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Forthcoming Movie: “Forgive Us Our Trespasses. ” We Cou Id Name a Lot of Stars Who Ought to Play Title Roles in That One
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Wednesday August 2. 1939
MISGUIDED
George Berry is an as-
sistant attorney general in
the office of the Attorney
General of the State of Tex-
as. Gerald C. Mann.
Attorney General Mann
assigned Mr. Berry to rep-
resent the state in a hearing
at Edinburg in which a
truck operator was being
tried or. charges of violating
the state motor carrier act.
While engaged in the per-
formance of his duty the
state official was attacked
by a spectator in the Edin-
burg district courtroom. The
spectator accused the offi-
cial of trying to prevent
truckers making a living.
The spectator quite evi-
dently “lost his head.”
Neither the attorney gen-
eral nor his representative
had anything to do with the
making of the law regulat-
ing motor carriers. The law
is on the statute books of
Texas placed there by the
legislators. The state offi-
cial has the sworn duty to
enforce it. His personal
sympathies may be one way
or the other. But it is his
bounden duty to see that it
is not violated: that if it is
violated it is his duty to
prosecute the case.
The truck laws of Texas
are a much “hotter” issue in
the Valley than in any other
part of the state. TJie pro-
test that has gone on for
months as a result of their
apparent unjustness has
been a bitter one. After all
it must be observed that the
Valley is a relatively small
part of Texas. Of the 6-
000.000 or more population
in Texas we have only a
little more than 200000. We
are “different” down here.
Our interests are peculiarly
divergent in many ways
from those of most other
parts of the state.
We are the “tail of the
dog” so to speak. We are
trying in our fight to bring
about a more satisfactory
truck operating situation to
tell the other 250 counties
what to do. We w'on't get
anywhere with bitterness or
parades or other demon-
strations. We must present
a coldly logical case to other
parts of Texas before we
can convince them of the ur- j
gent necessity that faces us
with our perishable crops
and our long distance from i
the great consuming areas
that we want to serve.
There is no question but
that we have an extremely
unfair situation that mili-
tates against our prosperity.
Competing areas in Florida
California and other states
permit trucks to carry up to
30000 pound loads while
in Texas the law fixes the
maximum at 7000 pounds.
That situation strikes closer
home here in the Valley
than it does in other sections
of Texas. Somehow we
must get that message over
to the legislature and to
their constituents back
home. They are fair-mind
ed men as a whole. They
w’ant to be unjust to no part
of the state. But there are
many other factor* to be
considered. And we must
recognize them.
The s*ate officers are put
down here to see to it that
the laws of the road as
they exist on the statute
books are enforced. So
long as enforcement is the
same in all parts of the state
so long as there is no favor-
itism we cannot complain.
But we can work to get the
laws chanaed.
Answers to Questions
■* ruDOUC j. uiaiM
A reader can get the answer to
any question ot (act by writ-
ing The Brownsville Herald or
Valley Evening Monitor Infor-
mation Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington.
D. C. FI ease eneroee three (I)
cents (or reply.
Q. How long have roller skates
been .ade? A. V.
A- Roller skates with four wheels
on rubber pads were invented about
I860. Later the Raymond skste with
ball and cone bearings made fig-
ure skating possible
Q Are there many schools for
Indiana? M W.
A This fall the number of Fed-
eral schools for Indians will total
393. In addiuon to the schools m
Alaska
Q How long has Massachusetts
manufactured shoes? B 8. F.
A. The Mayflower brought to
America a shoemaker with his tools
and a supply of leather. Since that
tune Massachusetts has 'ed in the
manufacture of shoes.
M Was Prank Leslie the real
name c the publisher? L O. E.
A. His real name was Henry
Carter but he adopted the name
Prank Leslie which was the peeu-
doym under which his drawings
were published.
Q. Please give the location of
the Matanuska Valley in Alaska.
T. J. F.
A. The Matanuska Valle. is lo-
cated about 125 miles U a direct
ime irom the Southern Coast of
Alaska It is bounded on the north
by the Talkeetna Mountains on
the east and south by the Chugach
Mountains and on the west by tne
vast level plain 01 the Susitna
River.
Q Is it true that Van Gogh the
lamoux artist never sold his paint-
ings? C. J. D.
A. During his Uietime Van
Gogh was able to sell only one
canvas and this for only $80. From
the age of 27 to his death at 37 he
produced 829 drawings and 741 oils
the total value today of which
would exceed $10000000
Q wnat European countries
have the highest birth rate? K M-
B.
A. In 1C38 Rumania led with 308
births per 10.000 inhabitants. Por-
tugal was second with 277„ and Po-
land third with 249.
Q What is me origin of the ex-
pression Mina your Ps and Qs?
E 6 R
A. In olden times m alehouses
chalk scores a ere marked upon the
wall or behind the door of a tap-
room. It was th: custom to use the
initials P and Q in heading the ac-
counts to show the number of pints
and quarts Tor which the customer
owed. Mind your Ps and Qs nat-
ural.y became a friendly admoni-
tion.
Q Wnat u the range of visi-
tihty under r ater? L. G J.
A. The range of visibility under j
water varies. At the equator light
penetrates to a greater depth than
in the high latitudes where there
are more particles suspended in the
water As the result ol experiments
it has been determined that light
penetration In the ocean is some-
where between 600 an' 900 fathoms.
At such depths however the light
is not sufficient for one to disting-
uish objects clearly with the naked
eye. Divers use powerful lamps at a
depth from 125 to 250 feet
Q Where was *he first intercol-
legiate baseball game? M G. H.
A. The Sporting News says:
"Amherst and Williams are credited
with playing the first game of in-
tercollegiate baseball ^n record It
was on July 1. 1559 that these two
teams squared off at Pittsfield
Massachusetts for their first meet- I
tog. The game went 36 rounds
minings* and lasted fou~ hours be-
fore Amherst won by • score of 73
to 33. In those days the first team
to score 16 or more n. .s was the
winner”
Q. What Is the origin of the
dead mans hand to poker? D. B.
A. Aces and eights have been
known as the “Dead Man s Hand'
nnce Wild Bill Hickock was killed
while holding such a hand on Au-
gust 3 1876.
Q. For whom Is N ahvllle Ten-
nessee. named? D. J M.
A. The city is named to honor
of General Francis Nash an of-
ficer in the Revolutionary War. it
was called Nashborough until 1764.
Q. Where did the Akron make
its first official flight? L. A. B.
A. The Akron mad* her first off-
lr-al light at Akron Ohio on Sep-
tember 33 1931.
Q. Whit person of all time had
the largest number of children?
L. G S.
A. The largest family of which
there la a record is probably that
of Rameses II Of Egypt. There
were 200 children in his family 111
sons and 50 daughters being men-
oned in inscriptions made by their
lather.
Q. In w ho-' residence were the
lirst electric lights used in the
United States? D A. G
A. The first electric light for
Household use was probably used
by Prof. Moses Gernsh Farmer at
11 Pear Street Salem. Mass in
1859 he arranged a senes of lamps
in his parlor the curren* lor which
was supplied by a wet cell battery.
Electricity used successfully to
light a resioence was generated by
an independent plant installed in
the home of J. Hood V'nght at Fort
Washington. New York before De-
cember of 1881.
Q. Please give a biography of
Wendy Hiller who played in “Pyg-
malion." W. J. H
A. Miss Hiller was born m Bram-
hall Ches'ure England and began
her dramatic career as a student at
ths Manchester Repertory Theatre.
In 1930 she made her debut as
the maid in “The Ware Case." Sub-
sequently she appeared in “Yellow
Sands." "Alisons House.” and
Symphony in Two Flats." In 1932
she toured In Evensong” and m
1935 played at li» Garrick Theatre
in Love on the Dole.”
Hanoi a Party?
If no. Parties and Games is 1u*t whit
you need Brand new and filled with
sure-fire ideas for having fun. It in-
cludes parties for all occasions teas
showars anniversaries and appropriate
pame* to go with them. There are aJ-
o separate chepters on children's per-
ller and games. picnics and auto-
mobile diversions. Here la a handy
guide to carefree entertaining that no
host or hostess can afford to miss
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Washington D C
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coin (carefully wrapped in paperi
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
H 'JJAS giGwr/
UNITED STATES consumed mope
THAN TOO OOO OOO ZOA/S Q* COA4L
IN THE SINKS LE YEAR OF 1910
DEFINE
(l KLEPTOAAANIA /
I \ OIPSOAAANIA /
\ / PECALCQAAANIA /J
TEMPERATURES OF
120 DEGPees F
DESTROY PLANT
PROTOPL AS/NA
AND GREEN PLANTS
CANNOT LIVE LONG
IN SUCH HEAT
ANSWER Kleptomania—an Insane desire to steal dipsomania
morbid uncontrollable craving for drink decalcomania—the ar<
of transferring pictures from paper to other surfaces
Mm le the an straight 4m at mHaightt
Family Doctor
81 DM. MOMJUl rUHBElN
This u the season when many
a person who has been accus-
tomed to avoiding the sun as much
as possible suddenly decides that
sunburn is synonymous with
health and exposes his entire body
on the beach or In the fields with
little or no protection. Years of
experience have caused doctors to
recognise that too much sunlight
and too much burning of the skin
may not be especially beneficial.
Indeed the specialists in diseases
of the skin recognize a condition
which they call sailor's skin or
farmer’s akin which occurs in
people who seem to be especially
sensitive to sunlight and who are
exposed to it more or less con-
stantly for a good many years. In
these people the skin becomes
wrinkled and dry and develops a
number of permanent freckles.
These freckles arc not very dan-
gerous.
Occasionally however they be-
come hardened like the hard brown
spots that appear in the skins of
very old people. Occasionally (due
to irritative or other factors) one
of these spots may develop the
characteristics of cancer. That fact
has caused some alarm to people
who have heard that exposure to
sun may cause cancer.
WWW
There has been more sunbath-
ing during the past 25 years than
ever before. In addition to the
ordinary sunbathing there has
been a great deal of exposure to
ultraviolet rays from artificial
sources. Notwithstanding this in-
creased exposure the figures for
deaths from cancer of the skm at
all ages below 45 for the last 25
years indicate about one death
for every 100.000 people in the
group. The death rate among
older people is slightly greater.
Moreover the death rates from
cancer of the skin have been
steadily falling over a period of
2* years. The specialists in dis-
eases of the skm account for the
fell ir the death rate by the fact
that people have become educated
to the danger of lesions of the
skin that will not heal and that
modem medicine has developed
ways for taking care of these le-
sions. including surgical removal
the use of radium the use of car-
bon dioxide snow or similar meth-
ods.
• • •
The best advice is that people
who have a low tolerance m Utelr
skins for light and heat should
not only avoid direct sunlight and
artificially produced ultraviolet
rays but should avoid even diffuse
sunlight and the reflected light
from snow water and sand. Most
people know very promptly whe-
ther or not their skins are sensi-
tive to the sun Such people can
protect the skin by wearing veils
by using creams that will not per-
mit the passage of the sun's ravs.
or by keeping themselves in the
shade.
People with certain forms of
akin disease must also avoid the
sunlight because these skin dis-
eases make those portions of the
skin especially sensitive and the
change in coloration of the skm
in the affected area may be per-
manent.
Harrison
In
Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD - About three
months ago Darryl Zanucks pump-
kin coach was sent around to pick
up Brenda Joyce a local co-ed
with blond hair photogenic fea-
tures and things and a luck ratio
of 1.000.000-to-1. She was kissed by
Tyrone Power plumped into an
important part m The Rams
Came” and now is to have a lead-
ing role with Richard Greene.
Miss Joyce is doing all right
and her latest break is due mostly
to the fact that Nancy Kelly has
been overworked In six months
Miss Kelly has appeared in almost
every picture made by 20th-Fox.
and the other day somebody dis-
covered that she occupies the top
feminine place in four flickers
which -sill be released about the
same time. Ob\1ously that will be
quite enough of a good thing so
Miss Kelly has been taken out of
still another film. "Here I Am a
Stranger” and told to take a nice
vacation.
Scarcely having caught her
breath after being doused in "The
Rams." Miss Joyce was ordered
to report for the vacated role. I
caught up with *her today in the
cafe and heard how thinga are
going.
Apparently It'a all very thrilling
but nothing has happened ’o top
that first day when she -ook her
screen test. "I was trying to hide
my Jitters by pretending to be
cocky and confident.” she said
"and I made some crack about be-
ing disappointed that my test
wasn't a love scene with Tyrone
Power.
"Well they took me up on it just
like that! Someone telephoned
Mr Power and found he had a
little time and he came over and I
could have Just absolutely fainted
away. I was that embarrassed. It
was done for a Joke. I guess but
I certainly learned right then that
a girl had better keep quiet in this
business.
"We went ahead and played an
awfully romantic scene together
and it's a good thing It wasn't in
Technicolor because I was blush-
ing like a potnsettia all the way
through it
"Then they really put me Co
work and for a while I wasn't
sure I was going to like pictures
The first day I reported for The
Rains.' they poured water on me
and tossed me out of a rowboat
into a roaring flood with a lot of
goats and sheep and things. And
for about a month after that
hardly a day went by without my
taking a shower or a bath with
OVEREATING IS TREASON’ IN NAZI GERMANY
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THE SCALES OF JUSTICE
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THIS OOR CAESAR FEED?
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@8AtfE THE USUAL
kWDOST SPECIAL
4D A CLASS OF
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• SERIAL STORY
WAR AND A WOMAN
Yesterday: Linda meets a Navy
flyer at Marria’a party. *You
ran’t be real" he aaya -I've onlv
dreamed of you." Hia eyes did
things to her heart. Then she
discovers he is Jimim Cooper the
man Marcia is going to marry!
CHAPTER II
Linda felt her heart sink with
sick surprise. Then dismay rose and
choked her 8he could not speak
She was like a girl of stona as Mar-
cia came forward all unaware ana
took Jimmy Coopers arm posses-
sively. Everybody's waiting for
you. Id begun to think maybe
something had happened •”
Jimmy's lips opened but no
sound came Linda was turning
away the blood pounding in her
cars. Never before in all her life had
she looked into a mans eyes and
experienced that strange and sing-
ing ecstasy that nameless wonder
that had stolen over her as she
looked up at this man Her hands
were shaking and her knees felt
queer but she had to get control of
herself- She h«d to sound natural
"I guess I looked so forlorn stand-
ing here by myself he thought you
all had shoved me out." she said
•‘Shoved you out!” Marcia cried
Every unattached male in there
1 has already asked me who you are
111 have to keep a careful watch
over you. Miss. Because after all
you are engaged
•Engaged?' asked Jimmy Coo-
per dully-
‘Of course shes engaged lum-
mox! Did you ever see a grl with
a face like that who wasr.’t *-n
gaaed?" Marcta dragged at mm.
••Come on. come on! Mother s ratt-
ing. and Dad and everybody.’
They went m together. Jimmy
and Marcia while Linda hung back
”1 only imagined it." she told her-
self. over and over "Nothing hap-
pened He—he didn’t mean any-
thing. It just—it was nothing!”
Yet she knew beyond any shad-
ow of doubt that Jimmy Cooper
didnt usually say. "I—I've only
dreamed you haven’t I?’ He simply
wasn’t that kind no more than she
was the kind whose heart lurched
every time a handsome man amiled
her. "Tired. Linda?”
She tried hard not to look his
way. Not to see how he was devot- j
ing himself conscientiously to
Marcia Linda was grateful for the
rush of faceless forms in Navy
white who danced with her and
brought her things to eat and asked
her questions which sha scarcely
heard
At midnight she tried to slip up-
stairs. But Marcia caught light of
her "Tried. Linda?"
"Awfully. It was such a long trip "
Marcia hooked her arm in Lin-
da s. "You re not going without
saving good night to Jimmy? I've
talked about you so much he feels
as though he knows you awfully
well already."
8he wanted to ask. "Did he say
that?" She didnt. of course And
then she was standing beside him
her eyes avoiding his. "Oood night.”
she was whispering “I— Im going
upstairs.”
His hand came out. and she felt
it burn for en instant along her
fingertips "Good night. Miss
Storm.” he said Why did she know
so irrevocably in that moment that
it wasn't her disordered imagina-
tion torturing her? Something had
happened betwen them— something
he mas feeling as strongly as she
felt it.
Alone in the guest room she tried
to shake the mood from her. It re-
fused to go Queer how she could
still see his face—the Isughing
brown eyes the lean tanned cheeks
the way his lips smiled . . .
But this was madness! Jimmy
Cooper belonged to Marcia King.
Linda herself mas engaged to
George Cameron She loved him.
She had lmwd him for a long time
and she wore his ring In the fall
they would be married. Resolutely
she put the whole fantastic incident
away from her.
In the morning she awoke with
a feeling of heaviness of dread and
guilt. Then memory crowded down
Last night. Last night and Jimmy
Cooper's eyes . . .
She forced herself to concentrate
on George Cameron. There was an
old saying. “Out of sight out of
mind” Dit that account for the
haziness that had slipped over
George's face as she thought of
him now? His face. Painfully she
put the features together. His blue-
grav eyes behind their rimless
glasses. His square jaw. his stem
mouth. But somehow try though
she would the whole thing did not
jell. It was like straining to get a
good look at a picture in your hand
and finding horribly that some-
thing was the matter with your eye-
sight.
“I must be going crazy !'
She would not look at him ag*m
She would be casual and cool and
impersonal He could not be feel-
ing the things she was feeling
Marcia came rushing into her
room. “Good morning Hey. where
are you?”
"Taking a shower” Linda mum-
bled.
"Guess mhos waiting downstair*?
Jimmy! He a going to help me take
you around on a real tour of the
station. Linda You'll be thrilled
You ve never seen anything like
tills. That quirk glimpse yesterday
was nothing. We ll inspect all the
planaa and watch tha cadets and
you can even sit tn the cockpit of
a bomber. Too bad you can't go up.
but regulations don't allow ladies in
service planes although I have
heard it’s been done on the sly.’
How untroubled she was how glo-
riously happy I
Linda got through her dressing
somehow When she sat before the
mirror applying her rouge facing
Marcias clear eyes it was terribly
difficult to say. “No. I-I don t
want to see the station again” But
she said it because she knew it had
to be said £he had no interest in
the station. She mustn't be too much
my clothes on. They took awfully
good care of us though with
nurses and a masseuse on the set.
"I didnt have any Imes to say
the first day. or I would have just
died. The second day I had to
do some scenes with George Brent
and Mvma Loy. They were sweet
and told me how to do every-
thing even how to stand and
walk and they insisted that they
had been a lot more nervous than
I was."
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Richard Greene had an accident
and ‘ Here I Am a Stranger" eras
delayed ahiie his injured knee
healed Meanwhile though Brenda
Joyce has had a standing assign-
ment. “And I mean ‘standing.’"
she Insisted ‘l have to go around
all day visiting sets and eratching I
experienced players handling their
lines and business
"No. I didn't set around much
to the set of Second Fiddle* I
Just never have quite got over
that test with Tyrone Power. And
he ribs me about it every tune we
meet.
“You see. I’m still going with
the same bov I went with in col-
lege. Hia name is Owen Ward
Owen has been helping me keep
my equilibrium and I guess I
have needed some restraining. He
ha^ made out a budget for me that
makes me save at least 30 per
cent of my salary and when I de-
cided to buy a car to get to the
studio he insisted on a second-
hand one.**
Its a good sign when an actress
is willing to trade her pumpkin
coach for ft jaioppy.
♦
in Jimmy Cooper s company before
that wedding a weak from Sunday
••Don't want to?” Marcia echoed
blankly. "I never heard of such a
thing! Everybody loves to look the
station over.” Linda waa miserably
aware that Marcia had offered her
a great boon Not to appreciate It
must seem inexplicable to a Navy
girl-
“I know most people would—
would like to go—" she floundered.
“But I—well all those planes make
me feel uncomfortable. They re-
mind me of things I'd rather not
think about War. and bombs fall-
ing on women and children. The
worlds so upset these days The
papers are full of jittery headlines ”
She wa« not being tactful. Cer-
tainly. she was not being polite. But
this meant a great deal to her and
it was half the truth. The other
half was that she would rather alt
here in this room alone than get in-
to that car wedged in between
Marcia and Jimmy Cooper.
Marcia sat on the bed with start-
led abruptness. “Linds Storm are
you stark raving mad? I know
you re an intelligent girl More in-
telligent than I’ll ever be maybe.
I guess I am fighty and I hardly
ever read the newspapers. Except
for who married who But honey
these planes here at Pensacola
mean protection and defense for
our country! My father snd Jimmy
and all those boys here learning to
fly were what stand between us and
ever getting in the mesa tha rest of
the world is in!”
Linda took deep breath “Look.
Marcia Put me down as queer I ve
got a phobia about those planes.
You go some place with your Jim-
mv. and 111 potter around by my-
self ”
But Marcia was dismaved and
hurt The funny little snub nose
wrinkled and the soft. velvet brown
eyes blinked to keep the tears
back “I especially asked Jimmy to
be nice to you. Look at me. Linda
Tell me the truth. Is It because
you dont like him. personally? I
thought last night you were a little
stiff. Did he say something out
ihere on the porch? Oh. darling
don t tell me you've taken a dis-
like to Jimmy!’
# (To Be Continued!
So They Say—
Scotland uses more water per
capita than our friends across the
border—more than almost any oth-
er people. That la perhaps an
an.swer to libels common about
our national beverage.
— David Colville secretary of state
for Scotland.
• • •
I think that part of the Antarc-
tic in the western hemisphere
should he brought under the
Monroe Doctrine
—Admiral Byrd.
• • •
It took even more courage than
Cleveland's u> declare that 'pri-
vate office la a public trust" and
to apply the same maxim to the
farmer and the factory worker took
more than courage.
—Representative T. V Smith. Illi-
nois. at the Virginia Institute of
Public Affairs.
a * *
There is no such thing as racial
superiority since all races are
natively equal
—Dr E George Payne dean. NYU
School of Education.
• • •
I don t say this is a ipnacea.
but I believe It will be the lib-
eration of business and business
executives from the rigorous ef-
fects of the anti-trust laws as now
written.
—Senator O Mahoney describing
proposed anti-trust law amend-
ment*.
PAA ASKS NEW
OCEAN PERMIT'
Australasian Service
Next For Line
BROWNSVILLE — Pan American
Airways filed Monday with the
Civil Aeronautics Authority in
Washington an application to es-
tablish regular air transport ser-
vice between the United States and
Australasia it was learned here.
The contemplated * 000 - mile
passenger mail and express hop
across the Pacific ocean will clip
eleven days from the fastest exist-
ing transport time between thia
nation and its fourth largest world
market area.
Pan Americans application which
gives effect to more than six years
of preparation for air service over
the south Pacific calls for estab-
lishment of a new route west of
the course originally blazed by the
Clippers in 1937 and 1938
The route outlined by PAA In ita
application would extend from San
Francisco the present base for Far
East service. 385 miles to Los
Angeles thence 2561 miles to
Honolulu.
From Hawaii the new Pacific
route would turn south and west
1913 miles to Canton island lying
Just across the equator; thence
1.989 miles over the Fiji Islands to
Noumea. New Caledonia with the
final 1.124 mile leg from Noumea
to Auckland.
Flying time would be 49 hours.
Present steamer time requires It
days for the same voyage.
Following the agreement between
Great Britain and flhe United
States effecting a joint adminis-
tration of Canton Island. Pan
American established at the point
a complete marine base weather
and radio stations and facilities for
handling passengers and personnel
on overnight stops
Boy Scouts Asked
To Design ‘Bike’
Valley Youngster* WiM
Enter Contest
MERCEDES— Twenty Valley Boy
Scout* have been asked to design
the Idesi bicycle according to In-
formation just received by the Val-
iev Bov Scout office. Mercedes.
One of America’* leading bicycle
manufacturers is sponsoring a na-
tion-wide contest among Scouts to
obtain ideas in designing a new bi-
cycle The manufacturer* who pre-
fer that their names not be disclos-
ed. have already posted with a
special Contest Committee ade-
quate funds for all awards
Twenty contest blank* and re-
turn envelopes have already been
received by the Scout office at Mer-
cedes. and 8eout* interested are
asked to get in touch with the Scout
office at once. All boys participat-
ing in the contest mast be register-
ed Scouts in good standing and
must submit their contest blanks
before midnight. August 3lst Scout
Executive Dreyer stated.
CANDIDATE HONORED
RIO GRANDE CITY — A fleata
and carnival at the main pliaa
Sunday night was the courtesy
extended Miss Araceli Sanches
candidate for Frontier Fiesta queen
by her sponsors A Mexican sup-
per waa served through the early
evening with refreshment* and a
variety of games being enjoyed un-
til a late hour.
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• STORIES
IN STAMPS
U. S. Merchant Marine
Bids for Sea Glory
FIGHTY year* ago the Ameri*
^ can Merchant Marine wit the
best in the world. Fleet Clipper
ships set amazing speed records
for sailing vessels dominated
ocean commerce. The American-
built Savannah in 1819 was the
first steam-powered ship to cross
the Atlantic.
The Civil War. the development
of western railroads and west-
ward emigration turned American
thoughts from the sea and a gen-
eration after the Civil War scarce-
ly 10 per cent of U. S commerce
was borne in American ships.
Today American ships carry a
third of the nation’s foreign com-
merce. but the merchant fleet is
obsolete. In total tonnage. United
States ranks fourth among world
powers behind Britain Japan
and Germany slightly ahead of
Italy and France. In new vessels
| —10 years old and less—United
States ranks last.
The launching of the new super-
safe liner America on Aug. 31
marks the return to glory of the
American Merchant Marine. Thi*|
vessel the first of 300 in a 10-year
program is the biggest steamer
ever built in United States and the
safest ship ever constructed. Every
means of safeguarding its 1219
passengers have been incorporated
into the construction of the 723-
foot 26.000-ton ship.
An American ocean liner is
shown on the U. S. 10-cent stamp
enlarged above brown and black
of the Pan-American senes of
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