In the to
bacco and cotton-growing star ?s,
which should vote for Mr Roose
velt out of sentiment. But the other
half live In the normally renublican
wheat-and-com belt. WHl they
bite the hand that's feeding them?
* * *
Heathy — Washington corre
spondents have shown a more criti
cal spirit at recent press confer
ences with high officials than they
have since the lnauguraton of the
New Deal. It apparently reflects
a more crtlcal attitude throughout
the country
Even the president Is no longer
immune from sharp questioning
There are more penetrating queries
and less exchange of jokes than
there used to be. Mr. Roosevelt can
no longer dismiss a question with
repartee. The newspapermen press
him. refusing to be stayed. One
correspondent, in a stew of Inter
rogation .recently addressed the
president as "Mr. Secretary '* He
was so intent on getting Informa
tion that he forgot titles.
The long honeymoon Is definitely
ended. Newspapermen like Mr.
Roosevelt's personality and for a
long time they succumbed to It.
But now they want to know the
answers to those old. old questions
—how and how-come. It's a heal
thy sign.
• » •
Control — Many people hold the
theory that President Roci-evelt is
driving through questionable laws
in full expectation that they will
be upset by the supreme court and
that the result will be an uprising
which will force amendment of the
constitution.
If Roosevelt were safe’y in until
1940 this theory would be more
plausible. The flaw In it is that |
the full force of adverse court de-1
clslons may strike him while he Is I
running for reelection. Then he |
would face the cry that his whole
New Deal is a failure after Incur
ring debts running Into billions.
A more accurate hypothesis Is
that President Roosevelt sincerely
believes his laws are valid — that
he has full confidence lr his lege!
advisers — that he believes the
country wants the reforms he advo
cates and la determined to have
Sally’s Sallies
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'NCrC $0 L£>UD--ffi/NK
n <1UE NEIGHBORS \{^J
Many a man who gets hu back up uke *
camel set* H* a beat.
Summet \weetheatti
' 7 l IB.I ^ B> M»b«i McEfcott # (Q0& N6A Wmg» Uc
iron HEM TOO AY I
KATHARINE STU YK HIRST
AH aad bnaiitai. allawa hr* *a»
tlooa I* !*•» whea ah* aaarriea
MICHAEL HEATH EROK. r*aa«
ridlai tawirartw *ka *a*aaa lata
a title aad ffartaae. Ratharlac'a
father »# r»#h aad ha* altyaeibn
la aaohhlah.
The al«ht faltewtes hla aaae>
Hare Michael la tajared la a trat
he aeeldeat aad arkea he reralaa
eeaariaaa^ea* hla MCMary la laa
aaired He ferret* the aratria**.
KathaHa*. heart-hrahea. helleeea
he haa deaeried her. Sh* f*ea •#
Rear Mrtle* artlh a friend, etart
lat aeeref aaaalaarat preeeadlara
Mraatlaie. __
SALLY MOOR, arha haa aaared
Michael lata a aert af earas*
aieat. aaaatare af hla aaarrlar* t*
Kathariaa aaaite* e'aaa * a
ereddtag. Oarla* a tehea
the eereaaaay tflebael**
retarna. Be acta aR la*aaed»aiely
far Neaa MeHea. Saally arHwta*
■t the la a tehee# MathaHa* I*
Vtayiar. He Sad. KathaHa* tm
■war aa a tea day Malar m»
with art* ffH*ada. the MILLAROS
WOW CO OW WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XU
RflSS DAISY didn't know much
wl about the route tbe Millards
bad taken but undoubtedly Mrs.
Houghton would. If Mr —what
was It. Hcatheroe?—If Mr. Reottae
roe would wait until luncheon Mrs.
Houghton would be back from
Sants Fe and could Bin him the
direction.
“At lenst I ininK sne may uw
to" added Miss Daisy eonaeian
tlou:ty
Michael had lo be content with
that.
M rgarlta showed him to a nar
row room and be washed his bands
and brushed his hair and triad to
control the raging Impatience that
tore at him When he c*me down,
the coo! nalon was empty and he
was left to amuse himself with the
books and the parrot, bupplcr from
hla swinging glaaa perch and Jeer
tng openly at Michael He strolled
out Into the patio. In the shade
of a pepper tree Mina Daisy worked
at her crocheting and gave him a
we! imlng smile.
“The Millards have been ao to
ttreated ;n Miss Katharine." ahe
said chat* fully. “She has real
talent th -y say. And young Mr
Frank has been so charmed with
h*r. She’s lovely we all think."
Michael scowled at the thought
of young Mr Frank whoever he
might be. and Miss Dslay looked
frightened. This handsome vnung
man could be quite tierce Perhaps
-the shouldn’t have raid that, hut It
wa: tm? and ahe meant no harm
And Mif* Vincent had told her ea
pll'itly that Ml*e Firykhurst wa*
no* engaged to anyone
Michael had to wait and make
polite conv -rsation nntll fat Mra
Houghton. In dotted linen with a
Hjg, old-fashioned atraw hat on her
head, arrived.
"Can t tell you a thing about K.
my dear boy" Mrs. Houghton
wheeaed looking brnimly at him
"Why not wait here until they re
turn? We’ll m"ke you comfortable ”
Michael said that she was kind:
he appreciated It a great deal but
bis hufiness was urgent
“Well then after lunch 111 run
you over to the Millard's place."
said his hostess, tiring her dark
eyes on him shrewdly. "They've
a Chinese boy there who’s made the
trip and perhaps he can tell yon
something about the roads. That
is. If you can get anything ont ol
a Chinese boy—*
"I’ve known a lot of 'em," Ml
chael said.
"Oh. really
• • •
remembered of his father.
ftoM /utf 3:u>u
DEAR NOAH-ARE FORCED
CHECKS MADE BY
BLACKSMITHS ?
F. c APKMIKUJU
i»iwciua' onto.
• DEAR NOwCl-DO "r j:ONERS
OKI A TRACK TEAM
•RUSSIAN? c.T.Mftucy
SAN DIEOO.CAUF,
DEAR NOAH^IF A FELLOW
WAS KNOWN AS A MIXER,
IS IT BECAUSE HE
CAN'T REMEMBER NAMES
' OR PACES? cvHRrn uAfiTi
1 _fti-1*.. KAlK»»g
vlOW_IVf1!’. '•IK.i ~ ViTftK•iir7lrM<
hem —and that the campaign of
1936 will vindicate his Judgment,
even If the court should kill off
'«'me of his laws. Then, if elected,
he coud go forward with a move to
amend the constitution to give the
government broader control of eco
nomic and social aflairs.
• • •
Expedient — Grover Cleveland
Rr'rgdnll — the war-draft dodger —
has again made quiet overtures
looking toward a return home His
mother, who lives in Philadelphia,
has engaged lawyers to dfamss the
matter with government officials.
Althorih he has plenty of money.
Bergtioll is unhr.npy in his German
Exile. Like “the man without a
country.** he wants to come back.
According to ids legal representa
tives he is willing to serve — per
hans a year — of the five-year
sentence which an army court-mar
tial doled out to him. He wants to
look the flag and his friends in the
face again.
Although negotiations are still In
a tentative stage. the earlier bit
terness toward Berpicll has disap
peared in some hi^h ' ircles. But
It may not be politically expedient
to accept his offer at this time.
• • •
Parties — Washington is a social
as well as a political capital. Un
til you understand the symnathet
ic connection between drawing
rooms and legislative chambers, you
miss the meaning of many major
maneuvers on can.tol hill.
Superficial observers credit cer
tain democratic “Young Turks’*
with the move to heck Huey Long’a
ttredea. Th-y the u; r!r
“IleatboroeT" mused Mrs. Boagb
too. “There waa a Francis Heath*
roe at Boa Diego about 1*0»
Charmin' tallo. Knew him wall
Good family *
“Thai was my father," Michael
told her.
"Not really T" Mr* Bough too
beamed. “How vary Interestin'!"
The man fairly ached to be oo
bis way. but there was no hurrying
this eapabls woman with tbs no
sored air and the twinkling eyee
Beside* be urns more or Mae at
her mercy. If she ebose to drive
him to the Millard ranch to Inter
rogate their Chinese boy. be might
feel himself very tacky But be
mast not bt discourteous enough to
urge her to forego luncheon.
80 they lunched In the long, eool
room open on two sides Michael
scarcely knew what be at* While
Mine Daisy and Mias Roxana
pecked daintily at their salads Mr*
Hough too took two helpings of
everything, drank grunt cups of
tea. and leaned back In her chair
for a clraget Michael could have
cheerfully killed her
No one went out In the beat of
mid-day here If be could possibly
help It: be knew that But the In
treptd Mr* Houghton put on the
monstrous old straw bat again and
while Miss Daisy and Miss Roxana
went delicately sway to enjoy
siestas, she and Michael Heatheroe
climbed Into the roadster and took
the road that led to the Millard
place
“This Is really very kind of you "
Michael aaid with some compose
tion.
“Not at all." wbecved Mrs
Houghton. “Was young msell
once."
The Chinese boy bad been asleep
and came drowsily to the door at
their summon*
Yes. bs knew the way. But be
could not leave the placu. He waa
In charga
"We know thst. Li." said Mrs
Houghton patiently. “The gentle
man only wants you to tell him
how to go."
• • •
yfICVw.FTL had a map In hi*
, *** pocket end the boy. with meny
nod* and profound bead shaking,
finally agreed on a route.
“Ton did that very well." eald
the woman admiringly to Michael
as they left *1 can never get a
sensible word out of him Not that
I'm at all certain the road Is right.
Theyll admit anything Hut to be
agreeable. 1 do think yon*re be
ing rather foolish. They'll be back
day after tomorrow la any eaae *
Michael shook bis bead stub
bornly. Walt here for KetharlneT
He couldn't live through another
day. not knowing how be stood
with her.
They found a ear for him Mar
garlta’s brother had an ancient
sedan which wonld go. Mtchae*
knew the make of car He had
driven It before. He started out
In the full blase of mid afternoon
with his stout mentor waving to
j him from the courtyard.
"Wild goose chase. Margarita."
murmured Mra. Hongbton. sinking
into a basket chair and fanning
herself vigorously. "Rut that's
what it Is to be young, my dear
Rring me some limeade—there ■ a
good girl"
Many times during that after
noon did Michael stop in order to
let the Miming engine cool off
slightly. He raged at the delay,
hut there was oo helping matters
When night fell be kept on.
1 Toward morning be rested a IM
ing to the senators’ distaste for the
Louisianan's political philosophy
But the members who stopped the
Klngfish are four men who like to
dint? and dance several evenings a
week — Messrs. McAdoo, McKei
lar, Tydlngs and Black. They arc
much m demand, as society editors j
say.
Time and again they have had
dinner engagements only to hear
Pat Harrison announce that the
senate would sit all night, if neces
sary., to wear down Mr. Long and
jia&s the pending bill. When they
had phoned regrets to their host
esses, Mr. Harrison would compro
mise on an 8.30 p. m. adjournment
and a vote the next day. This sort
of thing killed their evenings out.
So their slogan in their fight on
Huey is bigger and better dinner
parties.”
• • •
Notes — An extra lot of lawmak
ing will be done this year by senate
and house conferees "in a smoke
filled room” . . . Astonishing Jokers
sometimes turn up in laws, put
there In conference . . . Adjourn
ment by July 15 or 20 Is In sight
. . . Senators are not filibustering
to sustain the constitution — Just
letting things slide . . . Extra taxa
tion may furnish belated fireworks
... "The more unconstitutional
legislation the better," say some
loes of FDR.
ONE MINUTE PULPIT
The words of a wise man’s mouth
are gracious; but the lips of a fool
will swallow up himself.—Ecclesias
tes 10:12.
Todays
Almanac:
Jun<g2f»e.h
1*07 Afapoleon and
Czar oT Russia
confer at Tilsit*
1857-Charles T. YerW*
American capitalist
who endowed the
Yerkes observatory
born*
KttThns dedared
under martial law*
18b* (ingress insti«|
tie to e to lx freak for tne new
day As yet be bad aot passed a
single car. The Millar* did aot
travel at aigbt lira Boaghtoa bad
•amred him sa be was certain not
to loac them Urns By *y be would
have to ba abnormally alert to
scrutinise every vebtel# which
pmil bias A toeiiut eer It was
that Katharine was traveling In:
a large gray touring cur with green
wheals.
Michael drank some of the coffee
and ate e tew of the sandwiches
Margarita had prepared He might
have to go all the way to tbs
mountains In the event the Mil
lards had delayed their start. He
most be ready for that. His eye#
were btarred from searching th*
horizon. 3uce tome Mezlcan#
paaeed him In a rickety chariot
And there was e shabby ear with
a California license, with some be
draggled children tn the heck east
and n shirt lees looking couple In
front. Typical drifters
e e e
| ONO pest boob be came In sight
of three or four dots on th*
desert floor straight ahead and hi#
heart leaped But he reminded
himself that It was Idiotic to sup
pose that every sign of life he sa«
meant Katharine’s party
Besides as he drew nearer, h*
could sac that the dots were tta
tionary There was a car. hut It
was not moving And there wa#
a tent No seasoned traveler#
pitched camp tn the desert during
the day
But the car was a gray tourins
car with green wheels Michael
drew up with a screech of brakes
A middle-aged woman In eamt
clothes with signs of agitation In
her face, came around the corner
of the car and stared at him
"Is this Mr Millard’s camp?"
“It la!" Amazement tn her voice
“Is Miss Strykhurst here?"
"Mira Strykhurst la— Hilda com*
hers!" called Evelyn Vincent Mi
chael paled. What mystery wa#
this?
A blond woman of 40 with her
hair In the wildest disorder, her
smart riding breeches torn and
stained, appeared from the shadow
of the ear.
"We're nearly distractedshe
began volnbly. "Katharine must
have wandered off while we slept
My hnsband and hts brother have
looked aad looked. It teems hope
Michael said sharply. "Lost?
Since when?" No one bothered to
aak who he was or why be war
there. They told him all they knew
Katharine had been gone since
son tip. Frank and Dirk bad wan
dered about calling—
"My God.” Michael struck hit
hands together It be had onh
started sooner this drtedfnl thing
would not have happened. Ht
thought, in an agony, of his hour
at luncheon on the day before, ot
the enforced waits daring the af
ternoon as the engine cooled.
"Good God!" be repeated. "We
must do something A plane—!*
"That’* what I aald." Mias Vlo
cent began, "bat Frank wouldn't
consent to going off with the car
He said she might come back ax»o
would think she'd been deserted—'
"Poor child. I hate to say It but
I'm very much afraid we shan't aae
her again." said Hilda Millard. She
began hopelessly to cry.
Mlchaol shook her arm. "Where
can 1 get a planeF be asked harsh
ly. "1 most find one at ones.”
(To So Ceetlaaed)
Flashes
-Of
Life
(By The Aiwoctated Press)
Banter* Keep Oat
NEW YORK —Frank Canora and
hu son, James, who came here
from Italy four months ago. have
learned to their sorrow that hunt
ing birds in Central Park just
Isn't done.
Hungry for pigeon potpie, they
went into the park for some pig
eons. James used a slingshot
with deadly accuracy, and when a
policeman came on them they had
four birds in their game bag—a
burlap sack.
They pleaded guilty to violating
state conservation laws and a
city park ordinance and were held
for sentence Saturday.
They said they didn't know you
couldn't try your luck with the
birds in Central Park.
Homework
ST. LOUIS— Ramond Duncan,
teacher at the Granite City, 111.
high school. was busy at his
"homework" Tuesday.
Duncan attended an extra
curricular session in City Judge
George O. Vest's court, where he
pleaded guilty of speeding
Peering down over horn-rim
med glasses, the judge said. MI
fine you $10. The fine will be
stayed If you return here July 1
with a thousand-word essay on
‘safety'.”
Time Stands Still
RAl£IOH. N. C—Without
stealing anything on father time.
Luther Sherlln, 47-year-old ce
ment worker, haa completed serv
ing thirteen 30-day prison term*
In a 12-month period.
Sherlln accomplished the feat by
getting a few days off each sen
tence for good behavior, but each
time he was released he managed
to get locked up again right away.
Earh time the charge was Intoxi
cation.
Ctrrasi Stuff
DALLAS —Patrolman L M Mc
ktnney found the going hard, the
stopping soft.
Thrown from his motorcycle
when it collided with a truck, the
officer landed on a mattress being
hauled In the vehicle.
McKinney motorcycle, mattress
rrl r*.' cr?*r‘3 t*\***ry
5^4r.Jari* i )
A reader can get the answer ter
acj question of fact oy writing The
Brownsville Herald Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director,
Washington. D C. Pleasa enclose
three (Si cents for reply.
Q How many Coast Guard ewt
Im are there? S. B.
A There are 37 cruising cutters,
56 harbor craft, 4 special ormft, if
165-foot patrol boats. 33 115-foot
Ktro] boats. 11 100-foot patrol
kts. 6 78-foot patrol boats. 56 75
foot patrol boats, and 34 miscella
neous patrol boats. Thera are 7
cruising cutters under construction.
Those length overall will be 337
feet, beam 41 feet, draft 13 feet 3
irches. displacement 3000 tons,
■eared turbine drive.
. • • •
Q. Please give the name of an
early publisher of dime novels In
this country. A. F.
A The principal publisher of
dime novels was Erastus F Beadle
who issued the first In 1860.
• • •
Q What is a teredo? W LA.
A Teredo Is a shipworm. one of
certain peculiar marine moiluska
belonging to the same class as tha
oyster which burrow in submerged
mood and are very destructive to
piles of wharves and to wooden
ships. Their body Is long and worm
like because of the greater develop
ment of the united siohons which
are protected by a calcareous tube,
the valves of the shell and the foot
being very small Two small cal
careous plates, known as pallets,
are borne on the siphons. The beet
known and most destructive species
Is Teredo navalis. found In most
parts of the world.
• • •
Q When • recipe calls for a
“pinch" of material, hoar much b
meant? L. S.
A. A '•pinch" of material in cook
ing is generally about one-eighth
of a fceaspoo.i or less.
• mm
Q. Please give some Information
shoot the earliest rirrnit riders in
the United States. L. F.
A. Francis Asbury. a follower of
John Wesley, inaugurated the cus
tom in the United States in No
vember. 1771. and for forty-fiv*
years traveled on horseback at the
rate of 500'* miles a year, preach
ing twl^e a dav on week da vs and
three times on Sunday. Eich cir
cuit was under the supervls on of
Wesleyan conference preacher Th*
salary was $04 a year until lS'M),
when it was raised to 180 a year,
with the home furnished by the
circuit.
• • •
Q Please give the origin and
meaning of the word chlr. M. B.
A Chic, in French artistic slang,
b the quality of facile but super
ficial brilliance in a work of art,
cr an effect produced by imagina
tion with reference to a model. In
Its general sense it con not* smart
ness in dress The use of the word
In France dates from the reign of
louts VTX when It denoted a law
yer who was master of chicane or
legal trickery.
• • •
Q. How long did Stephen Decatur
live in the famous Decatur Hous*
in Washington. D. C.? W. O.
A This was the first privat*
residence built facing Ijifavett*
Square It was designed by Latrob*
and built in 1819 for Com mod or*
Stephen Decatur. His Occuoancy
was short as he died in the library
of his home a few hours after he
ha< been shot by Captain James
Barron in a duel, March 22. 1820.
Many famous Americans occupied
the house. After the Civil War. it
was purchased by General Edward
Fitagerald, in whose family It still
remains.
• • •
Q. Does hair grow faster in tho
winter or in the summer? 8. T
A. It grows faster in summer than
in winter, and faster by day than by
night.
• • •
Q. Are children in Great Britain
restricted from attending certain
movies? W. B.
A. The British Board of Film Cen- ,
sor» divides ail pictures Into
categories those suitable for uni
versal distribution are labeled U
films, and those suitable for adult
audiences are called A films. When
nn A film is being shewn, no person
under 10 is admitted unless nrconl
panied by parent* or guardian.
• • o
Q. What la edema of the brain?
I. W. F.
A Thnre are two forms of edema*
cr swellirg of the brain: Edema ex
vacuo, an increase of fluid In a
cavity with urv.wlaing walls, such
a« the skull when part of the con
tents has become atrophied, as
through an iniary: and inflamma
tory edema, an aVut’ve inflamma
tion of the br- n marked by lym
pbet.c stagnarior .• enaction.
• • •
Q. Hew may one design stamps for
the Government? R. S.
A. All postage stamps are design
ed. engraved, and printed at the Bu
reau cf Engraving and Printing.
Treasury Department All artlsta
and other persons having to do with
the preparation of postage stamps
are regularly employed by the Gov
ernment.
A TIMELY BOOKLET
I OR Jl'LY 4
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Fourth of July. Do you know the full
significance of Independence Day?
A timely Brownsville Herald service
booklet tells all about the momentous
events which resulted m the Declara
tion of Independence, and the Con
stitution of the United States
The complete texts of these immor
tal documents are printed from offi
cial copies in Washington, together
with the text of the Articles of Con
federation
Interesting facts about the documents
themselves, and about the men who
wrote them, signed them, and then de
fended them with their Urea and for
tunes .
Bend for this useful sendee booklet
today so that you will have tt in ample
time for the Fourth-of-July Enclose
ten cents to cover coat, handling, and
postage.
USE THIS COUPON
The Brownsville Herald
Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Raskin, Director.
Washington. D C.
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