Convention in Villa Acusa Chooses Mayor Candidate
A convention in Villa Acusa will meet at 10 o clock Saturday morning to choose the next mayor. The National Revolutionary Party plans to nominate its candidate Justo Peres druggist while Valeriano Valdes backed by the Emiliano Carranza loyalists seeks the local party nomination. Each side predicts victory depending on convention support as voters await the outcome.
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Villa Acusa
National Revolutionary Party
Administration Party
Justo Peres
Valeriano Valdes
Emilo Carranza
United States
Valdes
Fom
Peters
Convicted Check Writer Released After Claims of Identity
Alan, who used the alias FR A Collies, pleaded guilty to fraud in Kerrville. He had served time in county jail and was released after about four months. Collins was arrested in Blanco County for writing worthless checks at the Travelers' Motel in Del Rio and posed as a newspaper man using fraternal affiliations to gain confidence.
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Alan
Fra Collies
Bes
Kerrville
Jai
Willey
Collins
Blanco County
Travelers
del Rio
Kit Carson Jr
Bent Canyon
Lajanta
Colo
Jake Fleagie
Oregon
Kila Wheeler Wilcox
Pecos High Bridge
Blaine City
Stop Means Stop Fines Paid in Court
Two defendants pleaded guilty to ignoring a 4 second sign in corporation court Friday morning. Patrolman Jim Houston filed the complaints and fines of 82 dollars each were paid.
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Corporation Court
Jim Houston
Our Blushing Brides serial debuts in Evening News
Page four announces a new serial story Our Blushing Brides starting in this issue with the first chapter on page one. The tale unfolds in two installments and readers are urged to renew subscriptions if they expire before September 70 to ensure continued delivery.
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Evening News
Prisoner Warns Sheriff of Jail Break in Upton
Special Correspondent Rankin reports that two inmates escaped Upton County jail between 10 and 12, aiding a general breakout. One, Howler Cathan, notified Sheriff Jo Bud Barfield, then returned to his cell. Brown, charged with auto theft, was recaptured. A fourth prisoner Levi Clark, serving a 9 year term for murder, remained in custody as dawn approached. Sheriff Barfield learned of the break after midnight via informant Leonard Threll, who had his own escape history.
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Barfield
Larce
Jeil
Leonard Threll
Gantey
Tilinets
Threl
Missippi
Texas
Levi Clark
Freon
Gan Anceln
Big Lake
Medford Clerks Stoned by Mexican Jumping Beans
County clerks in Medford report being stoned for hours by the armies of Mexican jumping beans. Some residents claimed they had never seen such southern pods before.
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Medford
Orc
Mystery Letter Sparks Twilight League Scandal In Eve ning News
An anonymous note accusing Twilight League players of bribery and graft vanished from the Eve ning News sports desk. Police probe points to the letter writer as possible suspect while fans discuss hat collections and suspected misdeeds.
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Sports Department
The
Evening News
Sports Desk
Sports
Sherlock Holmes
Czar
Cornerstone of New Methodist Church to Be Laid Sunday
The First Methodist Church at the corner of Pecan and Green will dedicate its new $100,900 cornerstone with ceremonies at 6:30 pm Sunday led by Pastor Rev Charles Nixon. Principal address by Rev LU Speil. The two story edifice seats 625 in the auditorium with a basement education wing and separate nurseries and classrooms.
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New Methodist Church
Clarch
Charles Nixon
Pecan and
Green
Nixon
LU. Speil- Uval Prticipate
Greenwood
Moonshiner in Oregon shootout kills two officers
In the Marcola Hills near Eugene Oregon a moonshiner Vic Sutherland 68 engaged officers during a liquor raid firing a flaming revolver killing deputy game warden Joe Saunders and Oscar Daley a local policeman. Rodney Roach and Lee Brown were wounded as Sutherland and his son resisted arrest.
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Eugene
Ore
Marcola Hills
Vic Sutherland
Joe Saunders
Oscar Daley
Livestock prices steady at Kansas City market
Killing sheep classes were steady with top range lambs at 3.50 and natives 7.75 to 8. Best ewes reached 8.00. Sheep receipts were 4,000 with some held over. Trade in cattle was slow with prices steady to weak. Cattle receipts 1,200 and calves 1,000. fed yearling steers sold to 11.25 and vealers to 10. Top was 10.65 with declines of 2 to 35 cents.
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Keneas City
Gum chewing contest at Tiffin sparks playful challenge
Local pageant scene reports students engaging in a chewing gum endurance contest. Competitors chew vigorously while observers note enthusiasm and school spirit.
Port Wine Gifts and Ad Rates in 1882 Del Rio Record
A notice tracing Del Rio Record from 1882 recalls gift notes to the editor and $1 per inch advertising rates. It highlights editor C. C. Thomas, a lawyer, and items like port wine gifts and a cabbage, with locals and editorials on drink and local news from January 9, 1892.
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Newspaper Life O. K
del Rio Record
Justice of the Peace
Charles Miller
C. C Thomas
New York
Potter County Grand Jurors Indict Payne
Amarillo August 29 Payne confessed inventor of a bomb planted in the family car to kill his wife and maim his 11 year old son. A grand jury indicted him for murder after a session ended at 12 30 in open court before Judge Henry Bishop. District Attorney FE W Fhomer said trial would be set for late September. Sidney Payne of Tulsa and Ben Parur of New Mexico, brothers of the accused attorney, arrived last night.
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Amarilg
A. D
Payne
Potter County
Henry Bishop
Prand
Menaay
Attorny FE
W Fhomer Gon
Delay Sought In Construction of San Angelo Line
The Southern Pacific seeks to postpone starting the San Angelo to Corpus Christi line via San Antonio until early 1931. The move aims to gain time to push for purchasing the franchise while a Gulf franchise takeover is pending before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The new line would run through Gillespie Mason McCulloch Concho and Tom Green counties linking San Angelo and San Antonio.
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Washington
Southern Pacific
West Texas and Gulf Railway
San Angelo
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
R. W. Horrison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf
Commission
Gillespie
Mason, McCulloch
Concho
Tom Green
Gulf Company
Flight Instructor Sued Over Death of Youth Pilot
Mrs. Lettie Jackson Raines of Bexar County filed a $25 000 damage suit in Del Rio claiming Bernie Raines, a student flier, was killed in September 1928 while piloting a ship operated by Webb Ruff of University Aerial Service Company near Austin. The petition alleges failure to warn against flying in stormy weather.
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Webb Ruff
University Aerial Service Company
Austin
del Rio
Lettie Jackson Raines
Bexar County
Bernie Raines
Triangle Victim Dies of Wounds in Oklahoma City
En Martin aged 62 died in Oklahoma City from gunshot wounds suffered a week earlier when A. M. Harris 45 shot him in a hospital ward upon finding Martin beside his wife’s bed. County attorney Max Fagin said a murder complaint would be filed today.
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Oklahoma City
En Martin
A. M. Harris
Martin
Harris E¢S
Harris
Sistan
Max Fagin Sar
Rubiola Declines Visit to Villa Acuna
San Antonio park commissioner Jacob Rubiola did not visit Villa Acuna Mexico City for a two week portion of a 23 day vacation despite an invitation from a business group there.
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Jacob Rubiola
San Antonio
Mexico City
Sen
Villa Acuna
Hin
Fort Clark Streets Paved and Brackettville Works Approaching
Ft Clark streets have been paved and Spring Street in Brackettville on the Del Rio San Antonio highway will begin paving within days. Preliminary surveys are under way on Ann Street for possible paving.
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Brackettville
Fort Clark
Spring Street
del Rio- San Antonio
Ann Street
Four Prisoners Escape Vernon Jail In Early Morning
Four inmates escaped the Wilbarger County jail at 4 30 o clock today. Ernest Oglesby, who faces 90 years in West Texas counties plus three years for auto theft, led the breakout with partners George Allen Marion Sanders and Don Coffer. They sawed bars and cut a wall through to freedom using a blanket rope down to a roadster registered to Sanders mother.
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Bonham
Don Coffer
Sanders
Carrizo Springs District Court Sets Monday Convene
Carrizo Springs District Court will convene Monday under District Judge J. F. Mullaly. With District Attorney John A. Walls and County Reporter Seth S. Wilcox, the three weeks term begins, then moves to Zapata County for one week, Jim hoge County for two, and finally Laredo for Webb County eight and seven weeks into 1931.
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Carrizo Springs
Philadelphia Candidates to Train One Daily Practice
Philadelphia reporters note that University of Philadelphia football hopefuls will have a single practice each day during the initial distance period as the team refines conditioning and plays.
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Philadelphia
University of Philadelphia
West Texas counties seek drought aid from Moody committee
Aug 29. The vanguard of a 20 member West Texas committee appointed by Governor Dan Moody arrived in Wichita Falls for an all day session at the Wichita Club. They will study drought conditions in each county and draft practical relief recommendations. Counties petitioning for aid include Wheeler, Foard, Childress, Cass, Coleman, Henderson, Dickens, Callahan, Jones, Hall, Cottle, Brewster, and Motley.
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Wichita Falls
Dan Moody
Wichita Club
West Texas
Hoover
Weilbarger
Foord
Childress
Cass
Coleman
Henderson
Dickens
Callahan
Jones
Hall, Cottle
Brewster
Beer Peddler Shot to Death in Chicago Apartment
In Chicago on August 29 John Krusky a beer runner for Jack Guzik tied to Scarface Al Capone was shot multiple times in his south side apartment. Police link the slaying to an alleged beer war as Krusky had encroached on another’s territory. a housekeeper heard a caller ask for him then fire seven shots and flee.
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Chicago
John Krusky
Jack Guzik
Scarface al Capone
South Side
Krusky
Weather forecast for Del Rio and vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with a high of 93 yesterday and a low of 69 in West Texas. Partly cloudy with showers in the east tonight and Saturday. Moderate to fresh northerly winds along the coast.
Paved Highway Plan to Link Del Rio and Fort Worth
Jewel P Lightfoot of Fort Worth and West Texas Chambers advocates designating Highway No. 10 as a federal route and part of an international highway. He notes the Denton Fort Worth segment is already U S Highway 877 and aims to close gaps to secure Federal No. 77 linking with Mexican routes. He cites shortening the path by paving missing sections and recounts helping designate Brady to Juelson in Kimble County, shortening the route by over 90 miles via Mason and Mescalero. Highway No. 36 to Del Rio is included.
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Jewel P. Lightfoot
Fort Worth
West Texas Chambers of Commerce
del Rio
Brownwood
Lightfoot
Mexico
Brady
McCulloch
Jutelson
Kimble County
Mason and Mensard
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Nurery
Longview
Walter Gillis
Wm. B. Wheeler
Sidney Payne
Tulsa
Ben Parur
New Mexico
Nient
Rubiola
Vernon
East
Ft. Worth
U. S
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