Kinney jury indicts two for murder in Goodnight crash
In Goodnight Texas on August 19 a car carrying Mrs. W A Berry, her 10 month old Claudie Berry, and Alvin Roz overturned on a curve, killing the occupants and injuring three others. Driver W A Berry said his wife woke and seized the wheel. he lost control after slowing. Among the injured were Mrs L H Roe and her son who were taken to a hospital in Amarillo. All victims were Amarillo residents.
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Goodnight
Texas
W. A. Berry
Claudie
Alvin Roz
Berry
L. H. Roe
Amarillo
Hazel Coumley
Amparillo
Desolation and Misery After Gulf Coast Hurricane
First pictures from the storm zone show hundreds homeless and over 100 injured. Two score killed as the Gulf Coast hurricane ravaged Texas towns including Freeport Angleton and Galveston. A Red Cross relief station at Arglergn provides aid while families face loss of loved ones and destruction of property.
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Gulf Coast
Texas
Argleicn
Red Cross
Freeport
Johnnie May Baggat
Angleton
J. W. Baggat
Mother and four children killed in Midland crash fire
A mother and her four children died in Midland Michigan when an automobile collided and gasoline cans in the car broke open. The spray ignited and trapped seven occupants. two adults were injured, one critically.
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Midland
Mich
Postpone Plan to Consolidate Pandale and Comstock Districts
Pandale and Comstock school districts will not consolidate this year after a decision by Pandale patrons and the Pandale board of trustees. Pandale will open September 12 with Miss Van Ola Lane as teacher. The Comstock district rejected Pandale’s plan to move scholastics to Comstock. Pandale trustees are Mrs. Rufe Everett Will O Mills and N J Wardlaw.
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Pandale
Comstock
Pandale School
van Ola Lane
Pandale Board of Trustees
Rufe Everett
Will.o. Mills
N. J. Wardlaw
California to Sell Surplus to Charity
California plans to market unsold surplus food to relief agencies at bargain prices rather than burn or destroy it. Gov Reiph ordered large quantities of rice canned and dried fruits oranges and other products sold below normal values to aid relief efforts. State commerce agents met with President Hoover Fred Croxton of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the National Catholic Welfare Council to coordinate plans.
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Washington
California
Reiph
State Bureau of Commerce of
Pres. Hoover
Fred Croxton
Reconstruction “Finance Corporation
National Catholic Welfare Council
Bond Jumper Sought In Tulsa Death Quiz
Tulsa officers seek Harry Campbell in the death of attorney J Earl Smith. Campbell is accused of burglary and bond jumping and is believed to have called Smith from his home by telephone minutes before the shooting.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. Earl Smi
Harry Campbell
Smith
Farm Strike Spreads Across Three States
The farmers blockade Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota demand higher prices. In Sioux City a group of about 100 picketers halted sheriff escorts for five trucks leading to a tense confrontation. The sheriff was overpowered and disarmed as he appealed for state help.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Dakota County
Hugh Slocum
Stevens
S. D
Slocum
Lt. Lichtenberger Denies Bank Robbery In Court Martial
SAN ANTONIO August 19 Lieutenant Herbert C Lichtenberger testified at his court martial that he was in a daze the day Schertz State Bank was held up. He said he did not remember the incident and did not connect himself to the robbery. He cited his wife's illness and his own financial troubles as causes of excessive drinking prior to the crime.
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San Antonio
Herbert C. Lichtenberger
Schertz State Bank
Army
Lichtenberger
Del Rio Hosts Free Three Day Business Institute
Henry W. Stanley directs a three day institute in Del Rio starting Wednesday August 24 at A McDougald Furniture Store. The Dallas Trade Extension division sponsors with Del Rio Evening News and Chamber of Commerce offering free lectures on salesmanship merchandising public contact advertising window displays and store problem analysis for local merchants and salespeople.
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Henry W. Stanley
del Rio
Institute of Business
The
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Southwest
A. McDougald Furniture Store
Mr. Stanley
Stanley
Stanly
Ietter
R. L. Thornton
Mercantile Bank and Trust Company of Texas
Dallas
Mr. Thornton
del Rio Evening News
Chamber of Commerce
General showers revive range in Del Rio area
Del Rio received 0.64 inches of moisture from general showers across Southwest Texas with hard rains around Spofford near Uvalde. Brackettville had 1.25 inches while Eagle Pass reported 0.25 and Comstock also noted rainfall. A good rain began at 2 30 a m on the C A Markward ranch Friday morning.
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del Rio
Texas
Spofford
Uvalde
Brackettville
Eagle Pass
Comstock
Winter Garden
Demand school valuation cut in Uvalde
In Uvalde on August 19 a meeting of the school committee and Tax Payers League executives produced a resolution urging a 20 percent reduction in Uvalde Independent School District valuations below the 1931 level. League claims taxes rose while school costs fell, yielding no taxpayer benefit. The school board of equalization met Thursday with a budget hearing slated for Friday.
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Uvalde
Tax Payers League
Uvalde Independent
League
Board of Equalization
Senator Clint C Small to Speak for Sterling in Del Rio
State Senator Clint C Small of Amarillo will address voters in Greenwood Park Del Rio Saturday at 8 pm for Governor Sterling’s renomination. The Sterling for Governor Club of Val Verde County confirms the engagement after a Monday rally. Small will travel from Sonora with further stops listed in his itinerary including Waco Waxahachie Hillsboro Groesbeck. Delegations from Brackettville Rocksprings and Eagle Pass are expected to attend.
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Clint C. Small
Amarillo
Rows S. Sterling
Greenwood Park
Sterling
Val Verde County
Small
del Rio
Sonora
del del Rio
McGregor
Waco
Waxahachie
Hillsboro
Groesbeck
F Brackettville
Rocksprings
Eagle Pass
Senator Small
Bank Robbery Hits Bixby Bank in Broad Daylight
Five men robbed the Citizens County Bank of Bixby at noon taking a small sum and kidnapping assistant cashier Howard Deitzon. The bandits fled toward Broken Bow with a four man posse in pursuit from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on August 19.
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Tulsa
Okla
Citizens County Bank of
Bixby
Howard Deitzon
Broken Bow
Drastic Tax Cuts In Frio County Sought
In Pearsall Texas Aug 19 the Tax Payers League pressed the commissioners court to cut real estate assessments by an average of 10 percent for 1932 33 and to lower Frio County 1932 32 tax rate from 135 to 55 cents per hundred valuation The league says the move would relieve taxpayers and encourage prompt payment of taxes.
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Pearsall
Texas
Tax Payers League
Commissioners’ Court
Board of Equalization
Frio County
Territory
California
Wool market and textile mills show revival in 1920s report
Boston reports surge in wool buying with prices rising across regional groups as demand strengthens. Mills resume night shifts and reopen on full schedules amid large orders for rayon and cotton goods, signaling renewed prosperity in the textile sector.
Boy Bandits Pistol Whip Refinery Workers Near Pampa
In Pampa Texas Aug 19 two young robbers pistol whipped refinery workers at the Danziger Oil and Gas Refinery and forced them to reveal a hidden cash stash. They stole John Lowe’s car and compelled Lowe J D Whitelock a refinery foreman and a woman and two other locals to ride 10 miles west before release.
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Pampa
Texas
Danziger Oil and Gas
John Lowe
Lowe
Four Die in Plane Crash Into Farm Roof in Italy
At Ponte San Pietro Bergamo Italy on August 19 two unidentified flyers died when their plane struck the roof of a farm house. The crash set the building on fire and two children were burned to death. A woman and another child were injured.
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Ponte San Hestro
Bergamo
Italy
Treasure Located From Merida Liner Sink
Norfolk report says salvage ship located the sunken treasure of 5 million dollars in gold silver and jewels from the liner Merida after more than twenty years. The hoard lies in two hundred feet of water about sixty miles off the Virginia Capes.
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Norfolk
Merida
Virginia Capes
Mollison Lands Safely After Atlantic Flight
St John New Brunswick Aug 19 Captain J A Mollison completed the first westward solo flight across the North Atlantic bringing his small sports plane to a perfect landing at Pennfield Ridge 40 miles from here He had 24 hours at the controls and several miles of fuel to spare before fatigue ended the leg He expected Harbor Grace but milage favored a longer hop to Halifax then New York with a planned final leg to Croydon England The British flyer aims to complete the round trip with a hop from New York to Croydon England.
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ST. John
New Brunswick
eCaptain
J. A. Mollison
North Atlantic
Demu
Pennfield Ridge
Mellison
New York
Harbor Grace
Halifax
Here
Bay Region
Morrison
Croydon
England
Pinkston Faces Trial Next Week in Kinney County
Kinney County grand jury returns four felony indictments and two no bills. Vivian Pinkston Del Rio and Felipe Martinez Brackettville indicted for murder. Henry White charged with assault with intent to murder Katie Fletcher. Simplicio Martinez faces aggravated assault. Eusanio Fuentez burglary. Special 72 jurors set for Pinkston and Martinez trials. Pinkston trial August 24. Martinez August 22. both jailed at $5,000 bond.
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Vivian Pinkston
del Rio
Felipe Martinez
Brackettville
Henry White
Katie Fletcher
Eusanio Fuentez
Simplicio Martinez
Albert Robert LeRoy
Pinkston
Martinez
Kinney County
Lell
Joe Smith
Standart
Eee
Kenne
Lotteries for Charity Charges Filed Against Eight
New York August 19. Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania will plead August 30 to indictments charging him and six others with participating in a lottery. The Western Union Telegraph Company and three company officials face pleas this week, while three defendants have not yet appeared. Indictments follow a probe of lotteries run to raise charity funds for fraternal organizations.
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New York
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
U. S Attorney's Office
Federal
Ship 15 Cars of Melons Fort Stockton
Fifteen cars of cantaloupes have been shipped from Fort Stockton during the last two weeks.
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Fort Stockton
Del Rio Weather Update Tonight Through Saturday
The Del Rio area is expected to stay fair tonight and Saturday with local thundershowers possible. Yesterday’s high reached 97 degrees with a low of 79, and this morning’s minimum was 1 percent?
West Texas Pair Weather Tonight
A brief regional forecast notes lingering thunder showers in the southeast portion of West Texas tonight. No other significant weather events are reported.
Weather Outlook for Rio Grande Valley Tonight
Partly cloudy skies are expected with possible thunder showers in the west and along the coast of the Rio Grande Valley tonight. Gusty winds and brief downpours may occur as a weather disturbance moves through the region. Localized thunderstorm risk remains lowest inland but persists near the coast.
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Rio Grande Valley
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Johnnie
Wilma Joyce Pol
Galveston
Pandale and
Bixby, Okla
Boston
Mollison
Atlantic Flight
Jett
Venices
Kinney Unty
Charles Gaebler
Calk
Jess Jett
Carlos Uvalles
Pinto
Uvalles
J. P. Calk Jr
Gail Everett
Stackettville
U. S
Sen
Western Union Telegraph Company
M. J. Revise
Bernard C. McGuire
Raymond Walsh
West Texas
East
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