Great Britain Rejects Japanese Demands In Tokyo Talks
In London, officials said Britain refused Japan's push to include economic questions in the Tientsin dispute discussions. Sir Robert Leslie Craigie informed Tokyo that any economic topics must involve all nine power treaty signatories. No decision on a broader conference was announced.
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China
France
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Tientain
Britain
Black Pall Over London's Gay White Way Lights Dimmed In Air Raid Drill
London during a recent air raid drill went dark as half of England blacked out. Piccadilly Circus and other signboards lost electric illumination, leaving only dim blue street lights with low visibility for the city observers.
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London
Del Rio School Set to Start Sept 5 Amid Staff Changes
Del Rio schools announce September 5 start, earlier than usual, with North Heights and Central Elementary feeding districts for grades one through six, Junior School for seven and eight, and Del Rio High for nine to eleven. Several teachers from last year resign, including Misses Julia Jones and Blanche Pennell, plus others. faculty listings by school and department are provided.
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Central
del Rio
Julia Jones
Blanche Pennell
Norabel Hollebeke
Ruth Beasley
Jessie May Clark
E. C. Wellborn
Fires Engulf California Peaks in Massive Weeklong Blaze
Thousands of firefighters battled vast wildfires across California from Big Sur to San Luis Obispo and the Santa Clara County line. The blazes burned near Redding and forced pack-train resupply through rugged terrain as officials aimed for partial control if the winds ceased. One life and about 100000 acres affected, with the Snodgrass ranch among the hardest hit.
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Monterey
Calif
California
Big Sur
Here
San Luis Obispo
Redding
Santa Clara County
Walter D. Winters
J. D
Ranger Calandra Confirmed Dead As Bixby Fire Grows
Firefighters sought containment around the Bixby mountain blaze in California where 7 000 acres of brush burned. State Ranger Joe Calandra was found dead at the edge of Little Sur Canyon after difficulties in communicating with crews amid the siege.
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Sacramento
Calif
Joe Calandrs
Bixby Mountain
Calandra
Little Sur Canyon
San Antonio Man Hurt When Car Overturns Near Del Rio
Harry Sims of San Antonio suffered cuts and bruises when his car overturned several times east of the Mud Creek bridge on Highway 90 while en route from Del Rio to Uvalde. He was rushed to Williams Sanitarium in an unconscious condition with injuries described as only cuts and bruises by Sheriff A. E. Steinmetz.
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San Antonio
Otis Sims
del Rio
Mud Creek Bridge
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Uvalde
A. E. Steinmetz
Wiliams Sanitarium
Self
Bill Kelly
Bullis Bend
Rio Grande
Kelly
Lee
Reagan
John
Frank
Mexico
Strugeie Fr Bacon
Dark Clouds Bring Only Sparse Rain to Del Rio
Clouds with lightning and thunder moved over Del Rio Friday night but rain measured too light to gauge. The Weather Bureau notes rainfall under .01 inch while forecaster H. L. Molyneux predicts cloudy weather with possible scattered showers for the weekend. August rainfall totals reach 4.47 inches, 2.75 inches above normal.
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del Rio
United States Weather Bureau
Smithsonian acquires 153 pound topaz jewel
The Smithsonian Institution has acquired the world’s largest jewel a crystal topaz weighing 153 pounds and about 358000 carats. Found in the Minas Geraes province of Brazil the gemstone shows a pale blue exterior and a pale sherry interior.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Minas Geraes
Brasil
Ickes Signals Possible Suspension of Connally Act
Secretary Ickes warned he might suspend temporarily the Connally hot oil act to relieve a potential gasoline shortage if oil wells in six states stay shut and retail fuel prices rise. He noted Section 4 allows lifting restrictions when interstate supply and demand diverge.
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Washington
Ickes
Gonzalez Seeks New Trial In Assault Case
Eleuterio Gonzalez, found guilty of criminal assault by a jury in Sixty-Third District Court, filed a motion for a new trial Friday afternoon through Defense Attorney Arthur Gonzalez with district clerk Mary Jourdan Sartwelle. Verdict delivered Thursday at 6:30 p.m. after one hour deliberation. punishment set at fifteen years in the penitentiary.
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Sixty-Third District Court
Arthur Gonzalez
Mary Jourdan Sartwelle
Gonzalez
Judge Montague Returns From Sanderson Docket
Judge Brian Montague returned home Friday night after disposing of a civil case in the Sixty-Third District Court at Sanderson. The August term closed Saturday with one criminal case on the docket tried by a special term of District Court opening in Del Rio Monday.
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Brian Montague
Sanderson
District Court
del Rio
Diplomats watch Danzig dispute hinge on axis talks
Berlin reports hint the Danzig issue with Poland may reach a breaking point as Hungarian Foreign Minister Csaky visits Rome and Berlin while Nazi propaganda highlights Polish refugee stories and alleged Polish terror in Ukraine.
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Berlin
Ing
Danzig
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Poland
County Csaky
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Jimmie Mills Buys 8 200 Head Lambs
Del Rio commission man Jimmie Mills today purchased 8 200 head of lambs from Townsend Bros. of Sanderson. The price was announced.
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del Rio Commission
Washington Correspondent Bruce Catton launches national tour
Bruce Catton begins a six week series from The Del Rio Evening News recounting American life beyond Washington. He visits Philadelphia Wilmington New York and New England before sweeping to the Midwest Northwest Pacific Coast Rocky Mountain wheat country mid continent oil and cattle areas and the Southwest finally ending in the South. Daily dispatches will follow the Bruce Catton s American Roundup format with regional summaries and illustrated features.
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Republican Party
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du Pont
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New England
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Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
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Death by Violence Overtakes Prospectors in Big Bend Gold Mine Tale
The long and deadly legend of the Nigger Gold Mine of the Big Bend centers on multiple finders and a Seminole Negro named Turner. Investigations trace a map, cipher notes, and repeated fatal accidents and disappearances from 1892 to 1916, with associates dying as searchers pursue the elusive vein near Alpine and Bullis Bend.
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Associated Press
Texas
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John Young
Byrde Pearce Hamilton
Montell
Uvalde County
Hamilton
Alpine
Lee Reagan
Reagan Brothers
Mexico
Young
Lotherine Mountains
Rio Grande
Jack Haggard
Musquiz
Haggard
Los Espeja
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Reagan Boys
Local CP&L promotes two staff to new offices
Sam H. Walk confirms two CP&L employees receive promotions and relocations. J. C. Thompson departs for Mission as local manager while Otho Braun moves to Bandera as local manager on August 28. Braun’s twelve years with the company include five years continuous service as meter reader and storekeeper. The promotions were celebrated with a farewell picnic in Highway Park.
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Sam H. Walk
J. C. Thompson
Mission
Otho Braun
Bandera
Braun
Quemado Valley
Highway Park
Sycamore Creek
Age of Horsewhips Has Not Yet Passed
Washington reports that despite the end of the horse and buggy era, whip manufacture and sales remain a sizable business. U.S. firms produce and sell whips, with retail toy whips estimated at 500,000 annually and domestic sales around 500,000 dollars worth per year.
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Washington
United States
United
Weather Report for Del Rio and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight with partial clearing Sunday. Yesterday's high reached 94 degrees and the low around 74.
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del Rio
Rooyen
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