Delegation Seeks highway funds for Del Rio and San Angelo
A Del Rio San Angelo delegation will ask the State Highway Commission for 670000 in appropriations for highway work on State Highway 6 and U S Highway 277. The group left for Austin Wednesday and will appear Thursday, seeking 189000 for a 12 mile stretch from the present highway camp to Las Moras Creek including a Cow Creek bridge, and 600000 for U S 277 between Del Rio and Sonora with multiple bridges. An additional 310000 is requested for the Red Bluff project on Highway 277, with aim to eliminate high water hazards between Del Rio and Sonora by rerouting and bridge construction. Delegation includes Del Rio chamber officials, county commissioners, and San Angelo Board of City Development members, returning Thursday night.
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San Angelo
Sion
Las Moras Creek
Cow Creek
Beene
U. S
Red Bluff
Austin
Highway Commission
Mem
Chamber of Commerce
Val Verde County
Grover C. Poole
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Sam H. Walk
J. J
Jap) Lowe
H. Conger Jones
Jas. C. Netts
C. B
Dutch) Wardlaw
Tom Brite
M. L
Bud) Whistler
Richard Baker
Culberson Deal
Del Rioan Family Notices Death in Prescott Arizona
Mrs. G. C. Earwood and her relatives Mr and Mrs Glenn Pass traveled to Prescott Arizona after word reached Del Rio of the death of Earwood's brother Dee Putman. Funeral details were not learned in Del Rio before the travelers departed Saturday to join the family in Prescott.
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G. C. Earwood
Glenn Pass
Prescott
Shuttle Bombing Tactic Aids Poland in War Scenario
Franco British staffs credit a shuttle bombing method as a speed constrained reach across Germany to strike military targets aiding Poland. The Blackburn Skua diver bomber exceeds 200 mph with a 3200 mile range, and a diagram details the system. Poland is said to hold large bombs and fuel reserves for the planes.
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Germany
Poland
Funeral Rites Held for W. E. Pound in Del Rio
Funeral services for 72 year old W. E. Pound were held at St. James Episcopal Church with Rev. Fred C. Rufle officiating. Interment followed at Westlawn Cemetery. Pound died of a heart attack Monday in the Del Rio National Bank Building elevator while en route to the Medical and Surgical Clinic. He had a long contracting career, helped build Camp Mitchie, and resided in Del Rio since 1909 with his wife Caroline Pearson Pound. Survivors include Mrs. Pound and his nephew Allen V. Pearson. Pallbearers and honorary mourners listed. Pound was a Mason and Rotary Club member.
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W. E. Pound
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Fred C. Rufle
Westlawn
Doran Funeral Home
Pound
del Rio National Bank
Chicago
Caroline Pearson
Bloomington
Ill
Texas
San Antonio
Yoakum
del Rio
Camp Mitchie
G. C. Harwood
Max Stool
W. M. Stool
J A. Russell
P. R. Plumb
Houston
Jack Plumb
W. H. Lundberg
Clarence Herreford
M. 8. Martin
Henry Paulus
G. I. Hall
J. A. Forman
C. B. Wardlaw
W. Rex McWilliams
David Young
Charles Russell
R. H. Hurd
Phil B. Foster
Jas. C. Netts
J. Stilwell
Frank Randolph
J. Auteey Walker
J. A. McDonald
Evacuation Plans Outlined for Americans in Britain
The United States embassy in London announced detailed plans to evacuate Americans via four British sectors in Southern England Central England Scotland and Ireland. SwedISH American liner Drottingham will carry over 1000 Americans from Glasgow to Gottingen and then New York with other ships arranged to bring home stranded nationals.
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London
United States
Glasgow
Gottingen
New York
England
Scotland
Ireland
Fire Alarm Boxes Being Re Painted Citywide
Fire alarm boxes across the city are being repainted by Fire Department crews led by Fire Chief Frank J. Schmidt. The boxes will be bright red and the restoration is expected to be completed soon.
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Frank J. Schmidt
Dallas District Trade Boosted by July Sales Rise
The Eleventh Federal Reserve District reports a July sales rise led by department stores with a 2 percent higher first half August vs last year. Wool and cattle moves steady. cotton consumption down slightly with July exports at 106400 bales. construction contracts up 8 percent.
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Reserve Bank
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Department
United States
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
German liner Bremen held in New York port amid searches
At New York Harbor the collector ordered the Bremen along with the Normandie Acquitania and Transylvania to remain at Hudson River piers pending a customs search. He said 100 officers studied the Bremen and found only a camera and a Russian Ikon not declared, while promising to complete checks by tomorrow night.
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New York
Bremen
Normandie
Harry Durning
Roosevelt
Durning
Acquitania
Transylvania
Burnine
William Dreschell
Lloyd Line
State Department
United States
Del Rio Little Theatre Directors Meet At Doran Home
Directors of the Del Rio Little Theatre will meet on Wednesday at 7 p.m. with president Mrs. Hilary B. Doran in her home at 115 East BWena Atqetw. The session aims to discuss upcoming productions and governance matters.
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del Rio
Del Rio Singers Surely Set To Compete With Elgin Choir
The Del Rio Choir faces the Elgin Choir in the Liberty Mills Community Choir Contest on September 24. Three judges at WOAL studio will vote ten points each, audience cards and letters add fifteen points, total possible forty five points. Del Rio’s George D Fisher explains community support and Miss Josephine Forman will accompany the group to San Antonio for the Sept 24 broadcast.
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del Rio
Elgin
Liberty Mills
Jas. C. Netts
Chamber of Commerce
Schulenberg
WOAL
George D Fisher
Josephine Forman
San Antonio
Lines Painted To Mark Parking Angles On City Streets
Parking angles on South Main Street and nearby blocks are painted under Chief Cole Y. Blackwell. Bright yellow lines were chosen for visibility against dark asphalt. Pedestrian lanes were added at intersections with traffic lights on South Main and Gunner Street, while gravel streets near North Heights Elementary cannot receive lines.
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South Main Street
Cole Y. Blackwell
West Garfield Avenue
Gunner Street
East Greenwood Street
Sacred Heart Academy
North Heights
Guiner Street
Terrorism in Polish Areas Laid to Nazis
A wave of subversive acts blamed on Germans by Poles left Tarnow's railroad station with fourteen dead and thirty-eight seriously injured as Berlin’s claims of German maltreatment in Poland provoke cross border tension. Police arrested two Germans in Tarnow and a third in Katowice. Officials warn of a German propaganda push while Poland's seaport traffic falters and air routes to major cities surge. US commercial attachés plan to reach Tallinn to monitor developments.
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Aew
Tarnow
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Herbert Frendel
Breslau University
Germany
Katowice
Bilala
Silesia
Hitler signals possible direct talks with Poland
The Associated Press reports Hitler hinted at direct negotiations with Poland. Britain weighs a reply as Paris orders full railway requisition for military use. Churchill Chamberlain and Halifax study the note while Mussolini’s role as peace intermediary is mentioned.
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Adolft Hitler
Poland
London
Britain
Hitler
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Danzig
Baltic Sea
Henderson
Hiller
Bernardo Attolico
Rome
Percy Loraine
Count Ciano
Musgiolii
Flaxman Outlines Duties of Child Welfare Officer
Carl Flaxman of Austin, child welfare consultant for the Texas Child Welfare Board, spoke at the Del Rio Rotary Club lunch. He urged training for probation officers, stressing prevention first and the need for medical insight to assess delinquency causes, disorders, and appropriate corrective methods.
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Carl Flaxman
Austin
Child Welfare Board of Texas
del Rio
Flaxman
Sam H. Walk
Community Service and Boys' Work Committee
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