Texas runoff election count eyes record turnout
In a high turnout Texas runoff election officials expected about 75 percent of 4 million votes to be cast with the Texas Election Bureau aiming to tabulate 450000 votes by noon. Ross Sterling rested his case in Galveston as jurors adjourned to render a verdict today. Governor Moorly spoke in Austin while heavy clouds loomed over polling places promising one of the heaviest vote totals in Texas primary history.
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Tiv
Oraton
Texas
Texas Flection Bureau
Midniah
Ross Sterling
Pergiensiern
Galveston
Jum Ferguson
Martin
Moorly
Austin
Sterling
Val Verde election run off results and rail rate dispute
Val Verde county residents await runoff results as polls close at 7 and officials expect most votes tabulated by 8. The News office expands telephones for prompt results while WC Churchyxell reads bulletins. In a separate issue, Texas sheepmen protest railroad rate scheduling after traffic officials reject a 40 percent reduction on lambs and cattle moves amid drought.
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Winter Garden Telephone Company
WC Churchyxell
Thls
West Texas
Albert Kincaid
Texas Sheep and Goat Raters’ Association
Chicago
Texas
Kincaid
Vanished banker strands Lometa bank with stockholder meetings
A Lometa bank abortive absence prompts stockholders to meet and decide on reopening plans. Tippen, longtime resident and major stockholder, left town six years ago after building a wool business. A. E. Mclean led the bank in Tippen’s absence as questions loom over its status.
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E. Mclean Wen
Tippen
Mullin
Amarillo Banker Named to Texas Drouth Committee
Amarillo banker has been selected by Governor Moody as the banker member of the Texas drought committee. Puqua plans to depart for Washington to confer with President Hoover and Secretary Hyde on agriculture matters.
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Austin
Ais
Ite BM
Fugue
Amarillo
Dan Moody
Texas Drought Committee
Puqua
Washington
Hover
Hyde
Building Permits Issued by City Department
Frank Randolph received a permit for a 10 by 18 frame garage costing 80 dollars. Mrs. A Werner holds a permit for constructing a building at 125 dollars. Yenne Lopes is granted a permit for erection of a structure with a sheet iron roof.
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Frank Randolph
S Department
A. Werner
Yenne Lopes
One Thousand Acres In Vegetables Aim of C C
Cabbage and turnips urged for Val Verde County irrigated lands with cash market promise. San J O W Haworth of San Antonio told chamber of commerce farmers the project aims to sign 400 to 500 acres in turnips, 200 to 300 in cabbage, and up to 300 in sweet potatoes. He will return September 1 with cost figures and details for landowners to join the program.
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C. C
Val Verde
San J
Haworth
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton stocks rise in latest Dennis Bureau figures
Washington reports cotton ginned before August 16 totaled 572,666 bales, with a September 8 figure of 64,771 bales, compared to the same period last year. The Dennis Bureau released the updated totals today.
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Washington
Dennis
Lamb Market Holds Gains Thrive on Saturday Sales
Cattle prices jump while sheep climb gradually and charges fall in Saturday market. Buyers estimate recent rises in market prices have put about £190,000,900 in ranchmen pockets. Lamb tops range at $10.10, with most 0.50 to 10. best slaughter ewes $4.25. Feeding lambs 0.67 to 1. Cattle receipts 460 calves 300. beef steers up $1 to $1.25. Hog receipts 800. holdover 1150. Prices generally lower 0.75 points for hogs.
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Kansas City
Justo Perez Left In Acuna Politics
Vicente Carillo a barber and Villa Acuna mayoral candidate has withdrawn, leaving two in the race. Justo Perez an independent and Valeriano Valdes backed by the Emilio Carranza party remain contenders. A convention is set for August 26 ahead of the November general election.
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Vicente Carillo
Barber
Villa Acuna
Jesus Cadena
Justo Perez
Valeriano Valdes
Perez
Valdes
Emilio Carranza
Rain In Dallas Boosts Cotton After Light Showers
Dallas reports light showers on Aug. 23 benefiting cotton crops across the area. Farmers welcomed the moisture as weeklong conditions improved prospects for boll size and yield potential in Dallas County.
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Dallas
Record-Breaking Texas Primary Vote Reported
United Press bulletin says Dallas and Tarrant Counties cast heavy early votes while Harris County voters show Ross Sterling leading by over three to one at midmorning. Fort Worth reports 15 percent turnout in two hours as rain threatens in Kerrville and Sweetwater. Early counts flag Sterling ahead. Tom Green County hints at light turnout in runoffs.
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Dallas
Tarrant
Houston
Ross Sterling
Harris County
Fort Worth
Gonzales County
Ferguson
Sweetwater
Sterling
Kerrville
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Election Brings Many to Del Rio
Banks and county offices were closed Saturday in Del Rio due to the election. Ranchers and farmers from the precinct converged on the city to buy supplies and cast ballots.
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del Rio
Rains Follow High Wind in Part of State
Weather reports indicate Texas faces active conditions with a driving north wind and rain in Rockdale and Stephenville. A boy named FP McPanie, age 9, died after being struck by wind while leading a basketball game. A late seed crop planting season began as scattered rains averaged about one inch, and a severe windstorm near Crowell damaged a compress company roof, felled trees, and caused about 12,000 dollars in damages.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas
Rockdale
Crowell E
McPanie
Porte
Stephenville
CALL WILDCATS FOR GRID WORK MONDAY EVENING
Coach A L Anthony calls all candidates for the high school football team to meet at the clubhouse at 4 PM Monday for uniform issue. Two daily practice periods, one near daylight and one at 5 PM, are planned. Opening game set with Los Angeles Heights in San Antonio on September 12. Assistants Drury Woods and J W House. Several lettermen lost to graduation expect return.
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A. L. Anthony
Los Angeles Heights
San Antonio
Anthony
Robert Lee Water Election Shadows Governor's Race
In Robert Lee Coke County August 23 a bond issue election set for September 6 dominates local news. The plan funds a waterworks system replacing private cisterns with a reservoir and 8 inch mains fed by the Colorado River. Aimed at drought protection, the project would cut fire insurance rates by about 30 percent.
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Robert Lee
Colorado
Coke County
Wisconsin Offers Aid to Livestock Men in Southwest
Wisconsin pledges relief to drought stricken western states livestock raisers. Charles L. Hill, chairman of Wisconsin Agriculture Board, telegraphed Secretary Hyde that Wisconsin could supply western sheep and steers and that Milwaukee based Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation would provide feeding loans. W Warburton, extension director, advised Montana directors of the offer.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Charles L. Hill
Board of Agriculture Commissioners
Hyde
Wisconsin Bankshares Corporation of
Milwaukee
W. Warburton
Montana
Rev John Sloan Dies Archdeacon of Texas Episcopal
The Rev John Sloan archdeacon of the Texas Episcopal diocese died at his son's home in Houston on the night of August 23.
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John Sloan
Texas Episcopal
Houston
Johny Sloan
Texas Episcopal Diocese
Fire In Milling Plant Kills Two in Kansas City
Fire swept a milling company plant in Kansas City killing one man, wiping out another, and critically injuring a third, the UP report said. Aug. 23.
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Kansas City
Thundershowers Predicted Here
Forecasters expect thundershowers and a drop in temperatures for the next day or two as a weather bureau forecast hints at showers. Local residents are advised to monitor updates for any changes in intensity or timing.
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Weather Bureau
Death of Mrs. Ray Risse Shurley in Sonora
Special Correspondent reports Mrs. Ray Risse Shurley aged 24, wife of Edgar Shurley, a prominent Sonora sheep man, died Friday at 6 PM. She taught in Sonora public schools for five years before marrying nine years ago, with surviving relatives listed as the Kus.
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Sonora
Ray Risse Shurley
Edgar Shurley
Nation's Army of Unemployed At 2.5 Million
Washington August 23 UP The Census Bureau reports the nation’s unemployed at the time of the census numbered 2,508,151. This figure equals two percent of the total population and 5.2 percent of the working population. Michigan had the highest unemployment rate while South Dakota and Mississippi had the lowest. New York had the greatest total of unemployed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Michigan
South Dakota
Mississippi
New York
Landrum Named President of Mohair Co-Operative
In Uvalde on August 23 Frank O. Landrum was named president of the American Mohair Producers Co-Operative Marketing Corporation after Roy J. Davenport resigned. The meeting, attended by 45 members at the Kincaid Hotel, charted aims to unify co-ops and consider appointing a representative for goat men at mohair events.
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Uvalde
Frank O. Landrum
American Mohair Producers Co-Operative Marketing Corporation
Roy J. Davenport
Uvalde Devonport
Landrum
National
Mohair Growers’ Association
Kincaid Hotel
Roy Davenport
Oscar Calloway
F. S. Mason
C. W. Harper
P. ©. Landrum
W. B. Patterson Sr
Pat Ewing
Adolph Steller
J. A. Winn
A. F. Ulrich
Ulrich
Johnson City Territory
Hospital Notes On Morton In Auto Crash Injuries
The hospital reports indicate Morton, a beauty parlor operator, is recovering from injuries suffered in an auto wreck last Sunday morning. He is as well as could be expected with very few visitors. Pete Geib, a laundry employee, sustained minor injuries in the same crash which burned his car and has been discharged to be on the street.
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Morton
Delag
Pete Geib
Early voting light in Val Verde run off election
Last minute counts show about four fifths of first primary turnout. At 2 p.m. totals reached 398 with votes across courthouse hotel high school city hall Madison Lumber Company and Ranger Camp precincts. Ballot is short this year aiding quicker movement at polls. Names listed include R and Sterling of Harris County Lieutenant Governor candidates Witt Strong Bobbitt Alfred and others for state offices.
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Rio
al Hotel
City Hall
Madison, Lumber Company
Ranger Camp
Val Verde County
Genuses
Travis County
R. & Sterling
Harris County
Edgar Witt
McLellan County
Sterling P. Strong
Dallas County
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Webb County
James V. Alfred
Wichita County
John E. Dervis
Charley Lockhart
D. W. McDonald
Ellis County
A. H. King
Throckmorton County
Pat . Neff
W. Gregory Hatcher
Uvalde Court Docket Sees 100 Civil And 1 Criminal Cases
Uvalde court list shows more than 100 civil cases and one criminal matter on the docket as the term begins. Forty eight cases were carried over from the last term and fifty new cases have been filed.
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Uvalde
Finances Prompt TM Valley death by own action
HARLINGEN Aug 23 A coroner verdict of death by own action returned today after Howard Bonnell a plumber shot and killed himself last night Despondency over finances was given as the cause and the case names Bonnell and Harlingen authorities.
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Harlingen
Howard
Bonnell
Cattle Sales Highlight Calif feeder deliveries
San Angelo reports rising local cattle activity with several sales. Sugs ranch in Irion County sold 690 cattle with calves at 42.50 each, with delivery scheduled immediately to California feeders.
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San Angelo
Sugs Ranch
Irion Coffney
California
The Weather Sunday Maximum Temperature
The Weather Sunday reports a maximum temperature of 101 degrees and a minimum not shown in readable text. The fragment suggests a hot day with high heat across the region.
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Pedro Casa Blanca
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Drouth
Aimee
Aimee Semple McPherson
Amice
Los Angeles
Minnie Mc” Kennedy
Acuna
United Press
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McLennan County
Ray Shurley
Mohair
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