Del Rio Man in Tragic Death
John Gilchrist a Del Rio resident for about twenty five years died when the shotgun he carried discharged unexpectedly near his Rio Grande River ranch He had gone to kill a water moccasin seen along the river bank Relatives found him at 7 30 pm with the gun nearby After an inquest the verdict was accidental death from gunshot He moved to Del Rio with Mrs Gilchrist from El Paso worked for the T and N railroad retired seven years ago He leaves a widow Alma and a son Louis 13 Funeral services were held at Doran Yates Funeral Home with the Mason Lodge in charge The family also includes a daughter Dorks who died years ago and another son Paul who lives in Cloudcroft NM Surviving sister and brother are named with a Texas origin in the record
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande River
John Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Howe
Paul
Tie Iice
Cloudcroft
N. M
France declares GOP revolt against Hoover
Ex Senator Joseph I France announces he will enter presidential primaries in several large states including New York Ohio Indiana and West Virginia to oppose President Hoover He aims to end paternalism and prohibition and says his candidacy is an anti administration rallying point He conferred with party leaders and fundraisers and says most do not favor Hoover's renomination and hope he will retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Joseph I. France
New York
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Maryland
Calvin Coolidge
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Prance
National Committee
France
Weather outlook for Del Rio and Texas regions
Del Rio and vicinity show cloudy skies with probable showers Monday night and Tuesday. Max 76, Monday low 78. West Texas remains cloudy with possible showers Monday night and cooler Tuesday. East Texas expects local thundershowers and cooler air in the north and west portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Mexican Held in Werded On Wedding Night Killing
Clenfas Lopes, 22, is jailed in Sutton County awaiting bond on murder charges in the slaying of Manuel Rodriguez after an all night dance and wedding at Romalo Hernandez's home. Witnesses say a fight began when Rodriguez insulted Lopes, who stabbed the victim and then departed with the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clenfas Lopes
Sutton County
Manuel Rodriguez
Sonora
Alayer
Romalo Hernandez
Alvis Johunson
Frackee Ramos
Pedro Martinez
Birthday Finds Hoover Hard at Work at Capital
Del Rio ranchmen plan to attend the Sixth Annual Round-Up at the Ranch Experiment Station in Sonora. The event hosts 3,900 guests with free barbecue at 12 20 daily, evening film and dances, and talks on sheep and goat parasite issues. Notable speakers include R E Thomason, F P Molland, J C Burns, J M Weet, Sol Mayer, and J A Whitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
del Ray
W. H. Cameron
Focal Station
R. E. Thomason
Fl Paso
Frank P. Molland
Dallas
Texas Breeder-Feeder Association
John C. Burns
Texas Livestock Marketing Association
Fort Worth
J. M. Weet
Houston
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Sol Mayer
San Angelo
J. A. Whitten
Eldorado
Fifty Ships Lost In Cyclone Off French Shore
A cyclone wrecked fifty vessels near here on Monday. Six bodies washed ashore by noon, with the death toll expected to reach about twenty. Enormous waves battered shore houses and caused heavy inland damage feared along the coastline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupon
Francs
Ang
Here
Pecans Centered Around Weatherford Claim
Weatherford Texas claims half of all United States pecan production comes from within one hundred miles of the city. The assertion highlights Weatherford as a major pecan hub and sketches a regional production dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Texas
America
Hoover 57th Birthday Under Heavy Burden
Washington notes Hoover quietly marks his 57th birthday as president with heavier responsibilities and near nonstop work. He has few vacations, routines include daily medicine-ball workouts, and he endures constant press focus on personal matters while managing debt moratorium talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
DD. C
Herbert Hoover
Lowa
U. S
Hoover
Joel T. Boone
Progress in Maverick County power and irrigation project
Figures from District engineers and Alen and Company show 75 percent completion of the power section on the 32 mile main canal. Over 1,000,000 dollars of construction since April 1930, with 29 miles opened by seven draglines and two shovels. The project aims to 6.6 million dollars, with 9,000 horsepower and 15,000 acres irrigated by January 1, 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alen and Company
Maverick County
Mai Canal
Trinity Farm Construction Company
Walter H. Denison
Bart Moore, Inc
Gunite Concrete & Construction Company
Denison
C. E Waddle
Central Power and Light Company
Eagle Pass
Thomas Spur
Quemada Valley
Maverick
Misconduct Charged to Bastrop Judge in Austin Report
Thirteen impeachment charges against District Judge J. D. Price of Bastrop were returned Monday. Representative Harry N. Graves of Georgetown said the accompanying recommendation asks the house to study the charges before seeking a senate trial. The charges allege misconduct and neglect of duty in approving improper fee accounts of three county sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
J. D. Price
Bastrop
Harry N. Graves
Georgetown
House
Senate
Village Wins Full Ownership of Town Hall in North Reading
North Reading Massachusetts residents now own the town hall after paying the First Parish Unitarian Church 3600 dollars to settle decades of shared ownership. The town previously shared title with the church, but recent action gave the municipality full ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Reading
Mass
U.P
First Parish Unitarian Church
Garner Supports Redistricting Bill To Boost Reelection
Austin Aug 10 The Texas Senate committee approved a Greer drawn redistricting bill aimed at ensuring John Garner’s reelection by elongating his district from Brownsville to Del Rio and shifting northern counties. Poage withdrew his rival bill. debate moves to the Senate floor as the session nears close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Senate Committee
John Garner
House
Julian Greer
Athens
Texas
Jack Garner
Ross
Sterling
Greer
Garner
Rio Grande
Brownsville
del Rio
Srnators
W. R. Poage
Waco
Poage
East Texas
South
West Texas
Charles Gainer
Bryan
Panhandle
South Texas
Senate
Representa
Trains Delayed On S P Due To Sunday Washout
A washout on the Southern Pacific tracks near Collade Culberson County West of Valentine occurred Sunday night from heavy rain. Trains were delayed with Train No. 194 eight and a half hours late. service expected to resume around noon per trainmaster Tom Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Collade
Culberson County
Valentine
Tom Stewart
London cotton market sinks to lowest in decades
Reports from Liverpool and Manchester cotton exchanges describe a frantic scene as prices sagged to a 30 year low after Saturday’s United crop estimate of 15,846,000 bales. Traders rushed about, while visitors watched the tumult below in the crowded galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Asig
Liverpool
Manchester
Saturdays United
Stites
Man Suspected Of Robbery Held by County
Jim Pryor about 35 is held by county authorities as a suspect of burglary in connection with an alleged entry into the San Felipe Flour and Grain Warehouse Texaco Company’s warehouse and the Murphy Flour and Grain warehouse. Polo Flores, city patrolman, arrested him in the San Felipe Flour and Grain Wholesale office after Pryor allegedly removed the knob from the office safe. He was said to have removed the knob from the safe at other wholesale houses before being turned over to county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lopez
Sutton County
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Rapidan Camp
Jim Pryor
San Felipe
Texaco Company
Murphy Flour and Grain
Pryor
Polo Flores
Airplanes used in search for revolt leaders aboard Coral
Military planes combed the Caribbean for the private yacht Coral believed to carry revolutionary heads. In Cuba strict martial law remained while Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces reported thwarted plots. Former president Mario Menocal is thought to be aboard the Gora. Police raids continued. one woman and two men were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Auc
Coral
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Mario Menocal
Uvalde Piggly Wiggly to Relocate in September
Del Rio Piggly Wiggly Company announced the purchase of the Piggly Wiggly store in Uvalde. The store will close for about two weeks and reopen around September 1 in a new location. The company has recently bought five more stores, four in Corpus Christi and one in Robstown, expanding its chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
del Rio Piggly Wiggly Company
Corpus Christi
Robstown
Houston Suspect Held Here After Houston Arrest
Houston suspect Jesse Carcia, 20, held by local police after arrest by Chief Henry Bridge on a Houston warrant. He faced a charge of stealing the small model car he drove. Florentino Gonzales fined 12.70 dollars in City Court for drunken and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Carcia
Houston
Henry Bridge
Florentino Gonzales
Onion yield reported at Snyder new growing area
A grower produced twelve hundred pounds of Bermuda onions on one fifteenth of an acre at Snyder, signaling rising interest and volume in local onion farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Snyder
Val Verde County taxes reduced to 70 cents
Val Verde County commissioners cut the property tax rate to 70 cents per hundred dollars of valuation despite a $300,000 drop in valuations. The 1929 rate was 91 cents. distribution will be 25 for general, 21 for road bonds, 10 for roads and bridges, 10 for permanent improvements, and 4 for jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Verde County
Commissioners’ Court
Rocksprings to Sonora Highway Seemed Assured
Texas highway commission officials in Austin reported preliminary survey work for a Sonora to Rocksprings state route is advancing. Sutton County has $125,000 available from a $175,000 bond issue to fund right of way and parts of construction, with state and federal funds expected to cover the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Texas
Highway Commission
Austin
Sonora-Ozona
Sutton County
Hichwa
H. V. Stoke
Sonora Lions Club
Stokes
Johnson
J. D. Lowrey
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Cilchrist
Toronet
Doran-Yates Funeral Home
Charis Nison
Mason Lodge
Alma Gilcbhrbt
Louis
Day Bell
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph Gilchrit
Arona
By Ray Fucker
East
West Branch
Jesse Hoover
Steen
Selneng
Mame
Werder
Lopes
Ramos
Rodriguez
Martinez
Gace
T Ramos
Paula Hernandez
Hernandez
Capital
Cameron
Hirty
Raymond Clapper
Porto Rico
Congress
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Witt
S. P
U.S
Big Grocery
Val Verde
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!