Val Verde Sets County Tax Rate at 28 Cents
Val Verde County Commissioners set the 1939 tax rate at 28 cents per $100 valuation, unchanged from 1938. County Judge Grover C. Poole announced the rate, with 25 cents for general fund and 3 cents for the jury fund. No county tax discounts will be offered to avoid raising the rate. state discounts may apply. The combined county and state rate equals 110 cents per $100, the highest permissible under law.
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Commissioners’ Court
Grover C. Poole
Lyle
Almond
Val Verde County
Roberts County
Carl Flaxman To Speak At Rotary Meet
Carl Flaxman of Austin, child welfare consultant, will address the Rotary Club at its Wednesday noon meeting in the Roswood Hotel. J Autrey Walker, club president, announced. Flaxman serves with the Child Welfare Board of Texas, based in Austin.
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Carl Flaxman
Rotary Meet
Austin
Rotary Club
Roswoed
J. Autrey Walker
Flaxman
Child Welfare Board of Texas
del Rio
Junior Life Savers Urged to Report to Cox
Juniors aged 12 to 16 are urged to report to Walter Cox, custodian of Moore Park swimming pool, by Friday. Fifteen hours of instruction and hours of examination will be provided, enabling completion of Red Cross life saving work for competition at Fort Clark.
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Walter Cox
Moore Park
Cox
Red Cross
Fort Clark
Texas to Lift Oil Shutdown Early Friday
Texas Railroad Commission chairman Lon A. Smith announced a two day extension of the oil field shutdown, lifting the cut at 7 a.m. Friday September 1 after a meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Crude stocks have fallen since August 15 and witnesses urged maintaining stock levels while some companies sought deeper stock draws.
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Austin
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
State Railroad Commission
Smith
Railroad Commission
Ite
Humble
Sinclair
Commission
Magnet and
Traffic across French Italian frontier nearly halted
Tur in August reports traffic on most roads between France and Italy nearly stopped. Authorities deny the frontier is closed for diplomatic reasons. Some trains still operate as tourist and service members face crossing limits amid standstill conditions.
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Turin
Legion Applauds War-Avoidance Stance At U S Convention
At the American Legion Convention in Waco Texas speakers urged the United States to stay within its borders and handle affairs at home if war erupts in Europe. Father J L Fritsche national chaplain and Pat M Neff Baylor University president addressed the session amid applause and discussion of democracy and the American flag.
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Waco
Texas
American Legion
Europe
United States
J. L. Fritsche
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
Father Fritsche
Neff
A. D. Monteith
Pampa
Ernest Goens
Tyler
Train
Fred Army
Dallas
Henry Mathis
Texarkana
Jules Naquin
Port Arthur
Bolton Hyde
McAllen
C. L. Hammond
Wichita Falls
Maurice Cuby
el Paso
Grand Commisuraire
J. E. Goode
Laredo
W. G. Oliver
Overton
Grand Advocate
W. J. Danforth
Fort Worth
A. D. Farrier
Houston
Grand Aumonier
Preston Allison
Henderson
Grand Guard le Porte
Elmer Poison
Beaumont
C. B. Benge
Mart
Grand
C. W. Jackson
Grand Fetisehie
Leroy Deason
Grand Drapeaux
C. W. B. Long
Pat Flood
Grand Lampiste
C. C. Miller
San Antonio
Cheminal National
Ralph Hol Man
German Troops Pour Into Slovak Capital
German troops move into Bratislava as Bratislava is placed under German army command. Reports say troops arrive from Vienna and head by train and bus toward the Polish frontier after Slovakia closes its frontier with Hungary at midnight.
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Budapest
Gament
Hungary
Bratislava
Vienna
Group to Seek Highway Improvements From Del Rio to Sonora
A Del Rio led delegation plans to press the State Highway Commission in Austin for development of a twelve mile stretch on Highway 85 to Las Moras Creek and for Dry Devil's River work on Highway 277 from Del Rio to Sonora. An allotment of 310000 has been set for Red Bluff on 277, aiming to remove high water hazards between Del Rio and Sonora.
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Las Moras Creek
U. S. Highway 277
del Rio
Sonora
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Commissioners’ Court
Val Verde County
City Board of Development of
San Angelo
State Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Sam H. Walk
C. B. (Dutch) Wardlaw
H. J
Jap) Lowe
Jas. C. Netts
R. T. Hunnicutt
M. L
Bud) Whistler
Tom Sprite
Richard Baker
Dee Harrison
Grover C. Poole
Funeral set for W. E. Pound in Del Rio
W. E. Pound 72 dies of heart attack Monday in the Del Rio National Bank Building elevator. Funeral held Wednesday at St. James Episcopal with Rev. Fred C. Rufle. Interment at Westlawn Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs. Pound and nephew Aller V. Pearson. Pound was a Mason and Rotary member.
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W. E. Pound
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Fred C. Rufle
Westlawn
Doran Funeral Home
Doran Chapel
Pound
del Rio National Bank
Chicago
Caroline Pearson
Bloomington
Texas
San Antonio
Yoakum
P. R. Plumb
Houston
Court House Offices Will Remain Open On Saturdays
Judge Grover C. Poole announced that starting Sept 2 all courthouse offices will stay open Saturday afternoons. Previously during June July and August offices closed at noon on Saturdays.
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Court House
Grover C. Poole
Traffic Light Installed at Gibbs Street and Avenue F
A new stop and go traffic light began regulating the Gibbs Street and Avenue F intersection. City officials Mayor W S Gibbons and Police Chief Cole Y Blackwell examined the setup after Monday installation, noting improved flow. The twenty five second cycle light was supplied by the McClure Electric Company of Dallas and marks a shift from signals only at downtown to this arterial crossing.
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Gibbs Street
Avenue F
State Highway Department
McClure Electric Company of
Dallas
W. S. Gibbons
Cole Y. Blackwell
Signaled Pact Echoes War Woes as Europe Teeters
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain would honor Poland, while Hitler asked for peace or war remains undecided. Henderson's Berlin-bound plane arrived as Leopold and Wilhelmina offered mediation. Hitler rejected direct talks with Warsaw, signaling possible further demands in the Polish Corridor. Mussolini’s mediating role and Italian envoy contacts were noted amid European crisis.
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Leopold
Belgium
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Poland
Europe
Warsaw
Danzig
Pomorze
Bernardo Attoheo
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Daladier
France
Fuerier
Clashes on German-Polish Border Heighten Tensions
Berlin and Warsaw watchful as observation balloons fill the sky and frontline attacks intensify along the border. Polish casualties rise while rail and road links to Germany suspend amid a high alert readiness stance in Poland and calls for peaceful sovereignty.
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Warsaw
Prague nurses ordered to report to district commanders
All nurses in Greater Praha not in the Czech Red Cross are ordered by the German air defense medical department to report immediately to their district commanders. School openings are postponed from Sept 1 to Sept 18. Truck and bus owners are asked to deliver vehicles to military authorities and telephone exchange operators are replaced by German girls.
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Praha
Greater Praha
Czech Red Cross
New Test Well Is Started on Jones Patterson Lease
A new test oil well named Rode No. One was spudded in on the Jones Patterson lease this week. Drilled by Boid Hopkins and FE D Eaton, it lies 1400 feet east and 150 feet north of the SW corner of Section Ten, Block B8, three miles north of Vinegarone. A Model C Fort Worth spudder is used, with planned depth 600 feet, extendable to 1800 if needed.
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Jones-Patterson
H. Conger Jones
Boid Hopkins
FE. D. Eaton
Section Ten
Vinegarone
Jones
R. C. Patterson
del Rio
Harrison No. One
Felix Harrison Ranch
Junior Chamber Backs State Safety Push In Texas
Del Rio Junior Chamber of Commerce directors voted to support the Texas Safety Association plan to improve highway safety statewide. Joe Bailes outlined a uniform traffic safety program coordinating official and unofficial efforts and a back to school safety campaign. The group voted to outfit junior traffic policemen at North Heights and West End Elementary with Sam Browne belts.
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del Rio
Joe Bailes
Tex
Bailey
Bailley
North Heights
West End
Sam Browne
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Commons
del Rio and
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Tia
Legion
U. S
Slovak
Episcopal Church
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House of Commons
Great Britain
Neville Henderson
Moscow
East Prussia
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Roosevelt
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