Nazi Russian pact shocks Europe headlines spread
Frank Dunn 57 ranch foreman died from injuries suffered at Bluff Creek ranch on Hamilton Lane. Funeral services were held Monday in Doran Chapel with Rev H Morris officiating. Interment in Westlawn Cemetery. Dunn, resident of Del Rio since 1900, survived by mother Mrs Dunn and sister Mrs Harold Martin among others, with pallbearers named.
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Frank Dunn
Texas
Doran Chapel
H. Morris
First Baptist Church
Westlawn Cemetery
Doran Powers Home
Dunn
Simething
Doran
Moon
del Rio
Bluff Creek
Brown County
Miller
Emma Dunn
Harold Martin
Comstock
Fred L. Sterling
San Antonio
Matt Boyce
Springfield
Ed Ramsey
Dennys Hays
Dick Brotherton
L. Rust Jr
J. Autrey Walker
Sam Bunton
Homer Holman
R. M. Crosby
Norary
L. Rust Sr
Bill Cammack
Meredith Peters
Charles Russell
B. J. McDowell
Bob Weathersbee
Ernest Hamilton
Bryan Kelley
Prosser Mastin
Anson Hoover
Former Del Rio Resident Thompson Dies in Pennsylvania
hth Thompson, 80, longtime Del Rio resident, died Friday in Erie, Pennsylvania. His widow Lucinda Thompson and four stepsons survive, along with three sisters in Del Rio: Mrs. Eustaquia Lopez, Mrs. P. Padills, and Martha Thompson Maldonado.
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Hth Thompson
del Rio
Erie
Lucinda Thompson
Mre
Eustaquia Lopez
P. Padills
Martha Thompson Maldonado
British and German Fleets Patrolling Old War Zone
Reports from Oslo describe unusual activity by British and German fleets in the North and Baltic Seas, areas formerly patrolled during the war. British ships sighted in the area near Ape section where they reportedly laid.
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Old War Zone
Oslo
Norway
North
Baltic
Ex-Resident of Del Rio Drowns Near Palestine
Barney E. Reisto Kilgore utilities manager and former Del Rio resident drowned at Wolf Creek Lake near Palestine. His body found after an eighteen hour search by police and volunteers. the boat with tackle and bait remained upright. Reisto visited Palestine for a weekend. his widow survives. He lived in Del Rio in 1929 1930 as local office manager for Central Power and Light Company.
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Barney E. Reisto
Kilgore Utilities
del Rio
Wolf Creek Lake
Palestine
Vw Plantess
Reisto
Central Power and Light Company
Sadler Warns Of Campaign Against Sunday Truckers
Austin Texas August 22 Jerry Sadler commission member said fines jail terms and permit cancellations will hit violators of the Sunday truck ban after August 28 He noted five trucks were found in violation during a personal check and blamed the companies not the drivers while warning of stricter enforcement and possible permit revocation.
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Austin
Texas
Jerry Sadler
Commission
Sadler
Lkely
Land Bank Chief to Attend Del Rio Loan Association Meet
W. J. McAnelly, vice-president of the Federal Land Bank, will attend the National Farm Loan Association of Del Rio meeting on September 4. The session at 2 p.m. in Foster Building will review treasurer and board reports and elect a director for the coming year. The association holds about 180 Federal Land Bank loans totaling over 3.5 million dollars and 140 Land Bank Commissioner loans around 700 thousand. Loans run up to 33 years with semi-annual payments and 4 percent interest, falling to 3.5 percent until July 1940.
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W. J. McAnelly
Federal Land Bank
del Rio
National Parm Loan Association of
W. P. Wallace Jr
Foster Building
McAnelly
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
Land Bank
del Rio National Farm Loan Association
Land Bank Commissioner
Wallace
National Farm
Nippon Plans To Blockade British Area In China
In Shanghai a Japanese spokesman warned that a blockade of the British crown colony Hongkong would follow if Britain supports Chiang Kai Shek. The move responds to British actions aiding Chiang and comes after a clash that left two pro Japanese Chinese policemen dead and six wounded by a British officer.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Hongkong
Canton
Great Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
Idzumo
Youth Fails In Fire Eating Act At Dallas Circus
Dallas 16 year old B F Johnson attempted fire eating with turpentine at a circus. He set his clothing aflame on the third attempt and suffered first and second degree burns before being taken to a hospital.
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Dallas
Texas
B. F. Johnson
Young Johnson
Japan Plans Drive Against U S in China
Tokyo reports Japanese officials consider a stronger policy toward the United States if an American arms embargo against Japan is enforced. Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita reportedly told the cabinet of a tentative policy reshaping rights and interests of the United States in China.
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Tokyo
Asahi
United States
Japan
Hachiro Arita
China
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Tientsin
Foreign Office
C P L Plans Land Donation to Widen Texas Street
Walter Dickerson vice president of the Central Power and Light Company announced in Del Rio that the firm will donate land to straighten a curve on Texas Street north of the railroad. The plan requires several feet of east side land and aims to improve traffic by connecting the railroad area with Gibbs Street. Dickerson, in Del Rio from Corpus Christi, also inspected other C P & L properties.
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Texas Street
Walter Dickerson
Central Power and Light Company
del Rio
Corpus Christi
Dickerson
Gibbs Street
Del Rio Weather: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions forecast for Del Rio and surrounding area tonight and Wednesday. Temperature range shows a high of 92 and a low around 72 yesterday with a current morning low near 74.
Traffic Light Planned for Gibbs Street and Avenue F
The State Highway Department will install a stop and go traffic light at Gibbs Street and Avenue F in Del Rio within two weeks under George P. Brown. Four lights total are planned in Del Rio Uvalde Big Wells and Catarina with various types and pedestrian controls.
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Gibbs Street
Avenue F
State Highway Department
George P. Brown
Jas. C. Netts
Chamber of Commerce
Brown
del Rio
Highway Department
Uvalde
Catarina
Big Wells and
July Retail Sales Rise 6.7 Percent Nationwide
The Department of Commerce reports retail sales in 21,217 independent stores rose 6.7 percent in July from a year earlier, with Southern states showing the main gains. Florida led with sales 20 percent above July 1938, while figures were 125 percent below June levels.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Florida
Attractive African Plant Flourishes in Del Rio Garden
The Stiles couple at Griner and Nicholson Streets cultivate a twelve inch stapelia Gigantea with dark maroon petals and fine fronds despite odor. Their yard features diverse roses ferns morning glories zinnias and three tall eucalyptus trees amid rapid growth and vivid garden effects.
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del Rio
Wesley E. Stiles
Griner and
Nicholson Streets
M. Stiles
California
Stiles
Fort Worth Camper Bitten by Rattlesnake
Miss Bonnie Johnson of Fort Worth on a Lake Walk vacation trip was bitten by a rattlesnake late Monday. She was taken to Williams Sanitarium about 9 p.m. for treatment and reported doing well Tuesday.
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Bonnie Johnson
Fort Worth
Lake Walk
Air Minister Guy La Chambre Converts Unwanted Post into France's Air Strength
Paris reports Air Minister Guy La Chambre, once reluctant to the post, has driven a rapid boost in France's air power. His two year plan targets 400 warplanes monthly by 1940, with over 2,500 first line aircraft now and 82,900 air force personnel plus Czech aviators from Poland joining July last year. The cabinet member who faced blame for 1938 weakness now presides over a growing aviation effort.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Air
Guy la Chambre
Frances New Air Force
France
la Chambre
Pierre Cot
Poland
Cot
Collapse of Poland Feared After German Soviet Pact
The non aggression pact between Germany and Russia unsettles European statesmen. Poland maintains policy unchanged yet fears possible collapse. Officials warn of shifts in Europe as minor nations anticipate gains from Poland’s fate and expect closer German Russian cooperation.
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Germany
Russia
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Britain
France
Poland
Europe
Bratislava
Slovakia
Barber Shop Exhibit At Milwaukee Museum Delights Visitors
Milwaukee August 22. A Gay Nineties barber shop re-creates a late 19th century parlor with mustache combs pink Police Gazettes and a brass pestle. John Olmstead of Orfordville supplied a vintage pidor to complete the display a labor of love for museum historian Towne L. Miller.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Public Museum
Towne L. Miller
John Olmstead
Orfordville
Miller
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Field Artillery
Sixteenth Field Artillery
Virginia
Pennsylvania
B. E. Reisto
Nippon
U.S
America
C. P. & L. Company
Larry Warrier
Miami
Fla
Air Minister
Daladier
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Frances
Spain
Associated Press
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Nevile Chamberlain
London
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