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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
1
A clipped column jokes about Hoover aging and Jesse Jones praising local industry, while critics mock poll taxes and headlines accuse Jim Farley. The piece scapegoats Hoover and Smith, predicts Roosevelt’s re election, and comments on newspaper work and political fatigue on the eve of elections.
A self described poet philosopher and optometrist shares long liste d forecasts. He cites past predictions like cotton prices and Roosevelts election and lays out a sweeping 15 year war timeline ending in 1940 with global upheaval and postwar changes.
Trenton January 2 Hauptmanns lawyers injected an unidentified man into the Lindbergh kidnapping case and said the man and Isidor Fisch were linked to the crime. Gov Hoffman will set a hearing date for the clemency plea likely the first four days of next week. Hauptmann’s wife spoke of his willingness to appear if permitted.
Lyle S. Almond, county tax assessor collector, announced today that Val Verde County has received its 1936 automobile license plates and distribution will begin February 17. The shipment includes 2,650 passenger plates from A07-751 to A10-400, 600 commercial car plates numbered 153-301 to 153-900, and 200 farm truck plates from 67-951 to 68-150.
Registration of 57 new cars during December set a record for Val Verde County and brought the 1935 total to 420. Monthly breakdown shows January 27 February 27 March 38 May 22 June 38 July 30 August 39 September 20 October 41 November 48 December 57.
Senator W K Hopkins of Gonzales urges Governor Allred to decide if and when a special legislative session is needed. He says convening extraordinary sessions is the governor s responsibility, not individual legislators, and he will assist if called.
Amarillo report recalls how R. W. Hall longtime chief justice of the Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals earned prominence for a 1934 appeal in Harrison Guthrie drayman versus the town of Canadian. The court fined the town and ordered damages after Panhandle Pete shot the one-eyed mare. The judge called the case a mix of law and humor noting the city’s poundkeeper and mayor acted to end the animal life. The opinion discussed special damages for an injured animal but dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Posts for a surrounding fence have been laid and wire will be strung soon to prevent stock from entering the new Park on San Felino Creek. Wings at both bridges keep stock from the creek bank while shrubbery planting starts after fence completion. Construction of the steel suspension bridge over the west fork is set to begin. materials include parts from Williamsport and San Antonio with a total cost near 4000 dollars. Foundations were poured earlier and the project aims to finish within sixty days.
Louis Martin, famed trapper, brings in a third Mexican lion killed on the B. J. McDowell ranch in Maverick County. He displays the young lion’s six foot skin and near two hundred pound heft, along with earlier catches and the skulls, drawing a crowd at the Chamber of Commerce to view the trophies.
Miss Wilma Grace Whittle 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Whittle of Sanderson, was killed early Wednesday in an automobile crash near La Pryor. She had been returning from a New Year dance in Eagle Pass and was a guest at the home of Dr and Mrs S B Hudson in Sabinal.
Wilma Grace Whittle of Sanderson was killed in an early Wednesday automobile accident near La Pryor while serving as an assistant to Curtis Bishop on the University of Texas Ranger last year. She studied portraiture and drew campus beauties in charcoal and had returned from the Chicago Institute of Art to visit family. Survivors include her parents and brother Walter Whittle of Sabinal.
Canton reports the steamer Watachau foundered with about 200 passengers and crew drowned after disaster. Floating wreckage confirmed by officials as search continues for missing aboard the vessel.
In Cairo a large anti British demonstration by thousands of Ekazhar University students led to a serious student injury and minor wounds to eight policemen during the confrontation.
Amarlio reports moist snow blankets the Panhandle with six inches in spots as temperatures linger at 24 degrees before rising. In Washington, the New Deal faces blowback over a night State of the Union broadcast stirring partisan debate on national access.
Tommy Touhy the alleged head of the Terrible Touhy gang was captured in a Chicago apartment. He has been sought for numerous postal robberies including a $100,000 Charlotte North Carolina heist. His brother Roger Touhy is imprisoned for kidnapping John Factor, the international speculator.
Elmer A. Benson, appointed by Gov. Floyd B. Olson to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas D. Schall, becomes United States senator from Minnesota. Benson, a Farmer-Laborer and state banking commissioner, will serve until 1937 and is seen as a possible governor candidate in November 1936.
Senator Robinson predicts a cash bonus bill will pass swiftly in Congress with backing from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and disabled veterans. Editor Moley in Today forecasts a negative session beyond four issues including the budget and neutrality, urging economy as the dominant theme.
Police disclosed a failed mass murder plot linked to bandit Teodoro Asedillo and two aides. Notes on Asedillo's body outlined a raid on towns along Lagugia de Bay set for January 3, with officials reporting the serious incident.
Texas treasury reports a total deficit of 16.99 million dollars in the general revenue and Confederate pension funds at year end. The shortfall grew from 15.33 million last year, with experts saying about 25 million dollars in new revenue is needed to reach a cash basis. Old age assistance alone is estimated to cost at least 10.6 million annually.
Reports from Addis Ababa indicate the first major Ethiopian offensive on the Northern front is facing serious resistance and limited gains in the Tembien and Seire areas. Ras Kassa’s movements remain undisclosed amid high weapon supplies and government communication gaps. Sweden and France react to Red Cross bombing claims, with officials denying intent to target Red Cross tents and urging collective European peace efforts.
Prisciana Reyes of San Felipe was held in county jail on forgery charges. He posted a $300 bond at noon after a Thursday morning hearing. Reyes allegedly forged L Rust's name to a $9 check and was arrested last night.
Charlies M. Morris was admitted and Willie Stool was reinstated to Lions Club membership at the regular Thursday noon meeting. Rev. L. C. Beasley spoke on New Year s Resolutions and Herbert Beadle Jr led a harmonica selection as program high points.
Del Rio and vicinity forecast calls for a mild night and Friday with warmer conditions. Yesterday's high reached 63 and low 44, with this morning at 41. West Texas fair tonight and Friday, warmer except in extreme western portions.
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