Bury the Hatchet Day plan opposed by editorial writers
The column criticizes Mayor Charles LU Smith of Seattle for promoting a Bury the Hatchet Day and mocks various political and social issues. It condemns legal incompetence in the New Deal era, notes Texas losing a football game in California, and questions library reading trends and Post Office finances. It also mentions Centennial funds and NRA mail, ending with a dismissive jab at Hugh Johnson.
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Charles LU. Smith
Seattle
A holiday chorus from the nation’s columnists
The "Passing Scene" column notes a merry Christmas for most, except members of the Union League and the American Liberty League. It jokes about Father Coughlin criticizing the Townsend Plan, Knox and Borah exchanges, and New Year greetings among Roosevelt, Ickes, Hopkins, and the Supreme Court.
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Union League
American Liberty League
Father Coughlin
Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Knox
Senator Borah
Almith
Roosevelt
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
President Roosevelt
Supreme Court
The
Herbert Hoover
Houston Post
Neutrality on the floor sparks bonus and embargo clash
Washington notes that Congress opened amid heated debate over neutrality policy and a veterans bonus. An administration bill would grant discretionary embargo powers to the President while a proposed bonus measure faces opposition. The Chamber of Commerce criticizes the bonus plan as costing beyond Congress’s original intent. Roosevelt’s address is anticipated to shape the budget agenda.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Snell
United States Chamber of Commerce
McReynolds
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Government records $1.88 billion deficit in first half
Washington reports expenditures outpaced receipts by about 1.88 billion dollars in the year half, against the President’s estimate of just over 3 billion for the full fiscal year ending June 30. The shortfall marks the balance of the current fiscal period as government figures show a sizable gap between income and outgo.
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Washington
Plans for Highway 85 upgrades across Val Verde and Kinney Counties
The Texas State Highway Commission outlines 37 new construction projects totaling 2 065 000 dollars aimed at grading drainage structures on Highway 85 from the Kinney County line toward Del Rio and along a 31 mile stretch in Kinney County. Plans nearing completion await Bureau of Public Roads approval before bids and contracts. The works, using selected base material and bituminous seal, aim to reduce unemployment and address flood damage near Sycamore Creek.
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Val Verde County
Kinney County
del Rio
State Highway Commission
United States Bureau
Highway 85
Eagle Pass
Sycamore Creek
Grand Jury Details Thelma Todd Death Inquest
LA report notes actress Thelma Todd described as unhappy and despondent by Ida Lupino. Grand jury plans to inspect Todd cafe by the sea where she lived and died. Foreman Rochester cautions against affirming suicide despite occasional testimony of gloom.
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Los Angeles
Ida Lupino
Thelma Todd
Thelma
George Rochester
Producers Wool and Mohair Company Dividends Declared
A 3 percent dividend totaling 4800 was paid to stockholders for the past six months. The year’s total dividends reach 6 percent on 160000 capital with 160000 surplus and 37000 undivided profits. President C B Wardlaw notes dividends have been paid every year except last year. L Rust is vice president of the warehouse company, a leading state firm.
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Wool and Mohair Company
C. B
Dutch” Wardlaw
L. Rust
Puzzle for Customs Men in Great Falls
A package from Germany to Idaho bears the inscription Dinethylamino phenyldimethylprazolon butylchoral hydrate. Harold Harty, customs inspector, said the item is held on general principles until a translation is obtained.
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Great Falls
Mont
Harold Harty
Germany
Idaho
Piquett Convicted in Dillinger Gang Harboring Case
United States Circuit Court of Appeals upheld attorney Louis Piquett’s conviction for harboring Homer Van Meter of the Dillinger gang. He was sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine following a jury verdict.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Louis Piquett
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Piquett
Seven new cars registered in Val Verde County
Records show Lyle Almond, tax assessor and collector, reports seven new automobiles registered in Val Verde County since January 1.
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Val Verde County
Lyle 8
Almond
Work on Projects Goes at Top Pace
A total of 164 relief employes were busy on WPA projects as fair weather allowed officials to push forward construction. Water main from San Felipe Springs to the old pump house Gibbs Street improvements the new bridge over San Felipe Creek and the sewing project all progressed with full crews. The San Felipe water main work was temporarily discontinued.
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Vari
Ous Wpa Enterprises
San Felipe Springs
Gibbs Street
San Felipe Creek
San Felipe Water Main
Dissension in Italy and Ethiopia clashes reported
Fascist leaders hold nationwide meetings to quell opposition amid Mussolini’s decree anniversary. Ethiopian troops deploy to Gojjam near Lake Tana to suppress alleged Italian incitement. Italy shells Okaden with bombs and machine guns killing five and wounding two. Paris denies French troops would replace Britons on the German frontier. Rome rejects claims of mutinies and killings of Fascist militiamen.
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Associated Press
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Addis Ababa
Gojjam
Lake Tana
Selassie
Okaden
Paris
France
Britain
Rome
Lugodiromagna
Sevral
Filling Work On Texas Street Crossing Near Finish
Work to fill the Southern Pacific Railway crossing on Texas Street was expected to finish late Friday. J. M. Abbott, section foreman, led his crew in filling holes washed out by recent rains with gravel and sand to be topped with asphalt.
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Southern Pacific
Texas Street
J. M. Abbott
Former Capone Associate Slain in Chicago
Chicago police hunted gangland killers after two men shot Albert J. Prignani, an Illinois state legislator and former Capone associate, six times in his doorway as his wife rushed to aid him. The attackers allegedly ordered him to “stick em up” before fleeing.
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Chicago
Albert J. Prignani
Illinois
al Capone
Prignano
Missionaries Marooned as Chinese Army Besieges City
Report to the U S embassy says 30 missionaries, mostly Germans and Americans, are in desperate plight at Chiankiang in Western Henan as the city is cut off and besieged by a Communist army. Ambassador Nelson Johnson urged Honan authorities to dispatch troops.
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Hanking
United States
Chiankiang
Henan
Nelson Johnson
Honan
Fire Destroys Biltmore Hotel in Atlantic City
Ten men were injured when a blaze destroyed the 100 room Biltmore Hotel in Atlantic City on January 3. The fire drove more than 40 guests out in their night clothes.
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Atlantic City
Biltmore
Tariff Cuts on Mexican Imports Include Cattle and Horses
Deputy Customs Collector Hugh T. Wood explains January 1 tariff reductions for Mexican imports. Cattle under 175 pounds and over 700 pounds see lower rates, and dairy cows drop to 1 1/6 cents per pound until quotas fill. Other goods including hay corn peppers eggplant liquor and fish also see rate cuts.
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Hugh T. Wood
del Rio
Mr. Wood
Cially
Transfer of Main Office to New Location Completed
The Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association moved its headquarters from San Angelo to 616 South Main Street. Secretary G. W. Cunningham arrived with all offices files and records Thursday afternoon to complete the transfer.
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The
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
San Angelo
South Main Street
G. W. Cunningham
Births Surpass Deaths in Del Rio by 130 in 1935
Vital statistics show 372 births and 242 deaths in Del Rio for 1935 with monthly totals. Bertha Williams named office secretary, as headquarters move from San Angelo to Del Rio. Southwestern Sheep and Goat Raiser publishes from Del Rio.
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del Rio
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bertha Williams
Edna Collinson
San Angelo
Democrats Plan Jackson Day Dinner Here Wednesday
Val Verde County Democrats plan a Jackson Day dinner at Hotel Roswell 8 p m Wednesday headed by Postmaster Ray Ross Rep Stanford Payne to speak with program to be announced Tickets $2 and limited to 130 Reservations to Ross or Frank Walton Jackson Day originates from the Battle of New Orleans dates back to presidential election tradition
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Ray Ross
Val Verde County
Hotel Roswell
Stanford Payne
Ross
Frank Walton
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Mrs Paul Comolli Attends Father’s Funeral in Bowie
Mrs Paul Comolli returned from Bowie Texas where she attended funeral services for her father E H Lovelady 82 who died December 31 after a week illness influenza Services were held December 31 in Bowie Mrs Comolli had gone to Bowie when his illness began and was with him at his death Lovelady had visited Del Rio often with a last trip there in July 1935
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Paul Comolli
Bowie
Texas
E. H. Lovelady
Lovelady
Comelli
del Rio
Convalescing Bishop Capers Delays Diocesan Council
Rt. Rev. W. T. Capers who was injured in a recent automobile crash in San Antonio is convalescing and may remain home until about February 1. The West Texas Diocese Council planned for January 21 to 23 in San Antonio will likely be postponed to early February due to his condition.
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W. T. Capers
D. D
San Antonio
H. Conger Jones
Capers
Diocese of
West Texas
Holiday visitors hurt in Goose Creek Highway crash
Miss Velma Lou Cloud of Baytown, a holiday visitor, was injured and Vernon O. Wilson was killed when a car wreck occurred on Goose Creek Highway near Houston. Others in the Baytown party including Miss Oulda Whiddon and Maurice Whiddon were seriously injured. Wilson was a Rice Institute student with Baytown ties.
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Velma Lou Cloud
Baytown
Vernon O. Wilson
Goose Creek
Houston
R. M
Tex” Holmes
Miss Cloud
Oulda Whiddon
Maurice Whiddon
Mr. Wilson
del Rio
Holmes
Young Wilson
Rice Institute
Del Rio Weather Forecast Tonight Through Saturday
Fair and colder conditions dominate with a slight chill in the air. Maximum yesterday reached 65 degrees and the low dipped to 38, with this morning’s minimum at 36. Saturday should stay fair and colder, especially in the northern areas, while the extreme southeast remains milder Tonight.
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del Rio
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Capone
Albert J. Prignano
Ima JO Fleetwood
Mexico
Gillis
Southwestern Sheep and Goat Raiser
H. M. Phillips
Cunningham
Roger Gifts
Sol Mayer
J. T. Johnston
Water Valley
T. A Kincaid
Ozona
W H. Batchelor
Palo Pinto
Car
Range
Mason
Roy E. Aldwell
Sonora
J. A. Whitten
Eldorado
Roy Hudspethgo
W. C. Memerata
B. Bourdnen
WW. Nipper
Brackettville
Sers Farmer
Junction
Lamb Marketing
J. T. Davis
Sterling City
Arthur Harral
Fort Stockton
Price Maddox
Colorado
H. C. Noelke
T. J. Murphy
Barnhart
Wardlaw Chairman
Fred Barwood
Vic Pierce
N. D
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