Mass meetings call citizens to save Del Rio schools
A Tuesday evening rally in Green Park aims to resolve schooling funding and credits for Del Rio Independent District. Speakers include J H Fisher and Rev Chase outlining the fiscal crisis. Committees led by George E chairman and Mrs J A Forman organize publicity and arrangements as club women meet to discuss finances.
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Green Park
del Rio
George E
J. A. Forman
Brian Montague
Paul Poag
M. Andrews
R. M
J. H. Fisher
Chase
W. Wallace Jr
W. A. Earnest
Sam Walk
C. B. “Dutch” Ward
Jas. C. Netts
Chas.e
Daniel
Lucille Love
Sazy
El Paso Unemployed To Protest B E F Trek To Border
El Paso unemployed led by E C Duty plan protest against moving the bonus army to El Paso. Doak Carter aims to relocate headquarters from Huntington to El Paso. Local officials avoid a stance citing a ticklish situation while police prepare to keep marchers moving. Mexico resists Carter plan for Chihuahua colony. Juarez immigration chief Duarte says veterans cannot enter without orders. Mexican troops guard Casas Grandes to enforce laws.
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EL Paso
E. C
Doak Carter
Bonus Army
Mexico
Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
E. H. Simmons
Chamber of Commerce
O. C. Coles
Chamber of Commerce Tax and Economy Committee
el Paso Real Estate Board
John L. Andreas
L. T. Robey
Carter
Chihuahua
United States
Juarez Immigration Office
Daniel Z. Duarte
Juarez
Mexico City
Edmundo Sanchez
Casas Grandes
Hitler Refuses Key Post in New Nazi Cabinet
Berlin Aug 13 Adolf Hitler leader of the National Socialists declined a vice chancellorship in the upcoming cabinet and rejected the Prussia premiership. He urged control of the cabinet and suggested one of his lieutenants be named interior minister while remaining opposition to the current government. Von Hindenburg spoke with Hitler for 15 minutes and announced Von Papen's cabinet would stay in office.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
von Hindenburg
Hitler
von Papen
Prussia
Reynolds will disinherites Libby in 1931 will case
Zachary Smith Reynolds, heir to tobacco millions, left a will in August 1931 bequeathing his $15,000,000 estate share unconditionally to his siblings. The document, filed in New York, omits his widow Libby Holman Reynolds and the former wife Anne Cannon. Probate will follow in New York as the Libby case looms toward trial.
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New York
Zachary Smith Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Libby Holman Reynolds
Ab Walker
Anne Cannon
Concord
N. C
Goat Feud murder case tightens around recluse Rich ard Dana
Natchez Mississippi authorities tie fingerprints to 61 year old eccentric Rich ard Dana in the slaying of Jane Merrill. Dana is nephew of Charles A Dana and is jailed with his housekeeper Miss Octavia Dockrey who is indicted on murder charges. Dockrey, once Dana’s sweetheart, supervised his home for two decades. Investigators link the case to a long running quarrel over goats straying onto the Merrill property.
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Natchez
Miss
Richard Dana
Jane Merrill
Dana
Charles A. Dana
Octavia Dock
State seeks to halt new cotton rate injunction granted
The state obtained an injunction in 126th District Court restraining the Texas Louisiana Traffic Bureau and several railroads from promulgating a cotton tariff seen as violating state laws. Assistant Attorney General Christopher said the rate would curb intra state shipment control and eliminate interior compression stoppages, harming the industry.
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Austin
126Th District Court
Texas-Louisiana Traffic Bureau
Fort Worth
Denver
Burlington and
Rock Island
Wichita Valley
Attorney General's Department
Railroad Commission
Christopher
Boy, 13, Loses Legs In Freight Car Accident
Thirteen year old George Leightson of Nashville lost both feet when a switch stand knocked him from the side of a moving box car in Fort Worth last night. Both legs were amputated below the knee.
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Fort Worth
George Leightson
Nashville
Henry Ansley Fatally Hurt In Car Crash
Amarillo newspaper man Henry Ansley aged 36 died from injuries after a night crash near Tulsa. Roy Cullum, driver, was slightly injured as their car went into a ditch and rolled over near a narrow bridge while returning from speaks supporting Governor Ross Sterling.
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Henry Ansley
Amarillo
Ansley
Ross Sterling
South Plains
Roy Cullum
Cullum
Callum
Bishop Cannon Delays Hoover Speech Comment
GENEVA Switzerland August 13 Bishop James Cannon visiting here declined to comment on President Hoover acceptance speech.
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Bishop Cannon
Hoover
Geneva
Switzerland
James Cannon
Wage Hike Boosts Southern Silk Mills Workers
In Winston-Salem 2295 employees at Greensboro and Kernerville plants receive a 10 to 12 percent raise to restore pre January salary levels. Mills run day and night with ample orders, ensuring full shifts until demand stabilizes. The move is announced by John G. Bentley, Southern Silk Mills general manager.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Greensboro
Kernerville
John G. Bentley
Southern Silk Mills
Judge Wardlaw Endorses Miriam Ferguson in Texas Governor Race
Fort Worth attorney Judge L J Wardlaw spoke at Greenwood Park urging Miriam Ferguson for governor. He contrasted Ferguson with Governor Ross Sterling, praising her record on pardons and finances while criticizing Sterling’s tax and bond policies. Wardlaw announced more speeches before the August 27 run-off primaries.
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L. J. Wardlaw
Fort Worth
Greenwood Park
Miriam A. Ferguson
Joseph Jones
R. H
Bob” Martin
Martin
Sterling
Ferguson
Judge Wardlaw
Sutton County
Wardlaw
James E. Ferguson
Fergusons
Ross Sterling
Gulf Coast Braces for Heavy Storm Evacuations Begin
Beaumont Texas reports over 100 families evacuating summer cottages at Caplen and Gilchrist as a Gulf storm threatens the coast. Port Arthur mobilizes extra fire crews to stack sandbags and seal the new seawall while meteorologists warn 40 to 45 mph winds from 6 to 9 p m.
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Port Arthur
Caplen
Gilchrist
Fire Department
Manila Blaze Destroys Historic District Buildings
Fire swept three blocks of Manila’s old walled city destroying the Insular Bureau of Public Works buildings two colleges the Ateneo Museum and other structures dating from before American occupation. Loss was estimated near 1 000 000 dollars.
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Manila
P. I
Insular Bureau of Public Works
Ateneo Museum
Artesian Well Found in Irion County Near Sherwood
Oil drillers report a first artesian well in Irion County two miles north of Sherwood. The gushers could irrigate at least 1,000 acres, including J Kinser’s 400 acre plot, with water potentially sold to nearby landowners. Water sample sent to Austin for analysis. The well’s strong pressure even lifted a 200 pound driller onto the pipe. The valley from well to Spring Creek lies over a mile away.
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Irion County
Sherwood
San Angelo
J. Kinser
Austin
Spring Creek
New Commander of U S Fleet Admirals Leigh Leads Navy
Admiral Richard H. Leigh, veteran of European submarine chases in World War I, becomes commander in chief of the U S Fleet. The four star flag was unfurled on the main deck of the U S S Pennsylvania at San Pedro as he succeeds Admiral Frank H. Schofield. Leigh, 62, from Granada Mississippi, Annapolis graduate in 1891, served in the Spanish American War, Philippine campaign, Cuban pacification, and Boxer rebellion, and was chief of staff to Admiral William Sims. He holds the Distinguished Service Medal and decorations from Belgium and Britain.
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Richard H. Leigh
U.S
United States
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
San Pedro
Calif
Frank H. Schofield
Navy
Leigh
Granada
Miss
Annapolis
William Sims
Belgium
Britain
Building Delay of G and W T brings appeal
Brady August 13 The chamber briefs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by Brady Fredericksburg Mason and San Antonio interpose against Southern Pacifics request to extend the Gulf and West Texas Railway construction time from San Antonio to Brady and San Angelo Judge Carl Runge represents the intervenors arguing the company can finance the project with 1 8 million subscribed and RCFC funds at favorable rates project cost about 6 million and aims to finish by March 31 1933 despite limited work to date the line would connect to South Texas improving employment and tonnage prospects
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Brady
Chambers of Commerce
Brady, Fredericksburg
Mason and
San Antonio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Gulf and West Texas Railway
San Angelo
Carl Runge
Southern Pacific Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fredericksburg
South
Texas
Del Rio Bus Catches Fire in Brackettville
An east bound bus from Del Rio caught fire as it pulled to the curb in Brackettville Thursday afternoon. The blaze was extinguished with no serious damage and no injuries to passengers were reported.
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del Rio
Brackettville
Brackettville Court Opens Docket With Major Murder Cases
District Court in Brackettville convenes with one of its heaviest dockets as Judge Joseph Jones calls a grand jury for August 15 and a felonious calendar includes manslaughter indictments. Jess Jett faces death, linked to a May death at Pinto pumping plant. Vivian Pinkston and Felipe Martinez await bond in Kinney County jail on murder charges. Grand and petit jurors are named as the court schedules hearings and trials.
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Joseph Jones
Brackettville
Jess Jett
Carlos Avalies
Jett
Vivian Pinkston
Joe Smith
Standart
Blast wrecks Borger movie palace today
A dynamite blast inside the Rex Theatre in Borger Texas wrecked the interior and caused over 6000 dollars in damage. The explosive was lowered from the roof into the projection room and concussion shattered nearby store windows adding about 1000 dollars in losses. The theatre shares ownership with a Lubbock venue recently damaged by a bomb.
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Blast Wrecks
Borger Movie Palace
Borger
Texas
Rex Theatre
Lubbock
Moffat District Backs $4 Million RCF Loan for Dotsero Cutoff
The Moffat Tunnel Improvement District and the Moffat Tunnel Commission asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a $4,000,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to finance the Dotsero cut off in Colorado.
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Washington
Moffat Tunnel Improvement District
Moffat Tunnel Commission Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dotsero
Colorado
Weather Outlook Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with probable showers tonight and Sunday. Yesterday's high 98 degrees, low 74, and this morning's low 76.
Partly Cloudy With Showers In Southeast Tonight
Forecast calls for partial cloudiness with likely showers in the southeast portion tonight and into Sunday. The system may bring scattered rain, cooler temperatures, and unsettled conditions to that area.
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Reynolds Will
Libby
Three Railroads and Tariff Commission
Tulsa
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Texas Spring
U. S
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Germany
F. W. von Prittwitz
Cite Records
Gulf Coast
Beaumont
U. S. Fleet
W. T
Del
Grand Jury
H. C. O'Dell
A. L. York
J. F. Nance
John Fritter
Otto Postell
Tilman Hunt
Charley Gaebler
Ben 8. Jones
Veltmann
A. E. Barberger
J. DeWitt
Oscar Patton
John Dooley
Babe Hudson
Tom Wadsworth
al Brooks
Will Varga
Martin Harris
Sam Moscatelli
Joe Gonzales
Joe Dreyfuss
Joe Rose
Henry Bless
Robert Whipkey
Carl Poehler
Arch Jenkins
Clarence Stratton
Tobe Wallace
Dee Harwood
Albert Terry
Allen Williams
Charlie Schwandner
Jess Everett
Frank Zinsmeister
Alex Wickham
Albert Seargeant
Pat Veltmann
H. F. Wilson
Oswald Sauer
Albert Postell
Lem Beckett
Roy Sprott
Ignacio Gomez
Chester McDaniel
Frank Schaffer
Edgar Henze
Sam Bruce Jr
Alston Miller
Tunnel Board
West Texas
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