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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
1
The piece notes controversy over the nomination of Black to the Supreme Court and calls for a family council. It mentions mixed opinions in newspapers including Alabama outlets and the New York Times criticizing the appointment.
Washington August 18 Senate confirmation of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court faced bitter debate. Opponents urged recommittal alleging Klan ties and temperament concerns, while supporters cited fitness. final vote 63 to 16 approving the nomination for Roosevelt’s first court appointment in three years.
A Texas section column notes growing use of public officials as paid writers in papers. It highlights Congressman Bob Poage and Governor Allred as prominent examples and argues Telegram will keep relying on its paid columnists despite competition. It also references editorials from Marshall News and quotes from Maury Maverick and Senator Bailey.
Governor James V Allred said he would vote for all proposed constitutional amendments in the August 23 election in Austin. He urged approval of the amendments in the statewide ballot.
Tokyo cabled report details Hiromichi Yamagata a 73 year old patriot who signed a petition in his own blood asking the government to let him serve in any capacity on the Chinese Japanese front. The war office replied there are no volunteer enlistments in the current military system.
Four men were killed and ten injured when a steam line exploded on the destroyer Cassins at the Philadelphia navy yard. A board of inquiry will determine the cause of the blast.
Texas payrolls and employment rose slightly from May to July and more from the prior year, with 83,183 workers employed and aggregate weekly payrolls of 2,143,093. Abilene Amarillo Dallas El Paso Houston and Waco posted above average gains. building materials chemicals and cotton oil mills led. From mid June to mid July 14 firms raised wages 53 percent affecting 1,548 workers. Since January 1 through July 16, 172 firms raised wages affecting 41,529 workers. only two firms reported decreases affecting 11 workers.
Ten thousand boys will be enrolled in CCC camps across Texas New Mexico California Arizona and Oregon in October. Seth Galloway a local welfare worker will begin taking applications after September 1 at 212 East Martin Street.
In Los Angeles a search for William O Johnson expanded to Iowa as authorities pursue the man accused of kidnapping 10 month old Billy Carr. Mrs Pegwy Carr tearfully filed a complaint alleging he took the baby after a marriage proposal was spurned. She says he phoned August 9 claiming to take the child to Burlington Iowa where he lived. Johnson, a former suitor living in her mother’s home, had courted her for months. two days earlier they argued and she asked him to stop. A neighbor reported seeing him leaving with the baby that afternoon.
James McIntyre, 79, of the famed McIntyre and Heath minstrel team, died early today in South Hampton New York from uremic poisoning after a coma. His partner Thomas K. Heath, 84, remains seriously ill. The duo formed in San Antonio in the late 1870s and later toured Texas fairs before a final appearance in Philadelphia.
In Rome a life insurance company displays stylish gas masks for men and women in a Central Via Tritone shop window. Masks, modeled like fashion items from department stores, are offered with insurance policies and some tourists are surprised by the display.
At the Eastern Oklahoma State Hospital in Vinita doctors began insulin shock treatment on five demented youths diagnosed with dementia praecox. Each received 20 units of insulin and entered a coma like state, with doctors optimistic yet cautious about potential long term effects and progress in subsequent patients.
President Roosevelt signed a bill to end price cutting on nationally advertised products attached to the District of Columbia tax measure. He expressed reluctance noting some officials fear higher prices, while others favored a veto, hoping the bill would not prove as harmful as anticipated.
Chinese sources forecast a protest to be authorized by Nanking and presented to the League of Nations Council during its September 10 session in Geneva. Officials say Beijing has no instructions to prepare representations yet remain in touch with Nanking. The move follows long-standing Chinese frustration with the League's limited action on Manchuria.
In Washington 18 year old and older senators urged President Roosevelt to invoke the Neutrality Act to bar arms and loans to Japan and China. Senators Nye Bone and Clark argued the act would be neutral and not favor one nation. Hull announced 1,200 Marines would sail to Shanghai to protect Americans and relief funds of 500000 dollars were requested. Evacuations from Shanghai were planned with about 1400 women and children to depart and 2500 nationals expected to remain by week end.
William L. Thorpe a veteran sea captain aged about 70 drowned while piloting a pleasure fishing skiff from a river mouth into the surf at San Diego California His body was recovered by fellow fishermen He had retired a year ago and lived in the area for most of his life.
Associated Press reports Britain issued a shoot to sink order to its Mediterranean fleet targeting submarines that menace merchant vessels. Eskimo sightings on the North Alaska coast five days ago provide the first definite clues in the search for the missing Soviet ship. Secretary Wallace reportedly backs nine cent cotton loans this year and agrees to raise cotton grower payments by ten percent for soil conservation.
Chinese and Japanese forces clash along the Whangpoo River in Shanghai with seven days of fighting. Japanese planes bomb Chinese positions while six moored steamers are seized and scuttled to block ships. Refugees are evacuated amid looting and arson as international police attempt to restore order.
Funeral services were held Thursday August 12 for Mrs Ove Shely a former Del Rey resident in Yuma City California. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J L McDonald of Del Rio and had been ill for years. She is survived by two children Gene and Charlie Lee.
A 22 year old gunman forced pilot Bob Hunt to fly him away from Pearland Airport in Houston. Authorities reported the gunman stood about six feet tall and a wide area airports were alerted as the incident unfolded.
Partly cloudy in Del Rio and area tonight and Thursday. Yesterday’s high reached 97 degrees with a low of 76. This morning’s low was 79 degrees.
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