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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
3
Jules J. Settegast, a Houston lumberman and ranchman who as a boy shined Gen. Sam Houston's shoes, died at his home at age 88. He was injured June 26 when he fell over a fallen tree on his Pearland area ranch, suffering a fractured hip.
Mrs. Hannah M. Riggs, age 100, one of the first white settlers in the area, died at her son Tom Riggs home about 25 miles south of Pecos.
Secretary Wallace said growers in 14 of 16 cotton states offered to remove 5,566,169 acres from production in exchange for government cash and option benefits. Extension of the signing campaign to July 12 was announced to give all farmers a chance to sign. Officials reported a near 50 percent rise in offers since yesterday, with a goal to reduce this year's crop by about 3,000,000 bales. Acreage figures by state were listed for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
The confession of June Wollfolk, a San Antonio apartment janitor, linked to the killing of Alma Dell Cabble. Wollfolk said a white man planned the murder and helped him, though detectives doubt the assistant tale. Cabble's husband, a private soldier at Kelly Field, reported the crime.
Earnest Backhaus of Sharp owns a 25 year old Hupmobile, one of the county’s oldest automobiles. The horseless carriage, first owned by Paul C. Graves of Sharp, appeared in the Westphalia celebration parade this week.
Longview lawmaker Walter C. Holloway said he will submit a bill to the September called session requiring grand juries to grant immunity for information given to newspapermen in confidence.
The data lists population figures for New Mexico Arizona California and other states. It includes specific numbers such as 3,642,000 for one state 22,893 and 116,000 for another and 137,000 and 1,128 and 222,000 for California. The values are scattered and not clearly labeled with years or contexts.
Bill Widener and Ida Mae Melear. Louis Kourth and Theda Van Wooley. Robert Lee Westbrook and Effie Lutz seek marriage licenses in this local notice listing three prospective unions.
Mr and Mrs Drew Perlitz return to Cameron after a honeymoon tour in New York Washington and the World Fair in Chicago They were married in Harlengen on Thursday June and now reside on North Houston Avenue at the Ted Epperson home Mr Perlitz is manager for the Schuhmacher Company of Cameron A radio tribute aired Friday morning from WFAA Dallas The Schuhmacher Company distributes here for the milling firm and Mr and Mrs V P Woolley have come back to Cameron after visiting I B Woolley of Overton
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