Naked assault case in Houston man accused of beating girl
Clyde DeSpain of Houston is accused of beating an 18 year old girl with a buckled belt after allegedly ordering her to jump. The incident reportedly occurred near Uvalde with DeSpain held on aggravated assault charges and described as the assailant by officers.
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Houston
Clyde DeSpain
Uvalde
DeSpain
Hartley B. Clayton
Corpus Chri
Sublboriles
DeSpain Ami
Gaye Win & Motorels
Noar
Spain
Texas Federation To Hold State History Banquet In Lubbock
Dallas reports the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs plans its annual convention in Lubbock on November 9 with a statehood themed banquet. Tables honor eras from Texas history and guest speakers include Dr W Horn of West Texas Tech and Dr Jesse L Herrick of the College of Industrial Arts.
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Dallas
Texa
Texas
Uie Tera
Federation of Womene Clule
Lubbock
Delagates
Po W. Horn
West Texas Technological College
Jesse L Herrick
College of Industrial Arts
H. W. Stanley
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Seale Becomes Manager at Local Lumber Office
Henry Seale assumed duties as manager of the Grant Lumber Company local office on Saturday August 1 succeeding T R Wright who moved to Beeville. Draper serves as Seale's assistant. Almond Jr. now manages the Madison Lumber Company after Seale’s three years there.
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Henry Seale
Grant Lumber Company
Madison Lumber Company
Hie
T. R Wright
Beeville
Draper
Seale
del Rio
John W. Almond Jr
500 Bream Placed in Texas Hatcheries from Georgia Swap
Five hundred bream brood fish averaging 2% pounds are en route from Georgia to Texas after a fish swapping deal between Georgia and Texas game and fish commissions. Half will be placed in Heart of the Hills Hatchery near Kerrville and half at the San Angelo State hatchery. The first fingerlings from the imports will be ready for distribution next fall.
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Kerrville
Texas
Georgia
Fish and Game Commissions
Hills
San Angelo
Reno Ambition and a Democratic Divorce Colony
Reno residents abolish caste distinctions in a liberty minded divorce colony. Judge Barrett notes openness among classes as debutantes mingle with clerks and managers with clients at La Belle Livingston's nightclub, seen as a gathering place for sharing troubles and welding diverse newcomers into a single community.
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Belle Livingston
Belle
Reno
Ancient Saddle Joined to Goliad Relic Collection
KENEDY Texas Aug 4 Veteran Col George W Saunders adds a venerable saddle to his Goliad relic collection. The saddle came from Robert A Boyce of Kenedy who rode it on four trail trips in the 70s and 80s and has used it since. In Kenedy Saunders viewed Eugene Fehois Sr s museum including John Wesley Hardin s pistol and a gun tied to the Black Diamond elephant execution in Corsicana two years ago.
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Kenedy
Texas
George W. Saunders
Goliad
Robert A. Boyce
Saunders
Eugene Fehois Sr
John Wesley Hardin
Black Diamond
Corsicana
Theft Case Trials Highlight County Court Docket
Texas Rangers to be tried Saturday on assault charges as Eddie Zorn a youth is tried for theft of over 50 dollars. Zorn claimed ignorance of operating a car but admitted crossing the river after arrest.
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Texas Rangers
Tueday
Eddie Zorn
Zor
City Online
Zorn
Car Stripping Raids Hit Uvalde Area Autos
Reports from Uvalde describe a two week spate of thefts of vehicles and parts. Robberies include 40 gallons of fuel from Doc Cartwright’s threshing rig, wheels tires and generator from a truck, a stolen car part case found by a bank, and three tires removed from Tirzo Mirries’s vehicle near the Mexican Catholic Church.
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Uvalimn
Uvalde
K. A
Doc) Cartwright
Capt Farm
Cartwright
R. L. Dinwiddies
First State Bank
West Nepal Street
T. P Roberts
Tirzo Mirries
15000 Tiny Bass Rescued by Couple in Uvalde Creeks
UVALDE August 4 approximate 15900 small bass about two and a half inches were saved from drying water holes of Turkey Creek in western Uvalde County when Bruce Smyth and Allen Smyth led a seining party. They relocated the fish to permanent water farther upstream.
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Uvalde
Turkey Creek
Uvalde County
Bruce Smyth
Allen Smyth
Kerrville Raid Seizes 2300 Bottles of Home Brew
Kerrville reports three raids in a week netting 2300 bottles of beer. A raid on Guadalupe Street seized 700 bottles of home brew as Kerr County officers continued dry enforcement last weekend.
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Kerrville
Kerr County
Guadalupe Street
Lindberghs Start 7000 Mile Flight From Washington
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh prepare for the Orient leg of a 7000 mile aerial trip after starting from Washington with a first stop in New York. They are shown at North Beach with Mrs Lindberghs parents and Mr and Mrs Dwight W Morrow as they head to Ottawa Canada en route to Tokio.
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Orient
Charles A. Lindbergh
Benator
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindberghs
North Beach
Lindberghis
Ottawa
Canada
Tokio
Japan
Washington
New York
Livestock Prices in 1896 Compared With Modern Quotations
Readable notes recall 1896 prices for cattle sheep and yearlings from Sonora News. Sellers include Ansil and Garrett Bean 900 head to D B Casenbary at 1675 dollars. James Welch 800 muttons to Ed Pfeister and John Knoll at 2 dollars per head. McKenzie Mayer 2700 shorn wethers at 2 dollars. J I Jones 500 sheep at 1.26 dollars. other buyers and ranch activity noted near San Angelo and Burton Wade ranch 27 miles north.
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John Jones
Kimble County
Jonnie Cooper
Sono
Sonora
Burton Wade
San Angelo
James Welch
Ed Pfeister
John Knoll
Will Wark
Ken Casenbary
McKenzie and Mayer
Sidney Bremmer
Kinney County road gangs push county highway work forward
Kinney County reports steady progress on multiple projects. Crews started road bed work on the Spofford pike and began shoulders oiling and paving. The west end of Highway No 3 toward the Val Verde line has advanced, with drainage and grading contracts to be let soon by the State Highway Department.
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Spofford Pike
Sycamore
Val Verde
Uvalde County
State Highway Department
Macie Dixie
Labor scorns wage slashes by Rockefeller
Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor condemns Rockefeller controlled Colorado Fuel and Iron for cutting miners' wages by 20 percent while praising United States Steel for cutting dividends instead. Woll appeals to John D. Rockefeller Jr. to restore the old wage level amid fears of world unrest and internal strife.
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Woll
American Federation of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Rockefeller
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
John D. Rockefeller Jr
C. F. and I
Four Die as Reds Riot in Chicago
Chicago reports four killed and four wounded in a Communist uprising after the eviction of 72 year old Mrs Giana Gross. Illinois National Guard massed at Camp Grant and police patrolled riot zones. Mayor Cermak halted evictions and urged unemployment relief over force. Twenty two Communists arrested, Lewis Temmes accused of incitement.
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Chicago
U.P
Illinois National Guard
Camp Grant
Anton Cermak
Lewis Temmes
Giana Gross
Panic as Mexican banks close amid run on deposits
Mexico City reports a financial crisis risk after Credito Espanol De Mexico and Banco Nacional De Mexico close to prevent bank runs. Directors announce BN Mexico will shut to preserve order as withdrawals surge. other banks also see heavy withdrawals.
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Mexico City
Credito Espanol de Mexico
Banco Nacional de Mexico
Credito
Banco Nacional
Arabian themed Southwestern Style Show at Fair Park
Dallas. The Southwestern Style show planned for August 4 11 and 18 at Fair Park Auditorium will feature an Arabian backdrop minarets of Baghdad and forward sets an Arabian palace Oriental music by an orchestra dressed Bedouin style. The show comprises four sections sports wear mad in Dallas clothing pajamas and undergarments and dinner and evening wear.
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Dallas
Fair Park Auditorium
Oscar Blatt
Fair Park
Bagdad
Mayor Grows Preaches Presents Peaches to Evening News
Mayor Jnc Y Long donated nine extra large Dixie peaches to The Evening News on Tuesday. The fruit came from trees two and a half years old in the mayor’s yard.
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The
Evening News
Jnc. Y. Long
Why Mexican Jumping Beans Jump in the City
Curious observers watch Mexican jumping beans, which are seeds housing a larva. A moth lays eggs on a plant, the larva bores inside the pod, and as the caterpillar moves the pod hops. Heat or light accelerates activity and the worm lives about two months.
Den ver woman coal operator invited to White House conference
Josephine Roche of Denver, the only woman coal operator invited to the proposed White House conference on stabilizing the soft coal industry, says she welcomes the chance to testify on the benefits of high wage scales and union labor in mines. She controls the second largest coal producing company in Colorado.
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Josephine Roche
Denver
White House
Colorado
Map Out Plans to Raise Sum for Charities
The Val Verde County Associated Charities board met to discuss funding for upkeep. President F M Rose noted July calls from transients and August demand, cautioning that without support, vulnerable people may be left destitute. A committee led by E F Mensels was formed to devise strategies to raise funds and sustain the unit.
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MAP Out
The
Val Verde County Associated Charities
Chamber of Commerce
F. M. Rose
Row
E. F. Mensels
E. K. Fawcett
F. H. Doran
Eagle Pass Seeks New Corpus Christi Highway Route
A civic meeting in Corpus Christi discussed state aid for a highway linking Corpus Christi and Eagle Pass. A. D. Eidson attended as two maps were prepared for highway department consideration. One plan routes via Dilley and the existing San Antonio road to Eagle Pass. another would go through Catcina to Eagle Pass.
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Eagle Pass
Corpus Christi
Corpus
A. D. Eidson
Highway Department
Dilley
San Antonio
Catatina
Goat’s Remarkable Diet Ends in Fatality in Kinston
William B. Alston’s goat named Bil reportedly consumed a varied menu over days including car seat scraps, holly, pajamas, mail, nest straw, a prayer book, flowers, and Susans. The owner then shot the goat, whose remains were given to a negro family for food in a perplexing dietary record.
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Kinston
N. Y
William B. Alston
Alton
Goat
Megrees
Jealousy and murder shock Sonora wedding fiesta
Manuel Rodriguez 24 is dead from gunshot and stab wounds found near Sonora. Cleofas Lopez 23 is jailed over the killing linked to a drunken wedding celebration. Authorities cite a brawl at the Lopez home as the likely motive amid eyewitness accusations. Rodriguez worked at Ridley ranch and had been in Sonora for years.
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Manuel Rodriguez
Cleofas Lopez
Sonora
del Rio
Rodriguez
J. L. Cook
Lopez
Ridley
Twenty Sections Leased South of Sonora Ranch Deal
Twenty sections of land south of Sonora near the A. F. Clarkson ranch were leased by Ross and Garvin per Sutton County records. The smooth grazing country has excellent wells and suits sheep goats and cattle. E. C. Garvin will manage the ranch with Joe B. Ross. Shannon Clarkson signed the lease. The ten year lease runs at 60 cents per acre.
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A. F. Clarkson
Ross and Garvin
Sutton County
Sonora
E. C. Garvin
Joe B. Ross
Shannon Clarkson
Clarkson
Sparrows Found Valuable in Beetle Control in Harrisburg
Investigators with the Pennsylvania State Game Commission report that the English sparrow, long seen as a pest, has economic value by attacking and feeding on the Japanese beetle, a plant pest causing damage in infested areas.
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Harrisburg
Fiekdl
Pennsylvania State Game Commmission
Weather report for Del Rio and West Texas today
Generally fair conditions in Del Rio and vicinity. Tuesday night and Wednesday expect fair skies. Temperatures show a high around 93 and a low near 75. this morning’s low was 72.
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del Rio
Minnea
West Texas
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