Prickly Pear Musings and Local Errands
A humorous note from Prickly Pear discusses badminton origins as English not Chinese, health officials preferring biscuits, and boosters planning a railroad from San Carlos to Villa Acuna. The piece jokes about a woolen mill, locating a Lindbergh kidnapper, swapping a cat, and a religious friend calling Prickly Pear hypocritical before conceding the writer plans to grow meaner with age.
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San Carlos
Villa Acuna
Amelia
Prickly Pear
Parley Fails Shanghai as Battleships Mass
Japanese bluejackets take battle positions in Shanghai facing Chinese regulars as US and three nations mobilize for a worst crisis. Naval forces estimated at 5 000 to 8 000 deploy along the international settlement fringe while US Marines guard nearly 4 000 citizens in Shanghai.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Travelstead Seen as Outstanding Local Curiosity
The Corpus Christi Caller profiles J Travelstead of Del Rio Evening News as a colorful, fearless editor and columnist. He unsettles readers with sharp opinions yet remains beloved and influential in Del Rio. He jokes about aging in journalism and predicts another three decades of work.
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J. Travelstead
Texas
Travelstead
DuPonts
Mrs G B Duke Dies in Corsicana at 80
Isabell Julia Duke 80 widow of G B Duke and mother of B M Duke died Thursday at 2 am in Corsicana at her daughter’s home Mrs C L Atkinson. Funeral in Del Rio Friday at 10 am from Doran Chapel Rev L C Beasley officiating Interment Westlawn Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters two sons two brothers and several grandchildren.
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Isabell Julia Duke
G. B. Duke
B M. Duke
Corsicana
C. L. Atkinson
del Rio
Doran Chapel
L C Beasley
First Methodist Church
Westlawn
Doran Funeral Home
Mrs Duke
Weimar
Texas
Isabell Julia Reynolds
J R Teague
Los Angeles
Clay T Garner
San Antonio
E. M Duke
C L Duke
J J Reynolds
Corpus Christi
Aliie Reynolds
Glenn Springs
Duke
Mr. Gregory
Honolulu
Gregory
Brackettville Nears Special Mayor Alderman Election
Brackettville will hold a special August 17 election to choose a mayor and an alderman after mayor Hancock Fritter resigned to clear the path for his nephew Stafford Fritter as city secretary. Ben Jones, Alex Schuback, and D A Harris seek mayor. Clarence Stratton and O Saur vie for alderman as current vacancies could trigger a second vote.
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Brackettville
Hancock Fritter
Stafford Fritter
Jo Nell Seargent
Alfred Walker
van Horn
Ben Jones
Alex Schuback
D. A. Harris
Fritter
Schuback
Harris
Clarence Stratton
O. Saur
Henry Zeinsmeister
Mrs Pete Traxler Released on Bond
CROCKETT Aug 12 Mrs Roy Pete Traxler charged with aiding her husband in escaping Eastham state prison farm last month was released on $10 000 bond approved by Judge Max Rogers of Huntsville who substituted on the bench here for District Judge Sam Holland Traxler was brought here this week from Chickasha Oklahoma Traxler was recaptured after he was shot and wounded in Oklahoma
Soviet daredevil launches trans polar flight to New York
Starts flight Moscow August 12 with Sgismund Levaneffsky, the USSR's famed aviator, taking off on a polar route to New York.
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Moscow
Sgismund Levaneffsky
Soviet Union
New York
Fisher Dies in Dallas at Age 60
Dan G. Fisher 60, former railway utility publicity director, died today in Dallas. In Raymon dville, County Attorney Hubert Wright said a court of inquiry secured valuable information in the Blanton investigation but declined to disclose its nature. Seven witnesses, residents on the former King ranch, were heard today. In Washington, the Senate agriculture committee approved a concurrent resolution urging Congress to pass general farm legislation in the next session’s first week, hoping for crop loans this year. In Denton, the body of Frank Moring, 19, a North Texas Teachers College student, was recovered from Lake Dallas by city firemen after drowning Tuesday night.
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Raymondville
Hubert Wright
Blanton
King Ranch
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Bilbo
Mississippi
Denton
Frank Moring
North Texas Teachers’ College
Lake Dallas
Wallace
Commissioners of Agriculture
Treasury
Date Night Reform Plan Enables First Parole Wedding
In TECUMSEH Oklahoma an Oklahoma training school for girls will witness its first marriage under a date night plan. A 17 year old inmate to wed her 21 year old childhood sweetheart with her mother's consent and county judge approval. The ceremony will take place in the school cottage with the bride receiving parole after the wedding as is customary when released at 18.
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Oklahoma
Hugo Black Named to Court
President Roosevelt nominated Senator Huey Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court to replace Willis Van Devanter. Confirmation was blocked by Senators Burke and Johnson. Black is an Alabama leader in backing the administration's wage and hour bill and has served in the Senate since 1926.
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Burke and Johnson
Washington
Roosevelt
Hueco Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Burke
Nebraska
Johnson
California
Willis van Devanter
Black
Senate
Jury Exonerates Woman in Death Of Her Husband
Chicago August 12 A coroner's jury exonerated Mrs Ruth Werlein 35 who admitted shooting her husband George 46 after he questioned their nine month old son David The nine year old daughter Shirley Ruth Hall testified the mother fired only after severe beating Police found Werlein dead when responding to a call The child described Mommy s gun flashed four times and said she shot him
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Chicago
Ruth Werlein
George
David
Poiceman
Julius J. Gebhardt
Werlein
North Side
Fter
Momma
Comfort Mohair Sale Reaches New High Price
San Angelo August 12 support indicates Ingen huett and Montague of Comfort sold 27000 pounds of Spring 1937 kid hair at 82 cents a pound to Tom Parker of Ryder and Brown yielding a net of 81 cents to growers. This marks a high price level for mohair in recent years and tops prior records.
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San Angelo
Ingenhuett
J.D. Pepper
Texas
Sweetwater
Junction
Lightning strikes Edison Memorial Tower in Menlo Park NJ
Lightning toppled the 130 foot Edison Memorial Tower in Menlo Park New Jersey though officials say the perpetual light at its base likely remains burning beneath debris. The 20 foot diameter steel structure dated to 1930, with a $95,000 foundation gift from the Edison Foundation, was built around the old electric company site.
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Menlo Park
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Fadison Foundation
Lectric Company
Fort Worth Engineer Julian Montgomery Named by Texas Highway Commission
Fort Worth based engineer Julian Montgomery has been named by the Texas Highway Commission as the new engineering appointee effective October 1, announced by Associated Press.
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Julian Montgomery
Fort Worth
Texas Highway Commission
Associated Press
Wallace Holds Crop Control Ahead of Loans
Secretary Wallace stated that farmers could not receive government crop loans without enacted crop control measures. He noted opposition to loans without control legislation and cited costly parity adjustments for cotton and corn.
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Wallace
Woodul to Urge Allred on Big Bend International Park
Acting Governor Walter F Woodul said he would ask Governor James V. Allred to submit to the Legislature after the state budget is balanced the plan to buy land in the Big Bend for an international park. He backed his stance with a $20 contribution to private fundraising to cover part of the land cost. The 1930s budget needs balancing and had been vetoed by Allred for lack of details and state finances.
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Austin
Walter F Woodul
James V. Allred
Big Bend
Allred
Woodul
Fortunate Street Sweeper’s Quiet Wealth Revealed
Thomas Laheen, a San Francisco street sweeper for years, died in January leaving an estate of 42170 dollars disclosed in a will contest. Neighbors believed him impoverished and many recall his quiet service. The will contest was filed today in California probate court.
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San Francisco
Cail
Thomas Laheen
Laheen
Three Staten Island Tenements Crushed in Storm Disaster
Nineteen people died in their sleep as three brick tenements collapsed in heavy rain. Three remain missing while four others were seriously injured. Patrolman Joseph McBren died heroically entering the wreckage carrying a young girl. The disaster also killed ten women and six children across the metropolitan area.
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New York
Staten Island
Joseph McBren
Virginia Budnick
Texas Farmer Shot to Death by Unknown Attacker
Austin sheriff reports Govalle truck farmer B N Payton was shot to death and his wife critically wounded while his son was shot in the leg as they tried to stop an intruder from stealing their car. The assailant eluded police earlier in connection with a separate robbery. An armed posse hunts the suspect four miles east of Austin.
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Austin
B. N Payton
Govalle
Payton
San Antonio Public Service Company
Travelstead Attends West Texas Press Meet
J Travelstead editor of The Del Rio Evening News travels to Sweetwater for the West Texas Press Association convention. About 125 delegates and guests expected with business sessions and entertainments including a Friday luncheon and Saturday breakfast. Officers will be elected and next convention city chosen at closing.
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J. Travelstead
del Rio Evening News
Sweetwater
West Texas Press Association
Filibuster May Aid Crop Control Plans
Des Moines Iowa August 12 Governor Kraschel suggested Mid Western congressmen stage a filibuster to obtain crop control legislation before adjournment of the congressional session The governor said the President is right in his demand for crop control if he is to lend public money on farm commodities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Covernor Nelson G. Kraschel
Weather Report Del Rio Area Tonight
Partly cloudy conditions persist in Del Rio and vicinity. Maximum yesterday reached 100 degrees with a low of 80. This morning's minimum temperature was 78 degrees.
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Frida
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Moderate southerly winds are expected along the coast.
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Bill Lundberg
China
Arkansas
Peple
U. S
Anese
Jack
Julius
E Street
Mason and Dixon Line
Chamber of Commerce
Evening News
Senger
Miami
Daytona Beach
Central Press
Board of Aldermen
Pete Traxler
Dan G. Fisher
Dallas
Dan
G. Fisher
Railway Utility
Tecumseh
Okla
Hugo Black
Solon
West Texas
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