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Friday, July 19, 1935
The Valley Mid-Winter Fair
Things do not Just "happen", and for that reason
it is not as out of place as might seem at first glance,
to talk in the middle of July about the annual-mid
winter fair of the Valley, tentative dates for which
have been set for November 27 through December 2.
Por reasons absolutely beyond the control of any
body, the 1934 edition of the Valley Fair was not up
to the high standard set for this institution in pre
vious years, and in 1933 the fair was not held at all.
When the 1935 fair opens, the Falrpark auditorium
will have been repaired, and the stage will be set for
a glorious exposition of the advantages of the Rio
Grande Valley, a show of the products and indus
tries of the section.
But things do not just "happen", and if the Val
ley Fair of 1935 Is to be what all want it to be, action
must be started In the sultry days of July for the
realities of November and December.
It is pleasing to note that Manager A. L. Brooks has
•et the ball rolling. Mr. Brooks has high and ambi
tious plans for the 1935 fair, ambitions and plans
which neither Mr. Brooks nor the city of Harlingen
can possibly carry out single-handed.
The days of the "Harlingen Fair" are over. It Is
the "Valley Fair" In name and should be the Valley
Fair in reality.
The Brownsville Herald earnestly hopes that every'
•Ingle community in the Valley will get in the har
ness and start pulling hard to make the fair the
outstanding event of Its kind in Texas.
It can be done.
Port Celebration
Business firms of Port Isabel are planning to close
lor the day on July 30. when the Valley will cele
brate the advent of deep water transportation. Mayor
George Scanlan has issued a proclamation declaring
the day a holiday in fact, and few residents of Port
Isabel would deny the behest.
San Benito business firms will likely follow suit
and the residents of the Resaca City move en masse
to Port Isabel.
For let It not be forgotten, the while Port Isabel
is In the headlines, that San Benito is helping in
substantial measure to pay the bill for the Port
Isabel port. San Benito citizens are residents of the
Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation district. They
voted almost unanimously to bond themselves to
the tune of a half million dollars to pay for the port.
Theirs indeed is the right to a place in the front
nftk alongside of Port Isabel in the celebration In
which the entire Valley will Join.
Testing Dairy Herds
Under the supervision of the Cameron County
Health Unit tests are being made of dairy herds in
the county to determine whether or not the cows con
cerned are afflicted with undulent or Malta fever.
The tests are free to the herd owners, who are
»sked. however, to furnish a certain amount of labor
in connection.
Should a cow be found to be infected, the govern
ment buys the animal, paying $25 for ordinary stock
and ISO for highly bred animals. Soma salvage from
the carcass is also available.
Por the sake of the health of the county it is to be
hoped that all dairymen will secure the test for their
herds.
Doctors Hit Popular
Dread of Epilepsy
By OR. MORRIS PI SHUBIN
Editor. Joaraai sf the American Medical Association,
and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine
Since the dawn of modern medicine, doctors have
talked about epilepsy, or the falling sickness, as though
it were one of the most terrible calamities that could
befall a person. In fact, the term has come to breed
a fear in the public mind that equals the feeling to
word concer.
Many people believe that the condition is hopeless;
that persons who have It are never cured; that the
convulsions gradually become more and more fre
quent. and that eventually the patient loses his san
ity. or dies.
To most people epilepsy is a condition which causes
the sufferer to fall suddenly in convulsions when at
work or in school or at a public gathering.
Leaders of medicine today protest against such
prevalent notions, because many ot them have very
little foundation In fact. When wrong Ideas about
epilepsy are perpetuated, they say. the condition be
comes more difficult, not only for the person con
cerned. but for those trying to help him.
# • •
•
One of the difficulties lies in the fact that the term
epilepsy is applied indiscriminately to all sorts of con
vulsive disorders in which only a small portion rep
resent that type which cannot be benefited by good
medical care.
A great deal has been written to show that epilepsy
is directly transmitted to the next generation, so
that many people have hesitated to marry or to have
children because of their fears. Nevertheless, there are
plenty of figures to prove that people In whose ances
try there are epileptics marry and have children who
do not show any ill effects.
The majority of specialists in nervous and mental
diseases do not consider epilepsy a bar to marriage
or to having children unless both parents are known
to be epileptic and the condition is well established.
• • •
Many of the leading specialists In this field are
; convinced that the word epilepsy ought to be dis
carded.
Sometimes convulsions are caused by infections
which are readily controllable; sometimes they are
associated with changes in the Mood vessels In the
brain; occasionally they are due to the growth of
tumors in the nervous system. There are instances
in which accidents will bring about these convulsions
snd in which the right method of treatment will lead
to cure. *
It is wrong to mark the victim of such condition per
manently as one who shall be a ward of the state.
What actually Is needed Is more and more scientific
research Into causes of epilepsy, and more and more
study as to the available methods of relief.
If there is anything that enrages me it is the know
ledge that men of my own profession, who ought to
hold Its standards high, see fit Instead to degrade
them, to debauch them, to sell ther. and. selling them,
sell America at the same time. — Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings.
If there Is a word which has been ridden to death
today, It is the word “plan.” I have seen nothing of
planning by any foreign country which would lead me
to to think It is a universal panacea. — Prime Min
ister Stanley Baldwin.
We hear of the “nine old men” who run the coun
try. What a terrible aspersion that Is on nine erudite,
great men. learned In the law, who protect the Con
stitution against any one — nine men whom we should
thank God for having. -* Senator Harry Moore, New
Jersey.
Parole today is becoming one of the major menaces
of America. — J. Edgar Hoover, head of G men.
Real ladies never take their positions too seriously.
Only phonies do that. — Elsa Maxwell, American
writer. .
It Is foolish to talk about capital punishment as
the state “taking vengeance,” when it resorts to Ju
dicial surgery to get rid of such a cancerous growth on
the social body. — Dr. Joseph A. Vance of Detroit.
You n.ust have happiness in married life. The
mother should be like a beloved queen. — Mrs. Joseph
Aloysius Lyons, wife of Australian premier.
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Behind the
News
Capital and world gossip, events
and personalities, in and out o»
tha nawa, wrltian by a group at
rear lees and tnformsd newspaper
men of Washington and New York.
This column la published by The
Herald aa a news faaturt Opinions
eipteeaad are those of the writers as
individuals and should not be in
terpreted aa reflecting tha editorial
policy of this newspaper.
WASHINGTON
By Ray Tucker
Sales /you can segregate the raw
spots in the world by checking ship
ments of war material which the
United States has made in recent
months. Army and navy intelligence
experts read these reports more eag
erly than they do the most thrilling
fiction.
Japan is the largest purchaser of
such military prducts as raw cot
ton. scrap iron and steel, autos and
trucks, copper. Germany; France
and Italy are loading up with the
same materials, though not so plen
tifully as Nippon. China bought $2,
000.000 worth c< the $5.000 000 total
of aircraft sold during the first six
months of this year.
Backward Ethiopia Is also In the
market. During the first three
months of this year net a cent's
worth of machine guns, heavy ordin
ance and carriages were shipped to
that section of the world. But in the
last three months Turkey and “other
Asia" has bought mere then $300 -
000 worth. Most of it eventually
landed In Ethiopia.
• • •
Cheeked—These purchases are
symptomatic of alarm* rather than
alarming, however. The war mater
ials bought In this country since Jan
ttarv 1 do not total more than $100,
000 000.
The Johnson Act barring loans or
credit to nations which hive not
paid their war debts in responsible.
Both Italy and France have put out
feelers at New York and Washing
ton. trying to discover whether the
eovement means to enforce this sta
tute. Germany has also sought to set
around Its provisions. But Secretary
Hull ha* been obdurate.
Even If he would he cannot af
ford to grant ariv favors or ex‘,mn
tlons. Senators like Nve and C’a-k
ere watching exports of military
goods a* closely as our war-and
navy tactic! ins They want no rep
etition of 1917-1919 Their prelim
inary inquiry of fin'ncisl trans
action* In their mtiniti'-n* tnoidrv
convinces them' that the flag follows
foreign investments.
• • •
Odd—Melvin Purvi« did not de
serve all the romn1im*n4s shower
ed upon him for his part In killln®
John Dillineer. All the ex-O man at
Chicago did was to arrange a fed
eral ambush after Indiana p'l'<*e
tipped him off to the gun-mans
hiblts. As happened In the Lind
bergh. Machine Oun Kelly and Wev
erhauser kidnappings the f*1era!s
took credit for the exploits of local
and state police.
Nevertheless Purvis* sudden and
mysterious resignation has provok
i ed curiosity on C'.pitol Hill. Sena
tors are beginning to wonder why
G-men resign or are forced out •«
soon as their achievements win them
the acclaim of newspaper corres
pondents and the public. Mr. Purvis
is only one of scores to quit under
smilar circumstances. When they be
come famous they get out under pec
uliar conditions.
The oddest part is that most o*
these ex-G-men turn up in other
governmental departments as A-l
sleuths. Louis Glnvis. crack detec
tive chief -f the interior Department
lias hired a score of them.
• • •
Publicity—The Patman investiga
tion of the chain store lobby illus
trates how easy it is to start such
an inquiry.
When chain store intere«fs oper“rf
h Washington of rice St. I/auis whole
alers complained to their repreaen
‘ative. Rro. John J. Coch-an. H'
was ill and knew ncthlng about the
nntter. E-it he wired Fr erd P 4
man to look into the subject and Mr.
Patman, who dotes on heidlinaa. in
troduced a resolution calling for an
Investigation. %
No it turns out that Mr Patman
Is working hand-and-e’ove with in
dependent grocers and wholesalers
Only recently he tried to find a pub
licity agent for them in their fight
on the chains. Despite this sort of
stirt, the bitter feeling against chain
stores and banks mav bard the Te
as member a real springboard onto
the front pages if he works at it.
• ft *
8hlft — The Virgin Islands row
may resuit in a revolutionary re
imping of our policy in dealing
with our overseas possesions—Porto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Philip
pines, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, etc.
Civilian governors have rarely
shown much aptitude for shoulder-1
iiig the ‘ white man s burden." But
we have placed our possessions in
charge of men in mufti so as to
R'oid accusations that we sought
empire in the crude, old-fashioned
way. President Roosevelt carried
this policy to an extreme when he
vested authority over these charges
in the interior Department. He
placed in command Ernest Omen
ing. a high-minded, idealistic editor.1
It hasn’t worked so far. Congres
sional investigators believed that
army or navy men are best fitted
ior bossing our wards. They are
Practical rather than theoretical.
So don’t be surprised if Mr. Roose
velt abandons his experiment in
civilian rule of our so-called domi
nions. |
• • •
Analysis—-Uncle Dan Roper has
sliown more interest In politics than
in the business of his department
*irce he took office. But hard
working subordinates have worked
at their trade in their downstairs
rooms and have Just turned out a
remarkable survey of consumers’
purchasing power and trends.
It tells what various classes of
consumers buy in homes, autos
fuel, lighting, refrigeration. It shows
what groups of people are short of
certain kinds of these goods. It
reveals what type of people buy ex
pensive appliances and what prefer
cheaper varieties, m short, It is a
cocumented index for manufactur
ers’ salesmen and advertisers. It
saves them the hours they used to
spend in ascertaining who could
afford telephones and automobiles
—the usual method of classifying
purchasing power.
So far only three cities have been
canvassed. Austin. Tex.. Fargo. N.
and Portland. lfts. Dm studies
b«N<l wdt 4e ere ■ m
fecit*** (Mb |M< l*rtL *a* «fe
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•Met fete «*the* -****• rrM
HOW CO on WITH THJB UTOSI
CHAPTER X
10*8 doubt was quickly forgotten
** when the green roadster topped
a gentle rise In ike road and she
saw below ber the broad and
breath lean beauty af Creel Lake. It
was so wide that the opposite
shore was almost obscured by the
mists ot an early dnsk. and It
stretched to either side of the
smooth dealing below, disappear
Utg beyond the thick green of the
trees. Unconsciously Douglas Marsh
baited the car to get a moment's
rlew.
-Oh." cried Jo la delight. “ICu
tt*s beautiful!”
It was not }nst as die remem
bered It from the summer motor
trip with her parents, tor below
ber the treee and stumps bad been
cleared to make a wide clearing
wbick wa* carpeted now with
clipped gram 8he saw the corner
of a tennis court, and. beyond K.
a golf green that edged along n
small neck of the lake. Marsh al
lowed the car to coast slowly down
the hill now and la a moment Jo
taw the new Crest Lake Inn. a
nogs and rambling structure of
logs and shingle roof with unbe
ileeably wide windows and a »e
rands on the lake side.
“Perhaps," said Marsh dubiously
"1 should bars left the spot alone
It's always dangerous to try to lm
prove on oat are."
Jo shook her head. *1 think lt‘e
wonderful."
What Marsh had dona he bad
done with taflntte taste The Inn
seemed to belong to its setting
lulte as moth as the lake Itself
md there was nothing gaudy or
tarring to mar the natural charm
of tbs place.
"The cottages are beyond the
low." Marsh said **W'e can t sec ]
them from here, fhe %nn la even
larger than It tonka Mother and i
i have our rooms there and I've re
served a suite for voo which over
looks the lake I think yon li And
It very plearent."
"I’m aura oi It,” breathed J&
• • •
A S they drew nearer to the clear
** tng she saw the boat bouse, th
long low dork whirh ran out t» a
safe depth for even a deep keeled
sail hoot which wit moored alone
side When the car rolled Into the
wider graveled road two men tr
slacks and sweaters waved at
March from the golf course.
“Char-la Gunder and Todd Bar
ston.’' be explained to Jo, return
log the pairs greeting "Gunder
bolds moat of the stock la Lytsen t
where you say yoa bankrupted me
yesterday and Barium a the avia
Marsh mdd, "Putdom mo, be from PcU
tor. Toe know, foog-dManee rec
ords end ell that business."
Jo laughed. T’ve seen his pic
ture In the advertisements, endors
ing e dgarec"
“Well." Marsh replied. Joining
her laughter, “ho can’t be flying
all the time!"
As they drew alongside tbs hags
wooden steps ot the Inn two white
coated Japanese boys appeared as
citedly and began groping tor the
luggage In the ramble seat.
Til tell yoe now about these
boys," Marsh whispered, “because
yon will have to direct them oeea
-tonally We have els at the Inn
three on a shift—and Inst to stm
pllfy matters I eall each set of
three Tom. Dick and Harry That's
Harry taking your bag ep the
taps, and this- hello. Tom!"
"Moral n Mlsta Marsh." aald
Tom grinning.
“Have yon Miss Darien's rooms
ready. Tom*"
“Yi ’-ah. yls«ah * said Tom open
trig the roadster door for Jo to
-flight.
Jo could not repress a gasp of
delight at the great lobby of the
Inn. Its expanre of gleaming floor
was dotted with thick bear rags
and at one end a fireplace was
throwing out a cheery blase. 4c
reflected amusedly that tbs Inn's
fireplace was as large aa the apart
men» she d taken at the Pendalel
Tb* place Is s bit deserted as
yet." Marsh told her *Ttiey’ll be
gin to drift In nest week. 1
imagine." He led ber to the desk
where a young man waited suiti
ng. "Miss Darien." the owner of
•he Inn wont on. “tilts Is Mr Pea
ton who's nt the du»k In the day
time."
I "How do yoe do. Miss Darien."
Peotow mML If there’s anything
I can do to make yoer stay more
r I nan in be sere to let me know."
o o o
VJ7HBN she and Marsh were re
" turning aeroea the lobby Jo
smiled and said In a low tooe. To
afraid yoe haven't told your etn
ployee that I only work here too
Mr. Penton makes me feel like a
Then I shall have to reprimand
him." Marsh said, “because I want
yoa to feel not like a guest, but as
if this were your own place. Sen
ousty. I’ve told them all that you
were coming—and that they were
to do anything yoe suggested. You
see, you’ve the most responsible
lob of all to see that the geests
are made to feel st home* He
smiled down at her. "You'll bare
no difficulty with the men. I'm
sore."
He was Interrupted by one of
the Japanese boys hurrying toward
him with a penciled oote This
was telephoned from the station
Misiab Marsh. They send the wire
by the next bus maiL*
Marsh nodded "Pardon me Jo
1 think thle may be from Pete
Rragonet ..." He glanced at
•be abort transcription of the tele
srrans Tee. It’e from Fragooei
The etudlo baa given him rime
time off. and bell be bere wirb htr
wife next week." He shoved tb*
note Into his pocket "Now lei mr
take you to your rooms I dldn t
have an elevator put In" be
laughed. "After all people should
have exercise on their vacations -
and M’s only one flight
‘Most of the people wbo will b*
here." be continued, starting for
the stairway "are slender and
young enough not to mind ton
much Ton m this isn't Just aa
Ion Ths quests will com* by »»•
▼nation sad ths majority nrh
friends of mine Of coorsa. If tbsT
wish to bring otbon 1 don't mind.
And I suppose If someone asked M
come 1 wouldn’t ref non* He
leached gaily. *1 think It will bn
• lot of fne myself-bet Mother's
▼try dubious about It although ehn
likes the place.*
*Wtoeo will 1 meet your motherT*
Jo asked with trepidation.
He glanced at his watch. TonH
bare time for a tub before dinner.
Suppose we three bare dinner to
get her? Ill meet you downstairs
-but first 1 wont to aee If yon lihn
your rooms"
Jo did like her room*. She liked
them tremendously, and aba
coaid imagine they would be twloa
u attractive in broad daylight
when the ran streamed la on tba
gay earpet and tbe cblnts curtains
There was a fair sited sitting
room furnished with comfort and
dignity; a small bedroom; and a
shower and bath There wae #▼•*>
on tbe desk a row of new and
brightly Jacketed modern novels!
"1 never saw such a charming
room." Jo told Marsh, bar eyee
taking tt In delightedly.
"I'm glad yoa like them." Marsh
answered He seemed genuinely
pleased at her delight "1 dont
want yon to feel you have any sag
hours here Jo If some morning
yon feel like staying tn bed until
noon, then by all means stay in bed
entll noon Too can play teonl*
or go bathing or dance or—well,
anything yon like— because you’ll
have to be tbe feminine touch In
the management I'm lust a mere
male, and of course I can't expect
Mother to go la for these things.*
Jo laughed. "It doesn't sound
like a Job at all Mr Marsh I'm
afraid when summer is over It! be
eo spoiled 1 won’t even be able to
find a Job that suits me!"
"Ton shouldn’t worry shoot that
now. Jo. Besides It'a very alee
here In the fall, and I might de
cide to keep the place open untfl
tbe end of October." He started far
tbe door. "See you at dinner
tbenr
Jo nodded, and when ha bad
gone she stood In the center of the
room for several minute* gating
unbelievingly at the smooth laka
beyond the windows An odd dona
tion was troubling her Why vaunt
she qntte happy with all this? Whf
shouldn’t she be really deitgbtad
with a Job that paid to well, that
meant no much to her, and vn
hardly anything hot play? Was tt
—was It because of Bret?
Since last* night she had pad
Bret Paul out of her mind as wed
as she might; but occasionally tha
memory of him standing thera. ac
cusingly would pass acroee bar
brain In a troubled wave After
all could she blame Bret Paul far
thinking as he did? Bret had
known work all his life had known
•hat too had to pay for whatever
you got In this world and boar
could be understand this good for
tune that bad come to her? And
surely he wouldn't ne lealoaa of
Marsh unless he loved her
As she undressed for the «hoamr
he wondered vaguely if toeing
Bret could he what she must pay
for an Idyllic summer at Creak
I .aka Yet there was pride enough
in her to tell her that If Bret didn't
believe In her. then he didn't d»
serve her.
Her thoughts were interrupted
by a sudden knocking a! her door,
and the voice of one of the Jap
anese boys spying. ‘Miss Dar yen?
Misses Marsh say dinner la In Ova
minute* She say she want to baa*
iinner earlier tonight."
> o Ik- Continued)
will eventually be extended to sixty
one cities. But the investigators
have discovered that the same ten
dencies hold true for va:k>us groups.
The people earning $1 ooo or $o. 00
o> $10,000 a year in Austin don't
differ In their sales resistance or
weakness from tbpse in Portland at
the other end of the con tie nU
• • •
Sanctions — There Is reason to
believe that the British ambassador
sounded out Secretary Hull as to
whether the United States would
"go akmg” In case economic sanc
tions should be invoked against
Italy according to the terms of the
League of Nations covenant. Hie
answer is No.
Prime Minister Baldwin stated
some time ago that he would never
dream of taking such action unless
the United States should concur.
The United States has held since
Wilson’s administraton that con
currence in applying economic
sanctions would be equivalent to
jelning allies against a nation going
to war—in effect it would be mak
u.g war, and would result in war
if the nation thus singled out
should care to make it an issue.
President Roosevelt has said that
"The League of Nations is not the
cne we had in mind in
time.*
• • •
Notes — The National Resources
Board, which had a plan for spend
ing $500,000,000 a year, has folded
up_Politicians are on the look
out for a meeting between Jim
Parley and Upton Sinclair, who
controls California’s democratic
committee... Secretary Ickes says
the slum - clearance program is
ciamped by the federal court deci
sion. but not killed...Senator Wag
ner’s bill to confine lobbying to
lr.wvers has been pigeonholed ....
Most of the legislating fast now in
cor<"**s is done in conference.
c □
Minnesota doctor shows that
while all asthma sufferers wheeze,
all wheexes do not reveal asthma.
Some of thou we’ve heard on the
radio suggest an acute attack of
plagiarism.
• • •
New York police head tells his
men they’re salesmen and “must
sell the city to the visitor." As hot
prospects how about those already
» deeds to the Brooklyn
P-Fr.l.rU 1 HaakT*
A reader can get the answer to
any question of fact by writing The
Brownsville Herald Information Bu
reau, Frederic J. H ask In. Director.
Washington. D. C. Please enclose
three (3) cents for reply.
Q. Is it nicotine in cigarette* which
stains the fingers? W. P.
A. The brown stain on fingers or
teeth is tar.
• • •
|
Q. Please define a holding com
pany? C. P. J. |
A. Commissioner Walter M. W
Splawn, special counsel to the Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign,
Commerce, during the holding-com
pany inquiries, defined the holding
company as follows: “The holding
company may be defined as any
company which, by virtue of its
ownership of securities, is in a posi
tion to control or substantially in
fluence the management of one or
more other companies; that is, a
holding company is different from a
^Today’s
Almanac:
JuK>9^
1T79- West Point, on.
the Hudson, fortified
lilfl'Missouri
adopts a state con
Stitution*
m%First Womans
'R.idViU Contention
{rcWnerfea held*
194§eX\»ntrbdderL
males issue call
for a Mensl^i^ts
ConvpnKon.
mere Investment company. An In
vestment company buys securities
as an investor would do and without
any purpose of determining the pol
icy of the management. But when
a company by virtue of its owner
ship of securities is In a position
to control or substantially to influ
ence the management of another
company it is properly classified as
a holding company.”
• to •
Q. What to Stepin Fetehlt’s real
name? How old to he? R. C.
A. Lincoln Theodore Perry. He is
33 years old.
• • •
Q How fast ean robins fly? H. W.
A. Miss Phoebe Knappen of the
Biological Survey says that robins
paced by automobiles have shown
sped up to thirty-two miles ah hour
for short distances. When these
birds migrate they probably do not
travel over thirty miles per day on
account of stopping to feed.
• • •
Q. Why b the word, arms, so of
ten applied to hoteb and Inns? B. E.
A. The Inn sign was taken or imi
tated from that displayed on the
houses of noblemen and prelates.
Inns frequently had as their sign
the coat-of-arms of some person of
importance in the vicinity. It is
in this connection that the word
“arms” came to be used in the name
of inns. The reference is to the
coat-of-arms.
• • •
Q. How long should dinner be kept
waiting because a guest has failed to
arrive? D. T.
A. Twenty minutes is all that for
mality requires. A hostess must then
use her Judgment. The kind of food
to be served, the importance of the
tardy guest and of the ones assem
bled would have to be considered.
• • •
Q. Where b the lowest point In
West Virginia? L. H.
A. At Harpers Perry, 260 feet
above sea level.
• • •
Q. Please give a short history of
sagar cane culture In thb country.
8. C.
A. The cultivation of the sugar
cane was Introduced Into the region
now embraced in the United States
by some Jesuits in 1751. They plant
ed It near New Orleans and In 1758 a
sugar mill was built. The first
sugar was made in 1764. but the in
dustry never could be brought to
complete success. When Louisiana
was handed over to Spain in 1769
mgar making caaaed. It was ruvlvad
In 1795 through the efforts of Etien
ne de Bore, and from that time It
has grown steadily into vast pro*
portions.
• • •
Q. What organisation was known
as the Pewter Muggers? E. J. »*.
A. This wa« a New York faction of
the Democratic party which was op
posed to the Tammany candidates
*n 1828 Their meeting being held
In a Frankfort street resort over
pewter mugs, the name was affixed
oy their opponents.
• • •
Q. When was the Lucia torpedo
ed? J. P.
A. This American vessel, equipped
with buoyancy boxes In order to
make her unxinkable. was torpedoed
by an enemy submarine on October
17. 1918. She remained afloat 24
hours before sinking.
8 • t
Q. Who selects the names for new
high w ays? II. E. B.
A. The Bureau of Public Roads
says that the highways are no long
er distinguished by name but by
number.
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