Car Endurance Sparks Debate On Old Versus New
The State Press notes a San Antonio man claiming his car has more than 300000 miles and remains “as good as new.” It questions if modern auto improvements outpace the durability of older vehicles and argues value lies in performance, not age, with broader remarks on politics and history threaded through.
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San Antonio
del Rio News
San Antonian
Pear
Woud
State Press
Dallas News
Santa Claus Plan Draws Del Rio Crowds Tonight
The Eve ning News reports Santa Claus will arrive in Del Rio at 7:30 with Kris Kringle from San Angelo. Two reindeer are lame and sent home to Toyland while Claus urges boys and girls to attend and witness the public visit.
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Evening News
Santa Claus
del Rio
Kris Krinkle
San Angelo
Main Street
United States
Toyland
Val Verde County
Denver
Colo
Prancer
Nimble
Rockies
Mr. Claus
America
Rome columnists fear war over oil embargo outcomes
The March of Nations column notes Italian rumor of attacks on the British fleet and Mussolini threatening world war if oil embargoes bite. It argues such talk masks a broader truth that Italy struggles in Ethiopia and that League sanctions are effective, with observers predicting embargo pressure could end the conflict.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League
Geneva
Christian Science Monitor
League of Nations
Washington
United States
One Bank Robber Slain Two Taken in Ohio Heist
In Martins Ferry Ohio on December 6 a Franklin bank robbery left one robber dead and another wounded. A third robber was believed cornered in eastern Ohio. About $3000 of the $11000 taken remained missing and initial identifications were incomplete.
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Martinsferry
Ohio
Franklin, Ohio
Weather Summary for Del Rio and West Texas Regions
Del Rio and vicinity expect fair weather tonight and Saturday with mild temperatures. Maximum yesterday 64, minimum yesterday 52, and current morning low 59. West Texas shows slightly cooler conditions tonight with similar Saturday outlook. East Texas remains cloudy with rain in the Northeast and East coast, cooler in the Northwest and North-Central tonight, with Saturday partly cloudy.
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Fair
Panhandle
East Texas
Noted Detective Says Hauptmann Not Killer of Baby
Ellis Parker, not a Burlington County detective, is convinced Hauptmann is innocent, a view that adds tension. Governor Hoffman notes Parker’s belief lacks legal weight but carries moral weight, while Kiehler says only one wood piece tied to Hauptmann from the ladder. Supreme Court decision on review due tomorrow.
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Ellis Parker
Burlington County
Bruno Hauptmann
Hoffman
New Jersey
Parker
New York Daily News
Arthur Kiehler
Supreme Court
Lindbergh
Court of Pardons
Piers for Gan Felipe Creek Bridge Pour Complete
Bridge piers over the west fork at Highway Park have been poured and the steel span will rise once the concrete sets. About 250 loads of black dirt were brought in for shrubs planted by Ramseys Austin Nursery as part of park beautification. Species include Russian mulberries, huisache, Rio Grande ash, desert willow, Arizona cypress, spiney junipers, umbrella china, retama, athel, Bird of Paradise, cenizo and trumpet vine among native varieties.
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Gan Felipe Creek
Ramsey
Austin Nursery
Garcia Sentenced In District Court
Juan Garcia found guilty in district court of assault with intent to murder and sentenced to one year in prison. He was charged with assaulting Jose Figuerra on the night of September 2.
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Garcia
Juan Garcia
Jose Figuerra
Lighting contest entry blanks published by Chamber and Garden Club
The News reports entry blanks for the outdoor lighting contest sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Del Rio Garden Club. Twenty five prizes including a $10 first prize and various merchandise prizes run December 18 to 31. Entries must be filed by 7 pm December 18 at the Chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
del Rio Garden Club
News Today
Wife of Dallas Federal Reserve Bank head dies
Mrs. Lucile Geers McKinney 51 wife of Buckner A McKinney governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas died at her home after a prolonged illness. The death occurred Thursday with public notices noting her passing in Dallas.
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Lucile Geers McKinney
Buckner A. McKinney
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Sheep and Goat Raisers to Elect Officers in San Antonio
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association holds its annual convention in San Antonio with officers to be named and speakers including Congressman Richard M Kleberg Gov James V Allred and other leaders addressing tariffs livestock disease and ownership certificates amid efforts to boost membership and combat fly strikes thefts and losses.
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San Antonio
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
Richard M Kleberg
Corpus Christi
Washington
James V. Allred
C. K. Quin
B. I. Boughton
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Sonora
L. J. Wardlaw
Fort Worth
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Marvin Jones
Amarilllo
House Committee On Agriculture
Allred
Abe Mayer
Association
Mayer
Three Day Rain Drenches Southwest State Field
The United States Weather Bureau predicted fair weather after a three day drizzle that covered the southwest region. A total of 0.36 inches of rain fell Tuesday through Thursday, with drizzles reaching San Angelo El Paso and San Antonio and Brackettville reporting half an inch yesterday.
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United States Weather Bureau
San Angelo
el Paso
San Antonio
Brackettville
Prohibition veterans predict dry rule return at convention
At the 28th annual Anti Saloon League convention in St. Louis, Bishop James Cannon Jr William Pussyfoot Johnson and F Scott McBride expressed optimism that repeal has caused abuses and a return to dry rule is in sight.
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Ant- Saloon League of America
Louis
James Cannon
William “Pussyfoot” Johnson
F. Scott McBride
NEA Features, Inc
North China crisis draws Western protests over China
London reports that Britain weighs formal representations to Japan after United States and Britain show concert. Hull warns all nations to respect treaties as Japan denies treaty effectiveness and China’s integrity faces risk.
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Japan
North China
America
Britain
London
China
Hull
United States
House of Commons
Nanking
K Reager 62 Killed in Head On Crash Near Hondo
K Reager a 62 year old stockman and deputy sheriff living near Uvalde was killed in a head on collision eight miles west of Hondo. Rainy slick highway conditions were blamed. He had just visited his wife in a San Antonio hospital where she was recovering from injuries in a prior crash.
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Reager
San Antonio
State mails $1 per pupil school apportionment
Austin December 6. State Superintendent L A Woods said warrants for $1 per pupil had been mailed to all counties as part of the school apportionment program.
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Austin
L. A. Woods
State Superitendent of Education
Clipper Lands in Alameda on Inaugural Manila Flight
The China Clipper completed its first Manila round trip and touched down in Alameda today. Senator George Norris pledged backing for the President’s re election and said he would not seek renomination.
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Alameda
Cal
Manila
Washington
George Norris
Governor Johnston Deploys Guards to Seize Highway Dept
In Columbia on December 6, Governor Olin Johnston defied a Supreme Court ruling by placing 55 National Guardsmen to seize control of the state highway department amid constitutional challenges to his tactics.
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Columbia
D. C
Supreme Court
Olin Johnston
Highway Department
Four Die in Wolfrun Mine Gas Explosion
Rescue crews recovered the bodies of four victims after an eight hour search in a Wolfrun mine in Steubenville Ohio. Thirty-one others escaped through side passageways following the gas explosion.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Wolfrun
Bremen Docked Safely After Reported Communist Plot
The North German Lloyd liner Bremen docked in New York under heavy security after authorities reported a Communist plot to bomb the ship. Coast guard cutters and a large police detail escorted the vessel during the arrival.
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New York
Bremen
Coast Guard
Last of Escaped Gangsters Taken
In Okla at Weathers on December 6 Dan Heady was slain Dewey Gilmore wounded and Leonard Short found dying after a farmhouse pursuit that ended with four gangsters fleeing Muskogee jail. Heady Gilmore and Short were linked to the escaped gang.
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Weathers
Okla
Dan Heady
Dewey Gilmore
Leonard Short
Heady
Gilmore
Muskogee Jar
Girl's Heart Balm Is Set at $500,000
Miss Barry Languille of Los Angeles sued Frank A. Gillespie Tulsa oilman for 500000 damages claiming breach of promise. She alleged he pressed marriage in 1932 33 but told her last year it was off. Gillespie was reportedly out of town with Mrs Gillespie.
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Tulsa
Okla
Barry Languille
Los Angels
Frank A. Gillespie
Gillespie
Italian raid on Dessye hits palace and hospital
A 17 minute air assault on Dessye by Italian planes dropped over 1,000 bombs striking the Emperor Selassie’s palace and the American Seventh Day Adventist Hospital. Civil casualties were heavy with 12 killed and 206 wounded as Red Cross tents and a ward were damaged. the Emperor reportedly escaped injury.
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Dessye
Emperor's Palace
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Selassie
American Hospital
Red Cross
Pbsios Oun
Sherpa
Gainesville Faces Flood Threat After Heavy Rain
Gainesville endures rising waters from a three and a half inch downpour causing a foot of water in Leonard Park near the Elm branch of the Trinity River. Elm Creek is expected to rise further as rainfall continues through the day in Northeast Texas.
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Texas
Leonard Park
Elm Branch
Trinity River
Gainesville
Elm Creek
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