20 Aug 1931
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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
1
Widespread flooding along the Yangtze devastates provinces, triggering famine and mass hunger as relief efforts race to reach affected communities. Government and aid groups mobilize to provide shelter, food, and medical aid amid harsh winter conditions. A new Hoover-like task force is created to coordinate winter work programs and relief operations.
A Thursday appointment places Walter Gifford president of American Telephone Company as chairman of the National Relief Agency. The move allows Gifford to direct federal unemployment relief efforts nationwide with a focus on winter needs and coordinating wire service agencies.
PhotosShow Plicht of Kansas Wheat Grower tells how Kansas farmers resist market prices by withholding grain. Graphic photographs illustrate the midwest wheat problem and the efforts to store harvests locally.
The Trinityfarm Construction Company of Dallas won the $71,000 contract to build lateral ditches in Maverick County’s $7,000,900 irrigation project. Work must finish within 100 days of signing, with mule-drawn shovels used to employ local labor. Construction on the main canal reaches 29 miles of 32, and the power plant is over 75 percent complete.
Floods on the Yangtze have left Hankow in ruin with hundreds dying daily, famine spreading hourly. Women and children fight over漂 refuse in filthy water while dogs roam the streets feeding on unburied corpses. relief arrives as the United States pledges aid with funds and Red Cross shipments.
Junior Chamber of Commerce members urged city to acquire Fort Duncan land near business district and bridges for a park. A committee, led by Sharp McParland, sent a War Department inquiry as Fort Duncan and eight Texas posts face disposal within 30 days. The site, with creek, hills, mesquite and hackberry, includes historical rock buildings once housing General Robert E. Lee.
Consul Lisandro Pena reports more than five hundred fishing permits issued for travel to Mexico during the current season. Houston men Pres ton A Weatherred Joe Nail and Jack Powers obtained permits for fishing on the San Diego River in Mexico. Pena says efforts continue to clarify hunting permit issuance for alien hunters in Mexico with a decree relaxing foreign hunting seasons set to expire October 14.
A committee of local businessmen with Deputy Collector L C McCrall toured Piedras Negras Mexico on Wednesday and found all gambling establishments closed. They report the action aims to protect cross border commerce and urge a Washington representative to verify facts in both towns day and night. The group includes J D Beck, Clifford Clegg, W Q Fitch, W H Walker, Ben H Miller, and J R Murray.
In San Antonio on August 29 the school board debated strict tobacco bans for teachers and students, calling enforcement outrageous. Measures also barred married women and women over 46 from new teaching posts while allowing current staff to remain. the board blamed unemployment relief for the changes.
Dealers predict a surge in cigarette sales in Del Rio and surrounding territory as a three cent state tax takes effect at midnight Friday. They say carton and pack purchases have already risen and will likely double or triple as the day ends with shoppers stocking private reserves in cool dry closets. Estimates suggest sealed cartons and wrappers will keep cigarettes fresh for 69 to 60 days under proper storage.
In Oregon City James O Matthews files for divorce claiming marital discord his wife reportedly played the piano late at night amid tensions surrounding the case and court action is underway in local filings.
Roger Babson told the Advertising Federation of America in New York City that statistics point to a slow but rightward recovery. He urged newspapers to spread this good news and urged merchants to advertise while prices were low, predicting readers would be pleased and likely to keep ads.
Alfalfa Bill Murray wins his oil argument in Oklahoma City with governors urging price floors. Seven refineries offer one dollar per barrel after prior rates under twenty five cents. Similar moves spark debates in Artelia New Mexico Topeka and Kilgore as producers heed shutdown orders and price rises spread across states.
El Paso business leaders circulate petitions to Washington urging 6 o'clock closing on international bridges due to Juarez gambling. They blame heavy gambling for wage losses and say many locals are in debt at Juarez dens while El Paso remains busier than reported.
Three Mexican men charged with swimming nude at Pi Pen bathing pool were confined in city jail for several hours. Judge C. D. Smith ordered them locked up to meditate on the necessity of proper garb.
The First National Bank of Tucumcari New Mexico announces a tear bomb system for protection. The device can be discharged from nine different stations to deter would be robbers.
A window box fire at 206 Duke Street, the home of Harvey Kelley, did about 500 dollars of damage before chemicals quickly smothered the flames. Aswlant Chief Alfred Bochat warned against parking within 500 feet of a fire and urged obedience to right of way rules, noting possible arrests. A near‑collision occurred when the fire engine was outbound and a car followed the trucks.
In Los Angeles on August 20 Judge Ben B. Lindsey famed for companionate marriage reform and Denver juvenile court work was in serious condition after an abdominal operation. His wife said a crisis would come by Thursday and his condition remained grave.
Partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday night and Friday. Forecast highs reach 84 degrees Wednesday with a low near 78. Thursday morning may see a low around 72 degrees.
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