Ellison slain by hidden gunman near Edinburg
DETECTIVES linked Bert Ellison 28 former customs officer to a Mexican dance area near Edinburg after he was shot five times with a .38 automatic pistol. Deputy Sheriff Charles Cov and others pursued suspects Margarito Rodriguez and Victor, who were wounded or killed in a firefight. Ellison’s death followed a separate shooting during a border patrol probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Filison
Customs Oficer
del Rio
Edinburg
Plart
Bargarito Rodriguez
Fillson
Hqnor
Charles Cov
Ellison
Brosh
Margarita
Victor
Margarito
Justice of the Peace
MC McDuffet
Raymondville
Justice Mc Dulle
Law O'Neill
Bilixon
Urge Land Owners Attend C C Meet On Truck Growing
The Chamber of Commerce mailed out invitations Tuesday to landholders urging attendance at a meeting about truck growing and related farm business matters. Local officials and chamber leaders are expected to address opportunities and regulations affecting growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C
Chamber of Commerce
Hungary offers motherhood bonuses after third child
In Tolva County Hungary officials introduced a motherhood bonus program rewarding women for each child beyond the third. The measure aims to counter demographic trends toward small families and is being piloted in August near Budapest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Tolva
Hungary
Building Permits Filed for New Tile and Stucco Home
L. Clara has obtained a city building permit for a four room tile and stucco home with a built up roof and a garage, valued at 3500 dollars. Fred Zuehl has secured a permit for a 12 by 20 foot structure with a stated cost that appears incomplete.
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L. Clara
Fred Zuehl
Governor Nominee Leads In Butte Republican Vote
The article reports in Butte that Joe Butter led Republican governor hopefuls with 4935 votes to 4776 for Exum Gaines Grant and Pollard among opponents. It notes other nominees for lieutenant governor attorney general and various state positions along with counts and runner-ups in several races. Senior figures include Doran, Joan Hacessey, C O Harris, and Hallet Reynolds with party roles across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
DF C
George C Butter
Washington
University of Texas Law
Butte
Exum
Anmrifio
John Pollard Gaines
Wichita Palle
John P Grant
Houston
M. H Thomas
Fire crews extinguish blaze on Avenue F and First Street
A fire reported Monday night on Avenue F and First Street was extinguished before fire apparatus arrived. No injuries or official cause stated.
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Fie Fire Department
First Street
Caiathiere
Houston's First Fire Chief Dies
HOUSTON August 13. Gia in a bright new uniform BE R Daedys Parker Houston's oldest fireman the first fire chief and fire scene shell will ride with be borne to the cemetery in a fire track for Central Station
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Hourton
Gia
BE. R. (Daedys) Parker
Houston
Uie
Sineshell
Wil
Central Station
Market Report Kansas City Sheep and Cattle Prices Rise
Sheep receipts reached 46000 on the Kansas City market with many grades up 15 to 25 cents and top lambs at 8.80. Cattle receipts totaled 7000 with calves 1500 and holdovers 1436 as lower grade cows and stockers gained. hogs at 5000 head were steady to 16 cents higher and the market overall remained fairly active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
First National Bank
Marriage Intention Filed For Pilar Garza And Rivira Mender
Pilar Garza has filed notice of intention to marry Rivira Mender. The ge notice states the couple plans to wed and provides standard filing details.
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Pilar Garza
Rivira Mender
Wrong Place Po Bat Bluffton Ind Farmer Injured
Charles Lmveltzer a farmer near Bluffton Indiana suffered a broken rib after being struck by a wagon tied to a cow. He was resting in the shade when the wagon owner started to move, causing his team to topple onto him.
Railroads Set Special Rates During Drouth
Washington August 12 UPI Alfred P Thom counsel of the Association of Railroad Executives says eastern railroads will grant hay feed water and livestock transport relief during the drouth emergency He reports that western railroads will likely follow and he arranged with President Hoover for a special Agriculture Department section to speed car movements where needed
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Washington
Upi
Alfred P. Thom
Drouth
Hoover
Agriculture Department
Hoover cancels vacation to focus on drought relief work
President Hoover announced he will remain in Washington instead of taking a two week trip to the Northern Rockies. He will hold conferences Thursday and Friday with state governors and farm organization representatives to discuss the drought emergency.
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Washington
Hoover
Rockies
Drouth Reef
Bandits Rob No. Dakota Bank For $3000 Loot
In Michigan City North Dakota two men hid in a clothes closet at Lambs National Bank and escaped with $3000 in cash after dawn this morning when the bank doors opened.
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No. Dakota Bank
Michigan City
N. D
Lamb's National Bank
Giant 260 ton locomotives travel through Del Rio at dusk
Two 260 ton locomotives over 100 feet long passed through Del Rio on the Pacific coast late Monday afternoon. They were not on their own power but dragged by a smaller engine. The reverse-typed engines with rear smokestacks were inspected at the division point before departure at 6:35 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Tivough del Rio
Women’s Club Finally Secures Meeting Place
In Nodena Arkansas the local women’s group, after years of effort, receive a tenant house from Dr J K Hamilton. The club remodeled and developed the space into their new meeting venue, marking a long awaited milestone.
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Nodena
Ark
Gm Ut
Unis Uny Laxelet Has & Chibhowie
J. K. Hamilton
Women Supporters Of Sterling Plan Local Rally
The Sterling supporters group met at Mrs. Georee Wo Cox home in Greenwoud Park. They organized a rally to be held here on August 21 at Greenwoud Park.
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Somes
Storting- Foe- Governor Club
Georee Wo Cox
Giarfield
Greenwoud Park
Crops Advance In Wisconsin Ahead Of Last Year
Crops in Green Bay show corn nearly a month ahead of last year with rye wheat barley oats and sugar beets improving after spring drought. Partners report general crop conditions and prospects are satisfactory for this time of year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay, Wis
Partners
Gas fitter bond filed by local plumber Rutledge
F. B. Rutledge, a local plumber, has posted a $1,000 bond in the city secretary’s office to qualify as a gas fitter. Under the city ordinance, gas-fitting concerns must post bonds before they are allowed to lay gas piping from mains or inside buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Rutledge
W. T. Hope Spends Weekend in Austin on Business
W. T. Hope spent the weekend in Austin on business. No additional details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Hope
Austin
Viet
Sugar Beets Expected Heavy Yield Near Lamar
Lamar Colorado based forecast by J B Mayhew agriculturist for a beet sugar company predicts heavy yield of sugar beets in the territory near Lamar.
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Lamar
Colo, UA
J. B Mayhew
Edwards County Treasurer Dies in Rocksprings
Minnie Clark, Edwards County treasurer and former county clerk for about 19 years, died at her Rocksprings home at 6 30 Monday evening. Funeral services are set for 5 o clock Tuesday at the Rocksprings Baptist Church. She is survived by three brothers J W Gilmer of Alpine Lynn Clark and Hardy Clark of Rocksprings and a sister Mrs Albert Zuberbueler of Rocksprings. Mrs Stewart of Del Rio is her sister.
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Minnie Clark
Edwards County
Ida Stewart
del Rio
Baptist Church
Rocksprings
Stewart
Miss Clark
J. W. Gilmer
Alpine
Lynn Clark
Hardy Clark
Albert Zuberbueler
Expert To Demonstrate Gas Piping For Local Homes
About 160 Del Rio homes will be piped for gas under a Texas Gas Utilities program. A home economist from Hamilton Ohio will visit for four days to lecture on gas uses and demonstrate meals prepared with natural gas with a separate program for men planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Texas Gas Utilities Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Plane Explodes In Oakland Kills Two On Takeoff
A small biplane exploded just after takeoff in Oakland California killing the pilot Albert Miller of Oakland chief mechanic and a passenger whose body was burned beyond recognition. The craft plunged to the ground and burned on impact.
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Oakland
Calif
Albert Miller
Defunct Guaranty Board to Refund
The State bank guaranty fund trustees propose immediate payment of 500000 to about 8000 creditors as a 30 percent dividend on claims. The fund is being wound up due to insufficient funds, announced from the Attorney General Bobbitt's office in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Bank Guaranty Fund
Bobbitt
State Banking Board
Women Vie For Washer In State Ironing Contest
Payetteville Ark August 12 One feature of the annual Farmers Week meeting here was a state ironing contest between women Six women ironed at a time be judged upon the time consumed in the work folding shirts and
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Payettevilas
Ark
Belog
Colorado’s Oil Status as Oldest Producers, New Operators
Colorado ranks as the second oldest oil producing state in the nation per the State Bureau of Immigration. It is also among the latest states to draw major oil operators for large scale development expected to boost future crude supply.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
United States
State Bureau of Immigration
Deer Visit Torrey Brothers Ranch in California Heat
At the Torrey Brothers ranch on a California mesa three deer appeared during the heat. A buck and two does were among the unexpected visitors. It is common for deer to come down from the mountains in midsummer.
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Montrose, Cole
Torrey Brothers Ranch
California Mesa
Fat and 52 He Is Held as Heart Breaker De Luxe
Grand Rapids Michigan August 12 J W Orton a middle aged man accused of marrying wealthy widows across the country then taking their money faces four hearings on August 20 He is charged with defrauding a Pellston widow of more than 2000 and allegedly took 3200 from a Washington state widow 7000 from a Chicago woman 3200 from a Nebraska victim He admitted various aliases and was jailed on 10000 bail
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Grand Rapids
Mich
J. W. Orton
Orton
Pellston, Mich
Addie Grewett
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Nebraska
Grewett
Addie Saylor
Arapahoe
Meb
Rena Felger
Wheaton
Mary Leongin
Woodlawn
Edward L. Sanford
John Sherwood
Sanford and Stanley
Desperate Divorce Filed Over Ranch House Demands
Francisca Delgado de Lopez filed for divorce from Fernando Lopez in Del Rio alleging threats to kill her if she refused his demands at their employer’s ranch. She accuses him of adultery and seeks custody of their two children, a 13 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. The case has prior court history and may be heard next term before Judge Joseph Jones in September.
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Francisca Delgado de Lopez
Fernando Lopez
del Rio
Lopes
Joseph Jones
Crawford Hurt In Loop Crash After Car Leaves Road
St Louis report says guide H C Crawford of Del Rio suffered cuts and a deep facial wound when a Dodge touring car left the Loop Road ditch near Qualia residence. Passenger Bob Whatley uninjured. Crawford told doctors he bled heavily as glass from a broken windshield cut his face. In Defiance Ohio, a separate report states Charles Kern and wife were kidnapped and held by four men from the Chappie Moran gang, bound for a bank draft transfer and real estate deal in Toledo.
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H. C. Crawford
Mexico
del Rio
Qualia
Loop Road
Crawford
Bob Whatley
Whatley
ST. Louis
W.P
Charles Kern
Defiance
Ohio
Toledo
Hugh Powers
Mercantile Commerce Bank
Kern
Chappie Moran
Hawks Aim to Break Lindbergh Speed Record
Captain Frank Hawks announced a race for Wednesday at 2 p.m. to best Charles Lindbergh's transcontinental time from Los Angeles to New York. Bad weather forced a postponement of the attempt.
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Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
New York
Study of Right and Left Hand Capacities at Temple Summer School
A scientific investigation into the relative capacities of the right and left hands for educational problem solving is under way in Temple University's summer school psychology clinic. Dr Thaddeus K Bolton, head of the department of psychology, disclosed the work.
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Philadelphia
Temple University
Thaddeus K. Bolton
Kidnapping Report Taints Defiance as Couple Held for Ransom
The sheriff's office in Defiance Ohio confirms that Charles Kern and his wife have been kidnapped and are being held for ransom. The confirmation comes after earlier reports of the incident this week.
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Defiance
Ohio
Charles Kern
Magnolia Oil Driller Wounds Knee Swinging Bat
Harvey Dunkle, driller for Magnolia Oil Company on the Wardlaw ranch, sprained his knee Monday afternoon while swinging a bat at his East Eighth Street home. Reportedly recovering Tuesday, he remains confined to bed despite pain.
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Harvey Dunkle
Magnolia Oil Company
Wardlaw Ranch
East Eighth Street
Testimony opens in bride slaying case
Special to The News from Rocks Springs Aug 12 reports testimony begins in the trial of Juanard on a charge of killing his wife Juanita after three months of marriage. District Attorney LaCrosse rested with last witnesses as defense began.
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Juanard
Juanita
Julian
Muniz
Rocks Springs
Julian LaCrosse
Juan Soto
O'Dell
Rector Vor
Jose Barrientos
Ysidro Ancira
Rafael Jiminez
Lazaro Palacios
C. R. Sutton
Joseph Jones
S Sther
Flier Held in Mine Bombing Case in Kentucky
Paul Montgomery, 26, arrested in Murphysboro on a charge connected to a bombing of non-union coal fields near Providence Kentucky. Sheriff says posse filed formal charges as Montgomery allegedly piloted a monoplane with a four inch inscription linked to the attack. Montgomery had talked of a Rome York Dallas flight but lacked funds and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Paul Montgomery
Kentucky
Mit
Providence
Yegterdey
Montgomery
Det
Plea of Guilty Draws 15 Days in Jail
R A Collis held in jail for weeks on a swindling charge and given 15 days in jail after pleading guilty. State to recover costs of prosecution from his property. A man named J A Collins obtained $25 from Frost National Bank of Antonio with a questionable instrument. Blanco County officers involved. Lonely in jail in Loveland Colorado with Mexican Arguella.
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R. A. Collis
Iis
J G. Smith
J. A. Collins
Frost National Bank of
Antonio
Smith
Blanco County
Collins
Loveland
Colo
Releth Arguella
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Border Patrol
Sem Clark
Clark
Mixion
Ifix
Abram Smith
Thiomas Shipp
Marion
Shipp
Claude Deeter
Deeter
Compalsion
Courthittin
Butte Visions Republican
Joe
K. Carket
Hoover Organtare
CIANT
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Women Supporters of
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California
Guaranty Board
NEA
J. W. Orton Breaker
Qualia Home
Hawks
Lindy
Cole
Luther Crews Ford
Greak Svare
Sid
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