THE Valley firms whose names
appear on this page are ask
ing your consideration of their claims
for your business.
All of them are well capable ir
their respective lines, and seek youi
business on merit and merit alone.
You will do well to investigate
their ability to serve you.
: Rio Grande Valley
G
OING ahead with the Valley,
seeing new opportunities for a
bigger and greater Valley as each
day brings new developments.
The year 1935 is the turning point
in the Valley's comeback after the
depression, 90 these firms believe.
Join with them and pull for in
creased prosperity.
Scroggins Uses
Modern Methods,
Good Mechanics
Fred R. Scroggins, Valley Under
wood representative acl general
typewriter merchant, has one of
the mo6t modem typewriter and
adding machine repair shops to be
found in South Texas.
Having been a mechanic for
years few can appreciate better than
few can appreciate better than
Scroggins the necessity of good
equipment and tools if one expects
to gw the best of a mechanic’s
ability. So when the subject of
new equipment comes up Scroggins
does not hesitate to purchase parts
and tools which will better his
service to the public. The best is
not too good for his mechanics,
and only the best of mechanics
can work in his shop.
"We employ ody factory trained
mechanics.’' Scroggins says, "and
we do not tolerate amateurs or
tinkers. That is the reason
Scroggins re-built and overhauled
typewriters have an enviable repu
tation from Brownsville to Rio
Grande City. Eight years of ser
vice to typewriter users of the Low
•r Rio Grande Valley have created
for as many boosters and perma
nent customers.*
Scroggins does not claim to be
fie cheapest typewriter man m the
alley, nor does he care for that
reputation but h« does claim his
work is unexcelled by any and
•quailed by few.
Just call Harlingen 295 for new.
second-hand typewriters, supplies
qr a first-class rebuilt or over
bad job.
Insulation
A thoroughly insulated heating
system will save a considerable per
centage of fuel cost per year. By
thoroughly insulating is meant com
plete coverage of the boiler and the
piping with first-class insulation
material. If you are building a new
house and Intend using piped heat
—that is. steam, hot water, or
vapor—such an insulation Job would
pay for itself in a very’ few years
If your heating system is not insul
ated. it woud pay you to insulate
the boiler and all exposed piping.
There are various materials in
sheet and block form for insulating
• boiler. They are put on over a
special cement, are secured by wire,
covered with another layer of the
same cement and then muslin.
Lower wall surfaces in meat and
vegetable markets must be kept
scrupulously clean and attractive
even in the face of staining splat
ters and discoloring drippings. This
calls for frequent scrubbing, usually
with an erosive cleaning powder,
which in a short time ruins the
finish.
Many such shops have found
that a wainscoting of a hard, high
ly polished composition material
solves the problem of securing a
long-wearing, easily cleaned, good
looking wall surface. These ma
terials are available in a variety of
colors and in either ••tile’’ or smooth
designs.
Hot-Water Supply
If your hot - water supply has
Slowed up—that is. if you are not
getting as much hot water as you
used to get—there is probably either
sediment somewhere in the system
or the pipe lines have sagged, due
to settlement in the house or to a
broken support. Check the exposed
rig in the cellar and see that
pipes have a slight slope from
the heater up. See that all the
metal hangers that support the
pipes are in good shape If the pip
ing seems to be In order, look for
sediment. The mo6t likely places
are in the boiler itself or In the
bottom connection to the boiler.
Every system should have a drain
cock at the lowest point in the
system If yours has one. open it
and let the water run out until it
Is comparatively clear. If it has not.
some connection at a low point
will have to be opened. If the
drainage does not seem to bring
out all the sediment, open a con
nection higher up in the line and
attach a garden nose and flush the
boiler or flogged pipe. Before you
open any connections, don’t forget
to turn off the main water valve
and make provision for disposing
of the water that will run out. or
you may find yourself in the midst
of a small flood.
For Clean Walls
A cm of aAnon « taM fynud Morfier
of pee* on the emergency J»e# willprordr
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Somlortable —
Multi - motored
radio equipped
airliners.
Daily Service to
Tampico and
Mexico City
Bi-Weekly Service to Central
and South America.
PAN AMERICAN
AIRWAYS SYSTEM
Municipal Airport,
Whitewash Outside
Whitewash on brick, stone, or
concrete walls is coming more and
more into favor. A good mixture
used by the United States govern
ment on its lighthouses follows:
Slake 40 pounds of quicklime with
boiling water, keeping it covered;
strain, and add a peck of salt dis
solved in warm water, 3 pounds of
ground rice boiled to a thin paste,
1-2 pound of powdered Spanish
whiting, 1 pound of clear glue dis
solved in jrarm water. Mix well and
let stand for several days. Use as
hot as possible. Fifty-two pounds
of hydrated lime can be used in
place of the quicklime.
Civil Service
For New Dealers
Is Being Urged
—
Reports persist around the na
tional capital that the coming
months will see renewed efforts in
congress and high administration
circles to bring the personnel of the
many emergency agencies of the
‘new deal” under civil service.
There's even talk among insiders
that when “Big Jim” Parley steps
out as postmaster general to take
personal direction of the campaign
to re-elect President Roosevelt, he
will be succeeded by a man of no
particular political background and
experience. There have been hints
that a career man in the postal
service may get the appointment.
There is legislation pending in
congress now which wouid give the
White House authority to place
these emergency agencies under the
merit system as soon as practicable.
It is estimated that there are ap
proximately 80 of them now func
tioning. exclusively of the old-line
independent offices which long ago
became integral parts of the fed
eral establishment.
The task of bringing that many
agencies under the civil service is
tremendous and beset by all kinds
of difficulties. The last report of
the commission showed that 770.128
persons were required to man these
alphabetical groups and others
which make up the executive
branch of the government.
All sorts of delays are encount
ered. A short while back, for ex
ample, it was thought NRA and
AAA could come under the merit
system as quickly as legally pos
sible. At the present, however,
despite the fact that NRA has
made vast retrenchments in per
sonnel it still is far from being in
the permanent form. And in the
AAA. although President Roosevelt
has said it is to be made a per
manent part of the government,
until the supreme court decides on
its constitutionality, everything is
hanging fire.
Then. too. there are organiza
tions such as the Tennessee valley
authority which steadfastly have
resisted civil service control. TV A
could be brought under the merit
system with a minimum of delay
were it not for the opposition of
Arthur E. Morgan, director.
Dr. Morgan was given free hand
by congress in selecting the person
nel of TVA. Backed by Senator
Norris of Nebraska, a clause was
inserted in the act creating TVA
providing that politics should have
no part in the organization. Doctor
Morgan and his associates have
been exceedingly strict in this re- j
spect.
Morgan admits openly that heI
prefers his method of selecting
TVA employees to that of choosing
blindly from a civil service list
which might automatically elimi
nate the very man he wishes to
select for an important post.
Brandt funeral Held *
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. Nov. 4.—Funeral ser
vices were held from Kreidler chapel
here Sunday afternoon for Paul
Henry Brandt. 48. adjutant and ser
vice officer of Alamo post of the
American Legion, who died at his
Alamo home Thursday night.
The body was sent to Council
Bluffs. Iowa, Sunday night for in
terment.
The Legion official came to the
Valley with his parents shortly after i
the World War and quickly became!
well known, particularly in Legion
circles
Surviving are his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Brandt; three brothers.
Carl, John and A. C. Brandt; and
two sisters, Mrs. Martha Bostedt
and Mrs. Julia VanDeveder. all cf
Council Bluffs.
“Where Good Fellows Get 1
You’ll find a hearty welcome await
popular spot where the finest of dr
beer is served. Stop in today, hi
dominoes and enjoy our true hosp
ROYAL PARL
519 TWELFTH ST.
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STRICTLY GROWER OWNED
AND
GROWER CONTROLLED
RIO GRANDE VALLEY
CITRUS EXCHANGE
Headquarters, Weslaco
Within a few days huge Pan >
American flying “Clipper” ships will
be speeding American air mail—!
and socn thereafter passengers and
express as well—on regular sche
dules across the vast Pacific Ocean
to the Orient.
Pan American has spent approxi
mately $4,000,000 in pioneering this
9.000 mile bridge f<jr American com
merce and American travelers.
The first of the giant flying-boats
which will be used for the actual
scheduled operations is cn a 6.000
mile shake-down cruise to San
Francisco by way of the Caribbean
and Panama. Two of its sister ships
stand ready outside the faetpry
hangars to follow soon in the wake
of the first.
Great all-metal high-wing mono
planes. these twentieth century
“Clippers” are larger than any air
planes ever built in America. With
a ton of mail or express cargo they
can cruise 4.000 miles non-stop at
a speed of ever 150 miles an hour.
They can make the longest stage
af the new trans-Pacific route, 2.410
miles, with 30 per cent of reserve
fuel, several tons of cargo and 18
passengers. On shorter hops their
passenger lists can be increased.
There is room in their cabin apart
ments and lounge rooms for 48 pass
engers to be seated comfortably, and
such loads are practical up to 1.200
miles.
Ever since last July bases have
been ready for the service all the
wav across the Pacific to Manila.
Docking floats, fueling equipment, |
shops, offices, elaborate radio, liv- I
Ing quarters—a set of five com- j
plete ground stations have been set
up at a cost of more than $2,000
900. The eastern terminal will be in
Alameda, on San Francisco Bay.
The second station in Pearl Harbor,
on the Island of Oahu in the Ha
waiian group. Then Midway Island
islet. 1.380 miles to the westward1
but still in the Hawaiian group,
makes the third Then Guam. 1.560
miles further: Manila. 1.580 miles
more, as a last break in the long
“ . .. and they
do such lovely
work.”
Housewives throughout the Val
ley who have used our service
will tell you that our equip
ment ,in charge of skilled em
ployees, assures you beautiful
work. Ajid, at our economy
prices, you can afford to send
all your fine linens.
Excelsior Laundry &
Linen Service
TEL. WESLACO 11
“Your Home Awit From Home”
RIVERSIDE
HOTEL
A. O. Willingham. Manager
Special Weekly Rate*
European Plan
Hot and Cold Water in Every
Room. Delightfully located on
the Banks of the Hio Grande
Where Mexico Meets Uncle Sam.
Brownsville, Texas
p For Your Health’* Sake ^
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J? STERILIZED - SEALED BOTTLES D
* PHONE 666 K
ENGLISH ATMOSPHERE IN MODERATE PRICED HOME
Modestly priced six*room house, 32x38 feet in size, which slightly suggests en English cottage.
R51
Pan American Ready For
Trans-Pacific Schedule
000 miles of Pacific test flights, the
aerial pioneering has gene steadily
forward with its exhaustive pro
gram. Nuclei for five crews have
been trained aboard her. Its trips
have confirmed a thousand calcula
tions and estimates made by Pan
; American weather and radio experts,
maintenance specialists, and have
filled a great gap in the types of
data that can only be secured by
direct test. With completion of the
Guam flight, there is no more ex
perimental flavor left in the problem
of flying an airliner across this par
ticular trans-Pacific route than
there is in running a locomotive
from New York to Boston.
Planes, bases, training, are fin
ished. So. too. is the fourth ma
jor element in this 9.000-mile
bridge — radio. Shore or ship ra
dio that spanned almost any dis
tance desired has. of course, been
commonplace for some years. But
to develop light-weight, low-pow
ered ultra-reliable equipment to
cover the whole Pacific from an
airplane has been one of the ma
jor tasks faced in this whole pro
ject.
Radios for straight communica
tion were comparatively simple.
Each of the big •Clipper'* boats
carries two sending sets, two re
ceivers. a dual antenna system.
Even when on the water, with en
gines still, batteries Insure that all
sets may be ued for days on end
J
to send position reports, gel
weather data, dispatch instruc
tions and from almost any spot ir
the entire Pacific. In the air tin
range is even greater. Prom fai
beyond Wake, for example, thi
••Clipper’s'’ radio operator has kep
in constant touch with Pan Am
erican's Miami station, a half j
world away.
The project s real radio triumph
though, has been in extension o
air-craft radio direction-findini
devices to unprecedented ranges.
The normal type of radio beacon:
serve well enough for overlant
lines. But their short ranges of i
hundred miles or so make them ob
viously impossible for trans-ocean
ic use. Pan American early stand
ardized on the international route:
a telegraph-signal type, then ex
tended it in power. On each of it:
flights the ‘Pan American Clip
per" was able to keep a constani
running-fix of its position to th<
fraction of a mile by radio bear
ings it could take on ocean ves
Journey before the China coast, 700
miles further. Is reached.
At each ba.se a permanent crew
of manager,, agents, radio men. me
chanics, has been stationed since
early summer. Hand-picked from the
whole Pan American organization,
every’ one of these ground crew men
upon whom so much depends has
had years of thorough training be
hind him. Each crew, too. has held
endless rehearsals of its routines
under Pacific conditions. The radio
men have Stood watch constantly
since the erection of their sets some
months age. Weather observations
go on hourly.
On four great pioneering flights
a nineteen-ton flying-boat "Pan
American Clipper." has been used
throughout the summer to test bases
and ground crews in actual aircraft
handling and tc give a final incre
ment otf training to flight crews.
The “Pan American Clipper's’’
first flight went as far as Hawaii,
then returned. The second reached
Midway before the ship was headed
back The third reached Wake. The
fourth. Guam.
Steadily, without a single untoward
incident to mar even one of its 40,
MATAMOROS
Bids Jounsts
Welcome!
A most cordial welcome awaits
tourists and other Valley visitors in
Matamoros where the picturesque
architecture and customs of Old
Mexico are oddly blended with
courteous, efficient service. Through
years of experience in catering to
tourists, Matamoros residents have
learned the points of interest to
visitors and gladly supply this Information. Hospitality is the
keynote to the services offered visitors in the city of Matamornis.
MATAMOROS’ MOST RESTFUL SPOT
PALM ROOF
True Mexican Hospitality
JUST ACROSS OLD BRIDGE
viATIAS GOMEZ, Prop.
PERFUMES
The largest and most complete line of Prench. Spanish and Eng
lish Perfumes in Old Mexico. Wholesale and Retail. A Drug
Store complete in every detail.
BOTICA ARGUETA
Abasolo y 8a
Phone No. 1
IMPORTED PERFUMES
A complete stock of ell the leading French and Spaniah perfumed.
THE BASKET PLACE
ROBERT RUNYON, Prop.
Do your Christmas shopping with us and save money.
N. E. Corner of the Plaza de Armas
Visitors Welcome!
TO the Most Interesting Selection of
C U R I o S tn Old Mexico
E. KNOSEL — Matamoroa, Tamps.
CORDOBA COFFEE
When in Matamoroa don’t miss the opportunity of buying the
BEST COFFE at Real Economy Prices
LA CORDOBESA
West Side of Square
Matamoroa Mexico
sels and a half dozen shore sta
tions. It can then check those
readings with bearings taken by its
base stations on its own signals.
Gone forever is the great hazard
that once faced flyers crossing
great expanses of ocean.
Gone, too, are the hazards that
once existed when unexpected fog
obscured objective harbors. A well
tried. perfectly proven procedure of
using the radio direction-finders in
conjunction with the plane's flying
instruments enables the big ships
to land smoothly and accurately in
any of its base harbors.
All summer long piece after piece
.has been fitted into the picture.
Base after base has taken shape.
Stage after stage has been flight
tested. The ground flying crews
have topped off years of training
in the Caribbean with actual proof
flights over the Pacific. The radio
is ready and efficient beyond the
most optimistic expectations.
Early in November the first flight
on schedule will begin. At first
with mail alone, the •Clipper" will
before many weeks, be carrying
passengers and express as well.
And what a schedule it will be. A
take-off in" late afternoon from
San Francisco Bay. A landing at
Honolulu seventeen hours later in
the early morning sunshine. The*
only four daylight flights to Ma
nila. Easy flights these four, with
nights spent on the tiny base is
lands now sprung into new world
prominence. A final half-day flight
from Manila into Macao, near
Canton, on the China coast.
Bi-weekly frequencies are plan
ed for the first flights, with air
mail only. Then weekly service
with mail, passengers and express.
As traffic builds, and it should
build swiftly. schedules will
build in speed and in frequency.
Then Hawaii will be the forty
ninth state in fact as well as
i claim — and the age-old dream of
i a new golden passage to the Orient
• achieved at last.
Venetian Blinds
k Old - fashioned Venetian blinds
are now appearing In increasing!
; numbers in modern homes and
aiiartments. These, however, are
f no longer in the standard green
but are presented in a whole range
5 of pastel colors. Many household
I era repaint their Venetian blinds in
t tints which harmonize with the
interior decoration of their rooms.
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The Mecca Cafe
Open All Night
!! Come in and See Us Sometime” ]
Too Will Be Pleased!
| MS Elizabeth St. Phone 352 j
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New Philcos
Available At
Miller Radio
4
The 1936 Philcos. hailed by many
as the finest radio receivers ever of
fered the general public, are on dis
play at the Miller Radio Shop, the
pioneer radio dealer in Brownsville.
These fine quality Instruments of
fer frcnt-row seats to every worth
while broadcast on the air, the
world’s finest entertainment day or
night.
This is the opportune time to take
advantage of the unique lay-away
plan offered by the Miller Radio
Shop. A small down-payment new.
to which weekly payments are added
and your radio is delivered for
Christmas. This plan of payments
eliminates any carrying charge.
In cabinets of exquisite charm, the
new 1936 Philcos reach new heights
of tone, power and foreign reception.
These are the finest Philcos ever
built, engineers assert. It gives the
most exacting reception in all radio
history. You can get your favorite
American stations plus Europe. Aus
tralia. South America and all the
world more perfectly than you ever
dreamed. With the new Philco vou
get startling realism of tone.
Before picking your Christ mas
presents, be sure to see the fine dis
play at the Miller Shop.
To Paint Chair*
Amateur painters are often dis
couraged by finding after the Job
is finished that there are unpaint
ed spots here and there on a chair
or table. To avoid this, first tum
the chair or table upside down on
a newspaper, paint the legs and
stretchers, then place it on its feet
and finish the job. This gives two
views of each piece and makes it
much more unlikely that bare spaces
will be left.
MILLER'S
RADIO ,
SHOP
PHILCO
THE WORLD S FINEST
Sales - Service - Rentals
Crommck Bldg. — Phone 391
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DEAREST
DAUGHTER
Thanks*so much for sending that delight
ful little note, remembering my birthday.
And please don’t feel that its being so short
made it anv the less welcome.
Besides, I know what it is to have “shop
per’s headache” — to feel all worn out and
dragged down, with your feet as heavy as lead
from walking around all day.
But, my dear, why do you do it? I know
you and Bob have something of a struggle to
make both ends meet. It won’t always be that
way, because I know Bob’s a very ambitious
young man — ambitious for you as well as for
himself.
But take an old lady’s advice, dear. Look'
for bargains — no matter how wealthy you
become. But don’t make an expedition of it.
Make it a tour. You get The Brownsville
Herald. Look for real bargains there, before
you set out. Then you’ll know where you’re
going, and you won’t wear yourself out so.
1 know, because I do it.
Give my best to Bob, and give Bob. Jr.,
a great big kiss from his grandma.
Lots of love.
Mother