09 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1937
Page
1
A historical column notes a du Pont suggestion that private industry spend 25 billion dollars to help business. Greta Garbo disappearance headlines Hollywood while Walter Winchell cites Chaplin divorce rumors. An anti machine party forms in Bexar County as taxes rise with political flux.
The Lookout notes science bursts and derisive calm on chlorophyll and other truths as daily headlines shift. It mocks sensational shifts, cites armadillo meat campaigns, and ponders civic clubs grilling meat substitutes amid political warfare.
District Court ruled in favor of Judge Joseph Jones in his suit against the City of Del Rio and Conger Law and Spears. The city paid court costs and Jones taxes claimed due. the court released liens for 1932 to 1937 and permanently barred further tax actions, with costs assessed to the city.
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions across Del Rio and surrounding area. Maximum temperature yesterday was 52 degrees with a minimum of 39. The morning low reached 35 degrees.
Mrs Walter F Jones picked 610 oranges from her odd shaped 11 year old tree on 1108 Gunner Street in Del Rio. She finished Wed to beat a coming cold wave and plans to store the fruit for family use and Christmas gifts.
Congress quickly passes a bill to grant mileage allowances to its members for travel during the special session.
Del Rio post office urges residents to mail letters Thursday for the air mail run. The plane will leave Del Rio at 7 30 Friday morning and fly via Eagle Pass Uvalde Bryan Houston, delivering letters nationwide by Saturday morning. Local residents are invited to witness the inaugural air mail departure.
New York stock exchange leaders move to study wide reforms in administration and higher commissions. President Charles Ro Gay authorized a nine member committee to examine all aspects of further development of the organization and its governance.
The Sutton County range committee for 1938 includes J N Ross W R Cusenbary J M Van der Stucken and Bryan Hunt. They will attend the District 6 meeting this month to discuss the 1938 program. Atchison says the rest of the year will finish planned work and aims to build about 10900 dollars worth of spreader dams preader terraces and dirt tanks before January with five miles of terracing daily.
In Madison a federal judge dismissed KR. OO Audrain of Tulsa in a price fixing case. Paul Wright former airport manager pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to charges he killed his wife Evelyn and friend John Kimmel. Trial date set for January 13. In Anonville firefighters unearthed nine bodies from a fire ruined tenement as two mothers and relatives mourn the victims.
Lieutenant Edward Burke, 24, was killed when an Army plane crashed in flames at Kelly Field in San Antonio at about 2 15 this morning. Burke, a West Pointer and native of Helena Montana, had taken off to observe weather conditions.
Del Rio Independent School District announced extended Christmas holidays from Friday December 17 through Sunday January 2 with school resuming Monday January 3. The February 22 Washington's birthday holiday will be omitted this year to extend the break. San Diego note: Fourteen Army planes flew from San Diego to the Canal Zone, covering a 3080 mile night flight.
A Chicago digest recounts peculiar mishaps from 1937. An enraged hen struck a farmer in the eye with an egg as he wrung its neck. Other tales include a man injuring himself on a painted stop sign and a faulty bowling mishap in Oak Park.
Judge L J Wardlaw protested reduced Texas Legislature funding for cattle tick eradication pointed to $1547 108 preferred for two years versus a $920 268 cut He warned relaxation risks infestation from Mexico and reinfestation of cleared areas He cited commission salaries and the economic value of livestock including sheep cattle and poultry in Texas and noted land values tied to sulk hurlates.
The County Health Council will hold its final meeting of the year next Monday at 4:00 PM in the Del Rio High School auditorium chaired by Mrs. Joe Portman. Local physicians and staff who helped with school physicals are urged to attend to discuss next year’s plans and the ongoing work. Two local specialists conducted ear, nose, and throat examinations, with mothers assisting. examinations are mostly complete at Central Elementary School and expected to finish by Christmas.
Fort Worth Texas December 4 Farmers from across Texas gathered for the fourth annual Agricultural Association convention. President H G Lucas of Brownwood called the meeting to order. The keynote theme emphasized strength in organization.
Washington reports the reciprocal trade treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom is at a crucial point. Seventeen countries have signed under Hull's program, with Brazil and Canada highlighted for agricultural exports while the UK talks could reshape US Canada relations and boost wartime trade figures.
The body of Jen Koven, 22, a Brooklyn dancer, was found beneath a villa porch in Versailles. Police say Eugene Weidman admitted killing four men and kidnapping Koven, taking her to the villa and strangling her the next day. robbery motive cited.
Japanese forces pound the Chinese capital with artillery while factions brace for a siege. The U S embass y warns Americans to evacuate as Chiang Kai shek may retreat from Nanking. Japanese ships advance past Riangyin as skirmishes intensify near the city.
A motion for a new trial for Jose Lopez was denied by Judge Fetes Montague in District Court on Thursday. Lopez was convicted in the decapitation murder of his wife Catalina Cintrie de Lopez and remains on death row.
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