Val Verde County Chronicle Key Dates Early 1930s
Resume lists January to September entries detailing new county officials, postal status for Del Rio, debt loans, deaths including Mildred Kennedy and Beth Garrett, bank and chamber appointments, tornado and flood events, mohair sales, school board actions, and infrastructure projects across Del Rio and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
O. D. Finegan
Val Verde
Mildred Katherine Kennedy
Producers Wool & Mohair Company
del Rio National Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Sam H. Walk
A. G. Edwards
R. H. Hurd
J. Autrey Walker
del Rio National Farm Association
Virginia Wurz
Beth Garrett
Rachel Rebecca McDonald
Bob Martin
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Col” Everett
Xer
del Rio Bank and Trust Company
Garden Parks
W. H Hidalgo
Brackettville
Jas. C. Netts
Clarence Herreford
State Highway Board
San Felipe
Roger Gillis
C. B
Wardlaw
National Wool Growers Association
Phoenix
Ariz
John R. Brinkley
XEAW
Martha Petty Casey
Val Verde County
Sanderson
R. M. Bankhead
del Rio Independent School
Nat Malone
Val Verde County Livestock
Spector
W. R. Nicholson
Fat Lambs Scarce On Fort Worth Market Amid Sluggish Receipts
Fat lambs were scarce on the Fort Worth market as sheep receipts reached 1,000. Yearlings and wethers sold steadily with woolled yearlings at 8 dollars, two year old wooled wethers 6.50, aged wooled wethers 5.50, and shorn aged wethers 5.25. Cattle receipts totaled 1,600 and calves 1,200 with early clearance showing steady prices for common and medium slaughter steers and yearlings at 7.35 to 450? per head. Beef cows sold around 4, plus occasional higher lots. cutters and bulls brought 3.50 to 4.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Sears Passe
Robinson Predicts Passage of Bonus In Next Congress
Senator Robinson, Democratic leader, predicted that a cash bonus bill will receive executive approval and pass in the next Congress. He forecast action in Congress and compared it with a similar past measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Washington
Congress
War turbulence in Ethiopia signals disputed moves and ambushes
Reports detail Ethiopian War Minister's alleged general attacks on the Northern front and fierce resistance, with announced victories in Tembien and Scire. Ras Kassa’s movements remain undisclosed amid concerns over heavy weapon shipments and unclear government contact. Ethiopia refutes Italian bombing of a Swedish Red Cross ambulance unit calling the claim an odious lie. casualties among Swedes and Ethiopians are reported with partial casualty figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tembien
Scire
Addis Ababa
Ras Kassa
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Ambulag
Sweden
Year Begins With Bitter Sermon and Bold Forecasts
The column mocks prophecies for the coming year and notes a violent church incident in Illinois. It comments on politics, Fray Farley’s forecast, and declares Huey Longs assassination as the era defining event of 1935, asserting broad national impact.
Father of Mrs George Miers Father Jones dies in San Antonio
Sam Jones about 80 retired Uvalde ranchman died suddenly Wednesday at his San Antonio home. Message to his daughter Mrs George Miers prompted her to travel there. Funeral planned Thursday in San Antonio. Survivors: widow two daughters Mrs George Miers and Mrs L Jones and two granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. Kraut
Eagle Pass
Earl Crosby
del Rio
United States Immigration Service
United States
Ed Mey
Reid Webb
Nadine Webb
Uvalde
San Antonio
Vivian Pinkston
Crisoforo Galindy
Carlos Cuellar
John Fletcher Lancaster
Jnc. Y. Long
Producers Wool and Mohair Company
J. W. Carruthers Jr. Burns
Cora J. Cornelius
Fred N. Cornelius
Quemado
Rafael Dominguez
Piedras Negras
L. C. Henry
Dél Rio
John R. Brinkley
H. D. Wilkinson
Lawrence Latta
Estelle Calk
Latta
Mason
Fannie Driskill Earnest
C. W. Earnest
Mahala Turney
W. J Turney
Co. J. Blackwell
W. S. Hudson
John FP. Ney
Laredo
Mabel Lindsey Edwards
Paul Edwards
San Antonio Hospital
Gertrude Ideas Wurz
J. FP. Wurz
Sam Jones
George Miers
Jones
L. Jones
Search intensifies for Karpis after cabin camp lead
Kansas City January 1. A cabin camp proprietor said a photo of Alvin Karpis strongly resembles the man who traveled with Homer Fanning, who told officers he had been with Karpis, renewing new impetus in the nationwide search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
New Inpetus
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
Homer Fanning
President Patman Talks Spark Bonus Measure Speculation
A long talk between the President and Representative Patman of Texas spurred speculation that a compromise bonus bill may be pursued in the new Congress session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patman
Texas
Congress
Campaign Button Gift Spurs GOP Push in Washington
The 1936 campaign button in red white and blue was distributed by the National Committee at its recent Washington meeting as a call to support the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. P. National Committee
Washington
Nine Missing After Air Liner Crashes in Mediterranean
Nine passengers and three crew members died or were missing after the City of Khartoum airliner crashed nine people are believed dead. The pilot was rescued after wreckage was found four miles southwest of Alexandria Egypt engine trouble caused the disaster. Passenger C Luke American among those aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Khartoum
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
Ethiopia and Italy clash over aerial bombardment on Somalia front
Ethiopian leader Selassie protested to the League of Nations accusing Italy of using poisonous gas and destroying a Swedish Red Cross ambulance during a southern front bombing. Italy defended the strikes as justified after two Italian aviators were killed at Daggahbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Selassie
League of Nations
Red Cross
Somaliland
Daggahbur
Harar
Del Rio Fire Dept Handles 58 Alarms in 1935 Losses
Fire fighters answered 58 alarms in 1935 with total fire loss of 10054.70 dollars according to Fire Chief Harry Altman. Trucks covered 86 miles, used 11600 feet of hose, 129 percent gallons of chemicals, and 144 feet of ladders. Insurance damages paid totaled 14251.48 dollars, 5000 of which related to a 1934 fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Harry Altman
Del Rio Area Weather Report Tends Warmer Tonight
Weather forecast for Del Rio and vicinity notes fair skies and warmer conditions tonight. Yesterday maximum reached 57 degrees and the minimums were 39 degrees, with today starting at 39. West Texas remains partly cloudy and colder tonight with Thursday also partly cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
West Texas
San Felipe Residence Burns Tuesday Night
Fire damaged the residence of Jesus Frausta at Cortinas and Water Street in San Felipe around 10 PM Tuesday. The family was away about three hours. damage estimated at $550. Cause of the blaze was unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Frausta
Cortinas and
Water Street
San Felipe
Explosion levels tenement. three dead, seven hurt in Buffalo
A powerful blast leveled a four story brick tenement in Buffalo's Italian quarter on January 1. At least one woman died, two residents were missing, and seven were hospitalized in critical condition. The blast damaged nearby buildings, shattered hundreds of windows, and hurled debris across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Records Show Decline in Del Rio Building Permits
A $22,215 drop in Del Rio building permits was reported by Chief Harry Altman. Total permits issued in the year reached $67,187, down from $89,402 in 1934 and $26,981 in 1933, with residential at $21,925, non residential at $21,294, and additions alterations and repairs at $23,968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KERA
American Legion Aliary
Meda Walter Miner
L. B. Miner
Felis Maldonado
Louis Martin
W. H. Dodd
Langtry
del Rio
A. W. Keyser
James V. Allred
Stanford Payne
Wendell W. Mayes
Harry Altman
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Jimmie Edwards
Kieffer Edwards
Osly
Ulen Com- Antonio
L. Wheat
Pioneer Ranchman
Beulah Mackey
H. Bowers
Thomas Billings
Arch Barnett
Brackett
Max Herbst
W. Herbst
Joy Wyatt
P. A. Wyatt
William Cyril Milburn
W. J. Turney
Col. Wallace B. Scales
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Clark
Mary Louise Dietert
Gus Dietert
Geo. W. Cox
Texas Health Board
Milton Hussie Winn
Sam Ross Winn
Dryden
Beulah Whistler
Ben Bendele
Boundary Lines
Water Board
Louise Anderson
Spofford
Ruth Miles
B. Finch Peirce
San Francisco
Helen Frances Stewart
Lytle Stewart
Ethel Perkins Ellis
Jack Ellis
Marshall
Martinez Ruiz
G. H
R. M. Hamilton
Elizabeth Miller
Cathr
N Wayman
C. B. Wardlaw
Bryan Kelley
School Board of the
del Rio Independent District
J. H. Boyce
Everett R. Woolridge
House of Representatives
Dan
Jessie Lowe
Johnny Rufus
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jap Lowe
William H. Woodring
Canal Street
Hattie Childs
Fred L. Childs
A. F. Childs
Cotulla
Frank Walton
J. A. Forman
Cathryn Wayman
Crisoforo Galindo
Estella
Dryden and Sanderson
Mary Grace Garrett
J. W. Garrett
Beatrice Joy Finney
Ross Finney
J. R. Williamson
J. P. Williamson
L. C. Ward
Eugene Border
O. A. Peterson
Jose Rubio
E. C. Thumm
G. Robert Forrester
Coleman
Weather Bureau
Martin Luther Fletcher
Producers Wool and Mohair Co
C. A. Chastang
L. Rust
del Rio Wool and Moffir Company
Charles Hurd
del Rio High School
James Meline
Howard Draw
Pandale
American Legion
Sacred Heart Academy
R. M. Gatlin
Val Verde Wool and Mohair Company
G. W. Miers
Wool and Mohair Co
P. F. Moeglin
Leo Joseph Pingenot
Chas. T. Pingenot
San Felipe Creek
Gillis Avenue
Benny Jane Tabor
J.S. Tabor
Clyde Carr
North Main B Street
Devil’s River
A. B. Priour
Pulliam Street
Wool and Mohair Company
George Netts
Annapolis
Naval Academy
San Re
New Mexico
J. J. Foster
E. K. Fawcett
Luke Dowe
Franklin Ross Speer
W. M. Speer
Mexican Supreme Court
A. M. Gildea
Douglas, Ariz
James Robert Rowland
John Rowland
Julia Dunn
Felipe
San Fel Creek
Wal
Black
Gilberto Cerda
San Felipe Independent
City Commission
Eugene Borden
Huntsville Penitentiary
Rowena Langford
John Langford
C. D. Smith
Etlie LaVerne McCarley
Jack McCarley
Fie Strix Commissi
Mpighy
Aly Buding
Senate
ATLA
Minnesota
Coino EF Coi
Tony
del Rio Fail
Hugh T. Wood
Rom
E A. Kraut
Brownsville
Rairman
Red ‘Cross
Todaro Gonzalez
Chihuahua
Fells Maldonado
Margaret Qualia
Nora A Horn
Jules R J. McMillan
Frontier Broadcasting Co
Grand Jury
District Court
Raleigh Moon
Grayson
Walter Therrall Wilcox
C. T. Wilcox
Capt
W. L. Barler
Wade H. Wilson
Henry Gobble
Hadspeth River Ranch
Santa Claus
Texas Sheep and Goat Rasers’ Association
Elia Mae Anderson
Paul Minards
Silvano Rendon
Memorial Drive
Garden Club
Serapio
Pete” Romero Jr
Anna Buescher
Hattie Mills
Zora
Guire
W. M. McGuire
Willie Maude Johnson
Fred W. Johnson
W. G. Hutto
Legion Auxiliary
Alryn Serafine
Ken” der
PFAR
Tlinois
Mexico
Jim Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Huey Long
Ublilan
KoRi
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