Del Rio Banks See Sound Financial Condition
Del Rio's three banks report deposits totaling 2.505 million with a per capita reading suggesting city finances are solid. The Evening News highlights a steady year end deposit balance across First National Bank Del Rio National Bank and Del Rio Bank and Trust, easing local fears as the new year begins.
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Lettuce Movement Boosts Railroad Employment Prospects
Railroad officials anticipate a heavy lettuce shipment surge from California and Arizona reviving work for Southern Pacific workers. About 12 trainmen and engineers in the Del Rio area are currently idle, with icing station staff also expected to shift to handling Reefer cars if consignments grow.
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Arizona
Imperial Valley
Salt River
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del Rio
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Kenis
Tallroid
Austrian trade shows declines in exports and imports
During the first nine months of 1990 Austria's exports fell by 31,000,000 dollars and imports by 43,500,000 dollars compared with the same period in 1929. The trade balance stood at 93,200,000 dollars versus 106,500,000 dollars in early 1929.
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Vienna
Austria
Mexico builds shorter road to San Carlos
About 125 laborers from Villa Acuna garrison work on the Villa Acuna to San Carlos highway in Coahuila. They grade kilometer No. 5 and lay a gravel surface. The route will shorten travel to less than 22 miles from Villa Acuna, with a new cement bridge planned over the San Diego River at Sacramento Rancho. Many workers are repatriates returning before farming season.
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Coahuila
Mexico
Valeriano Vakiew
Coux
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San Diego
Sacramento Rancho Theedederal Government of Mexico
Natural Gas Flow Doubles At Pryor Ranch Wells
Gas from the Pryor No 2 well was boosted by drilling to 700 feet with a reported 7,900,000 cubic feet daily. The Pryor No 4 No 4 Pryor and related wells on the West and Pryor ranches supply Del Rio, Dyalde, and towns in the Winter Garden district with natural gas.
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Gribbs
Davidson
del Rio
Uvalde Tuesaday
Pryor Ranch
Gas Company
Angling Oland Gas Company No 4
Pryor
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Livis
Une
Pryor Ranches
Dyalde
Winter Garden District
Four Transfusions Save Girl’s Life in Memphis Hospital
WEIMAR, Jan. 6 A Memphis hospital patient, Mary Francis Hardwick, has hope after her fourth blood transfusion in a desperate effort to save her life. She has been seriously ill for several weeks. The donor, Mrs. Julian Holloway of Weimar, is visiting her parents in Memphis.
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Memphis
Miss Hardwick
Julian Holloway
Father Names Baby After Highway Rescue Good Samaritan
A man named Ramos, father of a baby born on the San Angelo highway near Del Rio on New Year’s Day, found work through the Mexican consul in San Felipe after rescuers aided his repatriated family from a car wreck. He plans to name his son after a San Angelo man who helped them, expressing gratitude and hope to travel to Mexico with funds raised. The report also notes Lae Darling 1A was killed when a ground cave-in trapped him while working near Blanco, with survivors listed.
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Typhoon and tornado tolls across Philippines and North Carolina
A Philippine typhoon devastates Leyte Surigao Cebu and Regros with 31 dead 25 missing two ships sunk and four towns in ruins. In Warren County North Carolina a tornado killed five people damaged many buildings two churches demolished.
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Romanian Premier Cuts State Cars to One per Ministry
Romanian Premier George Mironescu issued an administrative decree reducing the number of state automobiles for high government officials to one per ministry. Cars may be used by the minister or assigned to his subordinates.
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George Mironescu
Criminal Docket Opens Next Week In District Court
A grand jury convened Monday before Judge Joseph Jones of the 63rd District Court and was recessed until Wednesday. Non-jury civil cases will occupy the court this week, with the criminal docket to begin next week.
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63Rd District Court
Tolerance on Woolen Skins to Be Lifted
Judge Roger Gillis says removal of the 15 percent tolerance on wool on skins plus higher tariffs on made nails will aid the wool industry. He returns from Washington where the National Wool and Marketing Corp and Farm Board discussed continued cooperation in 1931 selling. The tariff rise to 37 cents per pound for made noils should benefit Texas eight month wool growers and all sheep raisers, with no increase in next year selling charges.
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Texas
Roger Gillis
National Wool and Marketing Corporation
Farm Board
Washington
Gillis
Eight Miners Buried Alive After Blast in West Virginia Mine
Eight men died in an explosion at the Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Mining Company mine near Glenn Rogers West Virginia. About 40 to 50 men were in the mine when the blast occurred and eight were rescued. The roof collapse trapped victims under slate. cause not yet determined but suspected to be methane ignition.
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W. Va
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Glenn Rogers
Deny Gambling In Fraternity Houses Editorial
The Daily Texan denies gambling is practiced in Texas University fraternity houses. The student paper notes removal of gambling devices from nearby stores after Judge C A Wheeler urged Travis County grand jury action. The editorial reflects satisfaction with the cleanup in the university neighborhood.
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Austin
Daily Texan
Texas University
Travis County Grand Jury
C. A. Wheeler
Elite Lamb
Judge Roger Gillis said after a Washington trip with the National Wool Marketing Corporation and the Federal Farm Board that business conditions should rise and lamb prices would bring money to Texas. He noted Washington weather was cold but hotel rates were warm.
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Washington
Texas
Five Railroads Put Hundreds Back to Work Across System
Dallas reports from U P indicate five southwestern railroads have recalled hundreds of workers after extended idleness. Southern Pacific in El Paso added about 80 thousand dollars in payroll as 850 employees returned in January. Texas and New Orleans added 25 workers bringing total to about 40 at their shops. Marshall Texas Pacific shops reopened with 1,000 men. Fort Worth and Denver rehired 375 from Childress. Frisco shops nationwide saw 135 back. Rock Island recalled several score track workers and planned Chickasha and Shawnee openings soon.
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Score Track
Fort Stockton Votes for New $100000 High School
Fort Stockton approves a $100000 high school project with bonds decided by a near seven to one ballot. H H Butz, school board president, announces David S Castle Company of Abilene as architects. Construction will create several months of work with emphasis on using local labor where possible.
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H. H Butz
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del Rio
Hobo Jungle Jives on Work and Soup in Del Rio
Hoboes gather in Del Rio jungle lament hard times and reliance on soup lines while praising El Paso Legion kitchens. They fear dependence on charity, yet hope for a freight ride out as they seek work, sharing grim views on the era’s economic squeeze. The scene ends with about 18 figures slipping into an empty box car, departing town.
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Kinney County plans action on unpaved link to U S Highway 90
Tax renditions for 1931 will show a marked rise as Del Rio gains from major projects and new industries. Tax Assessor Clarence Herreford said assessments will be completed early spring with contributions from the Central Power and Light Company steam plant on Devil's River and the Texas Gas Utilities Company. The county’s 1930 report showed increases over 1929 due to large local projects, while 1931 merchandise stocks are uncertain.
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del Rio
Clarence Herreford
Val Verde County
Wool and Mohair Meetings Set in San Angelo Thursday
Texas wool and mohair producers prepare for 1931 output totaling 65 to 70 million pounds as the Texas Wool and Mohair Warehouse Assoc holds separate conferences in San Angelo. Over 100 wool dealers and ranchers will discuss advances, sales reports, cooperative status, and business costs, with loans on fleeces and goats outlined for each cooperative.
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San Angelo
Texas Wook
As- Sete
Oe Corsporation
Eat More Lamb drive short of county quota in Val Verde
The Lamb Fund Drive for Val Verde County stands about 800 dollars shy of the 4 475 dollar quota with roughly 3 400 pledged. Pledges are one cent per sheep per year for five years to back a national lamb advertising campaign. Committee members T J Jarrett W S Stevenson George Love and Tom Miller expect to finish the drive in the coming days as ranchers pledge.
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Val Verde
T. J. Jarrett
W. S. Stevenson
George Love
Tom Miller
PAVE SOON Announcement on paving Kinney County stretch
Kinney County will pave the unpaved segment of U S Highway 90 from the Uvalde line to the Val Verde line. The plan follows a Kinney County commissioners court meeting with State Highways Commission approval. Completion would end a long effort by local officials and the Highway 90 Association to pave the gap, aiding tourists and locals during bad weather.
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Efort
Del Rio Volunteer Fire Department Meets Tonight
Members of the Del Rio Volunteer Fire Department are to meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the fire station for their annual session. Election of officers for the coming year, reading of annual reports, and routine matters will be discussed. Fire Chief FE W Easterling will present the annual report on alarms, fires, false alarms, and losses. Current officers include Chief Easterling, Roy Chastang, George Randolph, L J Bochat, A Bochat, ly Latham, and L F Ivils.
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Three New Braunfels Residents Stricken
Funeral services for three New Braunfels residents were held here Monday. Richard Hoerig, 28, died after a month long illness leaving a widow and three children. Lina Waldschmidt, 64, and Bertha Hoffman, 76, died on the preceding Saturday.
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Witte Richard Hoerig
Lina Waldschmidt
Bertha Hoffman
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