FUGITIVE KILLERS TRAPPED IN E. P. BASS IS FOUND DEAD ON RANCH
E P Bass a longtime ranchman in this region was found dead Monday at the J H Harding ranch near Carta Valley from heart disease He had been ill for weeks and had recently recovered enough to return to the ranch He was born in Gonzales County moved to Utopia before settling here He never married Survivors include his brothers Walter Bass Herm an Bass and sisters Mrs G P Hodges Mrs J R Reynolds and several nieces Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev Chas Nixon officiating Outstanding pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Bass
J. H. Harding
Carta Valley
Uvalde County
Chas. Nixon
Doran Funeral Home
Mr. Bass
Sol Wright
E. W. Anderson
George Adams
C. D. Smith
Ray Ross
R T. Hunnicutt
August Batot
M D. McNutt
Del Rio Postal Receipts Reach New Highs
Postmaster B J McDowell predicts a first class post office for Del Rio within a year if current receipts persist. December receipts totaled 4657, the highest December on record, beating 1929’s 4534 and 1930’s 3576. November 1931 also marked a record high 2650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
B. J. McDowell
Trailing Italian Mail Bombs Target Prominent Americans
A nationwide plot used infernal bombs mailed to prominent Italians in America. Police Sergeant Michael Touhy of Chicago's bomb squad presents one device addressed to Giuseppe Castruccio, the Italian consul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Michael Touhy
Chicago
Giuseppe Castruccio
Young Brothers End Their Lives to Escape Capture
In Houston on January 5, Dennings Young and Harrys Young, brothers, shot themselves rather than be taken alive after the murder of six officers at Springfield Missouri. The Ozark relatives had predicted they would choose suicide over capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Ozark
Dennings Young
Harrys Young
Springfield
Harry Young
Jennings Young
Missouri
Harry
mid-West
Brothers fatally shoot each other as officers raid Houston hideout
In Houston a standoff ended when Harry and Jennings Young killed each other during a police assault on a house where they and a third man sought refuge after a Springfield Missouri massacre. Officers fired into the building and tear gas was used as the brothers died within minutes. a coroner's inquest noted the brothers faced each other and fired eyeing escape from capture.
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Jennings Young
Harry Young
Jennings
Harry
Youngs
Houston
mid-West
Springfield
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas Rangers
Funeral held for David N Bolner after hunting death
Funeral services for David N. Bolner 33 were held at Sacred Heart Church in San Antonio with Requiem high mass. Interment followed at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Survived by wife Sylvia, five children, parents Mr. and Mrs A Bolner, two brothers Frank and Louis, and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David N. Bollner
Uvalde County
Sacred Heart Church
G. M. Cartier
O. M
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Doran Funeral Home
Ernest Kunze
Dave Bolner
Louis Kunze
John Eccell
Frank Eccell
Frank Boiner
A. Bolner
Frank
Louis Bolner
John Z. Qualia
Tom Kent
Dan Pedrotti
Texas Realtor Leaps to Death in Dallas
W. Mc Carty Moore, 55, a realtor and promoter, jumped from the 21st floor of the Petroleum Building in Dallas. An overcoat with a poison-labeled bottle was found at the window. Relatives said he was distressed by business reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
W. McCarty Moore
Petroleum
Moore
Hunter Finds Gold in Duck During Cleanup
Roy Moss of Yordville California shot a duck during a hunting trip and found seven gold pieces in the bird's craw, turning the hunt into an unexpected gold mining episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yordville, Ca
Roy Moss
Paul C Jones buried Sunday in San Antonio
Funeral services were held Sunday for Paul C Jones 65 founder of Eagle Pass. He was born November 6 1886 in Eagle Pass and later worked with Tex-Mex Electric Power and Light Olmos coal mines Eagle Ice Company and the Eagle water company. He died unexpectedly while leaving home for work and is survived by his widow six children and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Paul C. Jones
Eagle Pass
Mr. Jones
Carranza
Mexico
Rafael Muzquiz
Agujita
Palau
Resita
Experanzas
el Menor
el Fenix
Jones
Tex-Mex Electric Power and Light Company
Olmos
Eagle Ice Company
The
Water Company
Maverick County
Inez H. Jones
E. Griff Jones
Frank H. Hoover
Clarendon
W. Va
Paul C. Jones Jr
Frank J.la Grange
Monterrey
Andrew R. Jones
Mexico City
Wilbur J. Davis
Washington, D. C
Lucio C. Jones
Russia Appeals For Japan Help In Harbin Riot
Harbin Manchuria January 5 Russia appealed to Japan for help as Chinese nationalists and students attacked Russians and threatened other foreigners. Four people were killed and many injured in riots. shops closed due to street sniping. No indication Japan would intervene to restore order.
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Russia
Japan
Harbin
Manchuria
Akron Probe Voted By House Committee
The House naval affairs committee unanimously approved an investigation into rumors about defects in the Navy dirigible Akron. Representative McClintic from Oklahoma had requested the inquiry due to reports that the ship was overweight and poorly constructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPR
House Naval Affairs Committee
Rep. McClintic
Oklahoma
Mystery magnifies danger as fog shrouds the sun Ex
A evocative line highlights looming risk as fog blankets visibility and sunlight fails to cut through the haze. The image underscores uncertainty and heightened peril for travelers and witnesses alike during unclear weather.
Funeral Rites Planned for Douglas Irving
Funeral services for Douglas Irving 34 of 100 Converse Street who was fatally shot while trying to remove a lodged bullet from a rifle will be at Doran Funeral Home Wednesday at 10 am with Rev James F Black officiating Pallbearers include C A Mertz W S Lazenby L L Lazenby N E Parsons Bennie Spiegel and Roy Carr Irving a Del Rio resident for 16 months worked for Texas Gas Utilities as warehouse storekeeper came from El Paso He is survived by wife Daisy Mae Irving one son Douglas Dorset a step son Joe Page his father Douglas Irving Dallas a sister Mrs Clarence Brewster Los Angeles and two brothers John Douglas Oakland and Jim Douglas Dallas Father and sister to arrive from Los Angeles Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Irving
C. A. Mertz
W. S. Lazenby
L. Lazenby
N. E. Parsons
Bennie Spiegel
Roy Carr
Irving
del Rio
Texas Gas Utilities Company
el Paso
Daisy Mae Irving
Douglas Dorset
Joe Page
Douglas Irving
Dallas
Clarence Brewster
Los Angeles
Calif
John Douglas
Oakland
Jim Douglas
Train wreck near Sallisaw claims engineer and injures five
A northbound Kansas City Southern train derailed six miles north of Sallisaw Oklahoma killing one engineer and injuring five people including a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Southern
Here
Red Cross Ready to Distribute Farm Board Wheat
Chairman John Barton Payne told the House agriculture committee the Red Cross will distribute 20 million bushels of Farm Board wheat to distressed families. The House approved a bill to make the surplus wheat available to the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross Today
House Agriculture Committee
Red Cross
Orleans Realtor Faces Prolonged Suicide Attempt
Jacques Delareno, 44, an Orleans realtor in Los Angeles, spent more than eight hours attempting death by his own action. He drank chloroform then other poisons which counteracted each other, and was expected to recover today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jacques Delareno
Orleans
Delareno
Man Made Heart Prolongs Life in Animal Test
A mechanical heart built by Dr. Maurice L. Tainter at Stanford substituted for a living animal's heart, keeping the animal alive for hours. The demonstration, before the Society for Experimental Biology, showed continued blood flow and normal pressure responses to narcotics, aiding study of blood reactions in living animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Maurice L. Tainter
Department of Pharmacology
Stanford University Medical School
Tainter
Society For Experimental Biology
Jd. Hanzuk
Floyd de Eds
United States Department of Agriculture
Stanford Pharmacology Department
Six Bandits Loot Village After Seizing Cops
Cambridge Minnesota January 5. Six men seized Night Watchman Marc Damning and City Marshal Frank Whitney tying them up and looting three stores and a tarare before fleeing in a large sedan with cash and merchandise valued at thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Minn
Caimnbridge
Marc Damning
Frank Whitney
Temple Editor P. Gresham Dies After Long Service
P Gresham 60 veteran editor died Monday of heart disease in Temple He was editor of the Texas Publish Banner Knight for 40 years and chaired the executive board of the Texas Editorial Association He founded the Temple Saturday Sun and the Temple Mirror in early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
P. Gresham
Texas Pubish Banner Knight
Texas Editorial Association
Temple Saturday Sun
The
Temple Mirror
Lebanon Woman Unharmed After Car Knocks Slippers Off
Laura McKinney of Lebanon Pennsylvania was struck by a car that knocked her slippers off but she was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura McKinney
Lebanon
Musgrave and Sheriff Nab San Antonio Bandits After Battle
J C Musgrave and Sheriff Albert Hausser of Bexar County pursued two holdup suspects in San Antonio Sunday after they threatened the officers lives. The pair cornered the bandits at the Alamo City scene and engaged in a gun battle before capturing them. Musgrave has faced prior violence including a beating during a warrant service in a San Antonio garage and a deadly encounter while pursuing a Kerrville youth who had escaped from a state hospital, during which Musgrave’s son was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Musgrave
Hausser
San Antonio
Iences
Albert Hausser
Bexar County
Musgrave
Alamo City
Haliner
del Rioan
Kerrville
State Hospital
Musgraves
Rio Independent School Board Meet Tonight
Dil Rio Independent District school board will meet Tuesday at 7 PM at the high school. Superintendent Roy M. Andrews says only routine matters will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dil Rio
Roy M. Andrews
Building permits in 1931 show decline in city total
City Clerk L J Bochat reports 151 permits in 1931 totaling 49660 dollars, down from 358130 dollars in 1930. If radio station XER were included the total would exceed 400000. The courthouse remodeling was the largest single permit. Most permits covered remodeling rather than new construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Bochat
XER
del Rio
Grand Jurors Resume After Brief Recess
The district court grand jury reconvened Tuesday at 9 00 am after a recess and will likely report action late Wednesday or Thursday officials say. Petit jurors were scheduled to begin January 11 with criminal docket called first by district clerk Mrs Dixie Stewart Dunn. Children testified about a string of petty robberies in Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Dixie Stewart Dunn
Grand Jury
del Rio
Ver Verde County Tax Collections Run Ahead This Year
Ver Verde County tax records show current year payments ahead of last year with several thousand dollars more in total collections. County Tax Collector Lyle Almond notes both current and delinquent taxes and auto licenses are higher, and mail poll tax payments are legal if sworn before a notary and postmarked by January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Verde
Lyle S. Almond
Mr. Almond
James V. Allred
Bust of Robison to Be Capitol Fixture
A proposal from B M Hatha of San Angelo seeks a bust of the late J J Robison to be placed in the Texas state office in Austin. The bust, finished by Frank Teich of Liwno, has stood in the Witte Museum for two weeks and will be moved to the State land office in Austin in a ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robison
B. M. Hatha
San Angelo
J.J. Robison
Mano
Austin
Frank Teich
Liwno and His Beet
Witte
Bian Afitunio
Staite Land Office
Derby Saves Miner's Life
Denver January 5. Physicians ten days fought to save John Fleming Cripple Creek miner who fell seventy feet down a mine shaft escaping instant death because he wore a derby. The fall broke his pine. Doctors believe the hard hat saved the man from death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
U.P
John Fleming
Cripple Creek
Fleming
Japan apologizes for attack on U S consul in Mukden
Japan expressed regrets to the United States over an attack on U S Consul Culver Chamberlain by Japanese students in Mukden. The message was delivered through Ambassador Debuchi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
United States
Mukden
U. S
Culver Chamberlain
Debuchi
Storm Warnings Extend Along Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 5 The Weather Bureau posted storm warnings for the Gulf Coast from Morgan City Louisiana to Apalachicola Florida with strong winds expected today. The disturbance moving northeastward originated over South Texas and flood warnings were issued for the Brazo Trinity Neches Rivers in Texas and the Tallahatchie Yazoo Rivers in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Culf
Morgan City
Apalachicola
Fla
South
Texas
Brazo, Trinity and Neches
Tallahatchie and
Yazoo
Mississippi
LaCrosse Baby Improves Despite Critical Illness
Encouraging reports from the bedside of Nannye Lou LaCrosse 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian LaCrosse indicate the child is improving after several days of dangerous illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannye Lou LaCrosse
Julian LaCrosse
Weather Outlook for Del Rio Area
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with frost and freezing temperatures feared. Yesterday’s high reached 66 degrees and the low dropped to 36 with the morning low at 44.
Partly Cloudy and Cold Southwest Tonight
Partly cloudy and colder with frost and probable freezing temperatures in the southwest tonight. Wednesday starts with similar chilly conditions and frost likely in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starr
Weather update forecast shows frost in northwest areas
A mostly fair night turns colder with frost developing in the northwest and southwest sections near the coast. Wednesday brings fair conditions with clearer skies.
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J. H. Harding Ranch
Claude R. Porter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ezra Brainerd Jr
Porter
Des Moines. Ia
New York
Bwasi-trading Society
Sodans
Chic&to
C. P. A. Buazi-Gradenigo
Tahan
Cleveland
David Bolner
Hunter
Texas Realtor
Akron
House
Douglas
Converse Street
Cali
Doran
James F. Black
Church of Christ
Sallisaw, Okla
W.pi
Viltage
Yeyos
J. C. Musgrave
Peace
DERBY
Miner
West Texas
Pexas
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