Sterling rally to draw crowd in Del Rio tonight
Politically active residents expect the largest gathering in years at Greenmort Park as supporters of Ron S Sterling Democratic gubernatorial bid prepare brief speeches. Local figures Boo Martin Attorney Brian Montague Amado Gutierrez Judge GeS Reicher Judge W FP Boggess and District Attorney Justin LaCreme are on the program. Kings Band will perform before speeches. seating and comfort are emphasized for all attendees.
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Greenmort Park
Ron S Sterling
Texas
WM. Abbey
Local Woman Attacked as Police Seek Dallas Suspect
Dallas April 21 We-Mis Val Nie Day reports a woman was dragged by a man, beaten unconscious, and escaped in an alley attack. Police deployed squads to search Negro sections of the city for the assailant.
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Dallas
Teria
Upton County to Get Federal Aid On New Highway
Federal aid totaling about $200000 will fund the Rankin to Presidio segment of Highway 99 from Pallass through Rankin to Presidio. County Judge C Larson says aid becomes available in November for Upton County’s portion of the project.
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Rankin
Pallas
Presidio
C . Larson
Cent Tax Slice Not Likely From U S Next Year
Treasury officials do not expect a one per cent reduction on normal individual and corporate taxes to be maintained next year. The cut totaled 100000 dollars and was aimed at boosting business.
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Washington
Department of the Treasury
Election results bulletin service offered by The Evening News
The Evening News will provide live Democratic run off results from the Texas Election Bureau. Bulletin updates will be posted at the newspaper office and available by telephone, with extra lines installed at the Del Rio office to reduce busy signals. Churchwell, city pumping plant chief engineer, is the official announcer.
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Evening News
Texas Election Bureau
del Rio
Winter Garden
NEW TRACKAGE RESTORES S P TRAIN SERVICE
Pacific trains ran on schedule Thursday after the completion of new trackage. Wreckage from an early Wednesday main-line crash near Pumpville delayed the eastbound Argonaut and the westbound Limited until temporary trackage was ready. Derricks cleared debris while a locomotive and several cars were removed from the scene.
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Pacific
Pumpvilie
Det Flin
Connally Asks Cotton Loans From Farm Board
Texas Senator Tom Connally wired Farm Board Chairman Alexander Legge urging loans on cotton the board handles. He says the situation is the most critical since 1914 and tests the relief board’s usefulness. Also notes Mr and Mrs W B Hayes leaving for their Comstock ranch with sons Tommie and Torry.
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Tom Connally
Parm Board
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Connally
Relief Board
Texas
Flappers Embrace Modern Morals Say Epworth Leader
Rev. Allen Carter of Nashville represents the Epworth League at the New Mexico conference in Trinity Methodist Church. He says the new frankness among young people strengthens morals and reveals deeper thinking beyond old reticence.
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Allen Carter
Nashville
Tenn
Epworth League
New Mexico
Trinity Methodist Church
Moody rhetoric rallies West Texans for Sterling in San Angelo
In San Angelo 1600 West Texans cheered Dan Moody’s strong denunciations of Ferguson era politics at a rally for Ross Sterling. Moody attacked Mrs Miriam Ferguson’s record, contrasted Sterling’s abilities, and tied the issues to impeachment, pardons, and campaign promises. Officials and delegates attended, with KGKL broadcasting.
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Dan Moody
Texas
Moody
Ross Sterling
Miriam A Ferguson
Perguson
Ferguson
Sterling
Pergined
Del Rio Area Fire Weather Forecast Update
Fire weather outlook for Del Rio and surrounding area remains generally fair tonight and Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 101 with a low of 79. Texas east region expect fair conditions with isolated thunderstorms along the east coast tonight into Friday.
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Texas
East Texas
Mrs ODonnell Leads Wom en's Derby Entrants to Lubbock
Mrs Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach Cal led six entrants in the National Women's Air Derby into Lubbock covering Roswell NM to Lubbock in 1 hour 41 seconds. She was followed by Margery Doig Hollywood and Milfred Morgan Beverly Hills. The three share the lap prize of 500 dollars. The fliers were guests of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce at noon and plan to Amarillo for a night stop. Let them obey who know how to Shakespeare.
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Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Cal
Roswell
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O'Donnell
Margery Doig
Hollywood
Milfred Morgan
Beverly Hills
Democrats Adopt Dry Repeal Plan at Illinois Meet
At Springfield Illinois Aug 21 the Democratic state convention adopted a platform denouncing prohibition and demanding repeal of the Volstead Act and related laws. The party endorsed legalizing wine and beer and urged enactment of reform measures. Anton J Cermak led the Cook County group behind the wet plank while James Hamilton Lewis denounced Prohibition as tyrannical. The platform also condemned Ruth Hanna McCormick campaign expenditures.
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Springfield
Lght
Cook County
Anton J Cermak
James Hamilton Lewis
Ruth Hanne McCormick
Lewis
Del Rio May Grow Winter Produce Advise Meeting
A telegram to the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce cites O C Heworth Southern Pacific agricultural agent saying Del Rio area may grow winter cabbage and turnips. He will discuss truck farming denning and poultry raising at 8 pm Friday at the Chamber of Commerce Room urging landowners and directors to attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
O. C. Heworth Agwittant Agricultural Ageat
Southern Pacific
Haworth
Troon
Comercial Organization
Lamb Market Shows Steady in Kansas City Auction
Sheep receipts on the Kansas City market Thursday were 5,000. Lambs were strong to 15 cents higher with Idaho lambs bringing around 10 dollars. Cattle receipts were 4,000 and calves 800 with a 10 value on holdovers. Market was active and most sizable stock sold 30 to 40 cents higher.
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Kansas City
Idaho
Railways to consider rate cut on sheep movement
Texas sheep trade seeks emergency rates as drought tightens supply. Chicago meeting will evaluate a fifty percent reduction on sheep transport within and out of Texas. Messages from three railroads pledge careful consideration while Frisco and Rock Island have not yet replied.
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Sheep and Croat Raisers Association of Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Texas
Frisco
Rock Island
Charles S. Pay
C. E. Perkins
B. Houghton
Edwards Smiles As Judge Passes Life Sentence
Homer Edwards smiled and replied no when Judge L L Brucks sentenced him in District Court to life for the murder of John Bradshaw of San Antonio. Officials say Edwards will be housed in Bexar County jail to await penitentiary agents.
Colorado Southern Applies for Right To Tap Galveston
The Burlington and Rock Island, new Colorado Southern subsidiary, sought Interstate Commerce Commission approval to extend a line from Houston to Galveston. The petition claims no new construction is needed due to a trackage agreement with Texas and New Orleans, contingent on permit grant.
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UPR
Burlington and Rock Island
New
Colorado Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Houston
Galveston
Texas
New Orleans
Youth Drowns In Lake Sweetwater
Rudolpho Avila 18 drowned while swimming in Lake Sweetwater on Wednesday. Funeral services and burial planned at the family home in Uvalde.
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Lake Sweetwater
Rabbit Causes Stir at Princess Theatre on Main Street
A jackrabbit ran amok on Main Street and into the Princess Theatre lobby. Assistant manager J W Kessler and manager P J Pong helped corral the rabbit near the stairs, averting a possible riot as spectators watched. The rabbit's origin remains unknown with theories it sought a cool place or was dropped from a car.
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Princess Theatre
J. W. Kessler
Kessler
P. J. Pong
Abilene Woman Fatally Burned in Gasoline Fire
Three people were burned in a gasoline fire last night in Abilene. M. H. Wilkinson transferred gasoline from a bucket to a car tank using a lantern. The resulting blaze caught his wife Sue Wilkirson and his mother, who were nearby. the wife died, the mother and Wilkinson expected to recover.
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Amg
M. H. Wilkinson
Wikirson
Sue Wilkirson
O'Donnell
Wilkirson
McKinney Wins Opening Match at Glen Garden
Del Rio golfer Bud McKinney defeated Trav Daniel of Fort Worth three and two in the first round at Glen Garden Country Club Fort Worth. About 200 golfers compete as 18 hole qualifying rounds continue through Thursday with final matches Saturday as McKinney contends for the southwestern crown.
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del Rio
Trav Daniel
Pride of
Fort Worth
Glen Garden Country Club
McKinney
Texas
Palmer French Funeral Service Held Wednesday
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Palmer French 30 Marathon merchant who died in San Antonio Tuesday morning. He is survived by his widow his grandfather J W Newton and two uncles George Newton and D Newton. Active pallbearers were T W Shealy Jack Morrow Joe Harry Morrow Pat Morrow Zenas Decia.
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Marathon
San Antonio
J. W. Newton
George Newton
D. Newton
W. Shealy
Jack Morrow
Joe Harry Morrow
Pat Morrow
Zenas Decia
Pajamas for Boy Convicts at Missouri Reformatory
Jefferson City Mo Aug 21 There will be no steel bars high walls or fences to confine inmates of an inter mediate prison reformatory near here when it is completed but the prisoners will be forced to wear pajamas and house slippers Only when the voting convicts work in a factory or on the farm of the prison reservation will they have other raiment and this will be taken from them and substituted for the pajama uniforms when they return to the barracks The plan is expected to deter escapes.
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Jefferson City
Kinney Grand Jury Indicts Eight Felons in Cattle Ring
Kinney County Brackettville district court prepares for trials Monday after the grand jury returned eight felony indictments. Names include Albert Randus Felipe Randus Bob Bodie Bert Graham and Cruz Diaz with charges of cattle theft embezzlement theft burglary and passing forged instruments. The alleged ring operated in Kinney and Val Verde counties with meat sold in Del Rio.
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Brackettville
Albert Randus
Felipe Randus
Bob Bodie
Bert Graham
Val Verde
del Rio
Cruz Diaz
Williams Set for Ocean Flight to Germany
Roger Q. Williams plans to leave Old Orchard Beach Maine before Saturday for an ocean flight to Germany. Officials say he hopes to fly over England and Holland en route then head to Japan or China.
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Washington
Roger Q. Williams
Old Orchard
Germany
Williams
England
Holland
Japan
China
Mrs Crain Gives Birth. Baby Dies Shortly After
Mrs V E B Crain was taken to a local hospital Thursday after several days illness. She gave birth to a daughter Tuesday night who lived only a few hours. Mr Crain works for the Southern Pacific Railway in town.
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V. E B. Crain
Uiness
Crain
Southern Pacific Railway
Record Absentee Vote in Harris County Runoff
Harris County set a record for absentee voting with 2183 ballots cast in the runoff primary.
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Houston
Harris County
Board Presses for Timely School Building Deliveries
Amarillo contractor Clem Anderson says the 182 working days in the contract cover all buildings and allow delays from rainy days. He asserts the board rejected a sped up option and cites articles V and VI as current dispute points about penalties and performance.
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Amarillo
Anderson
Abderson
Isa
Miss Del Rio Wins 50 Prize in Dallas Revue
Patti Braden, billed as Miss Del Rio, wins fourth place and a $50 prize at the Southwestern Style Show in Dallas. The event was announced on a radio spot sponsored by the Retail Merchants Association of Del Rio.
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Dallas
Patti Braden
Brecon
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