Dead Robber Identified in Valera Bank Heist Case
In Coleman county Texas a bank bandit slain by Deputy Sumrall is identified as W. Wood. Investigators trace a December arrival from Oklahoma amid a two-bank loot in Wai era and Lohn. Bloodhounds and deputies pursue two suspects hiding in the vicinity. no reward claim yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valera
Valera Bank
Trickham
Secuth
Coleman County
Sherriff Bom Sumrall
Wron
Santa Anna
Mills
Goow Wood
Texas Bankers’ Association
Sumrall
Court Affirms Death Penalty Against Pruett
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirms the death penalty for William Pruett Jr. of Dallas convicted in the slaying of William Mann, a Dallas high school boy during a holdup. The court also affirms three other murder verdicts involving John Jefferson, Jose Gorraies, and Manuel Escendita with varied sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Jan
William Pruett Jr
Dallas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Pruett
Wilam Mann
John Jefferson
Freestone County
K. J. Livingston
Jose Gorraies
Hidalgo County
Prancets Avala
Manuel Escendita
Hidalgo Courthy
Matias Carta
Thugs Accused Of Killing Man In Shreveport
Sheriff T A Hurhes advanced robbery as the motive for the killing of Elmer Sheehy whose body was found on the railroad tracks near Shreveport. No money was found on the body and the youth is said to have been paid by a contractor for whom he had been working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilted Prowse
Shreveport
Jan
Elmer Sheehy
T. A Hurhes
Pickle Marathon in New Lexington Holds Historic Relic
In New Lexington Ohio on January 8 a local note tells of Marion Pleteh who owns a pickle with a long history. The cucumber was placed in a jar fifty years ago and remains seven inches long and well preserved. Martha Newton reportedly started the tradition in 1877.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Ohio
Marion Pletehhere
Martha Newton
Water bonds sale delayed for Eagle Pass irrigation project
Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 postpones its bond sale and district election until January 14 as vegetation-related delays surface. Ulen and Company of New York City will finance a gravity irrigation plan to serve about 66 000 acres from the Rio Grande high point above Eagle Pass with Rockwell surveying the site and a supervising engineer directing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick County
Geneming
Maverick County Water Control and Improvement District No
van EF. McParland
Wiree
Ulen and Company
New York City
Rio Grande River
Eagle Pass
Willam Rockwell
West Texas Industry Survey Outline Plans
West Texas Chamber of Commerce secretarial advisory commission outlined a plan for an industry survey to be used by bureaus of improvement development and publicity. The $60 900 survey will use questionnaires. Committee members from Amarillo Plainview Sweetwater Big Spring San Angelo Alpine Carlsbad and other cities attended the Big Spring luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big. Springs
West Texas
Chambers of Merce
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Victor Minter
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Liverpool Postman Henry Payson Stole After 40 Years Service
Henry Payson of Liverpool admitted stealing money from two letters after decades as a postman. He yielded to temptation and carried out the theft during his long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Payson
Liverpool
Atlanta man uses weapon to kill ex wife and her husband
A man in Atlanta fatally wounded his former wife Mrs. Mason and her husband George Mason with a machine weapon while they rode in a car. He identified himself to police as James Ernest Barrett of Chattanooga, Tennessee, an accountant, and then took his own life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mason
Mrs. Mason
Bankers Optimistic Despite Deposits Slump in Southwest Texas
Bank officials attribute the decline in Southwest Texas bank deposits to three factors: money moving to financial centers for speculation, rising land values and ranch purchases, and lambs held by ranchers. They note wool and mohair outputs, a cotton tag crop, and a stock market crash temper speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Corpus Christi
Bus Rate Equal To Railroads Effective March
The Railroad Commission announced that its order setting motor truck rates equal to railroad rates will take effect March 1. The move aligns interstate pricing practices and impacts freight and transit costs for carriers operating in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Jan
The
Railroad Commission Today
J P Ryan Trail Driver Dead at Skidmore
George W Saunders of San Antonio, president of the Old Trail Drivers Association, announced the death of John Pat Ryan 79 of Skidmore. Born October 10 1850 near Sweet Home he drove steers to Kansas in 1871 for Jim Reed and Tom O Connor. He spoke of a sun rising in the west after a stampede and later worked in ranching. Funeral services will be held at Skidmore Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W Saunders
San Antonio
Old Trail Drivers’ Association
John Pat Ryan
Skidmore
Ryan
Sweet Home
Kansas
Jim Reed
Tom O'Connor
Indian Territory
Texas
Robbery Strikes Memphis Pastor During Sermon
A Memphis pastor reported a home invasion during his sermon on “Getting the Devil His Due.” The robber ransacked the pastor’s house and fled with money and valuable heirlooms. All Free State judges of Dublin adopt wigs on the bench in a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Free State
Dublin
Hoover Called to Navigate Senate Finance Committee Clash
President Hoover will steer clear of a Senate finance committee fight between Finstern and Western Republican wings over committee assignments. A farm bloc victory emerged as Easterners agreed to a temporary compromise placing two bloc members, Robert M La Follette of Wisconsin and John Thomas of Idaho, on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preece
Washington Jari
Hoover
Senate
Farm Blog
Genular Robt. M LaFollette
Wisconsin
John Thomas
Idaho
First National Bank Installs Night Depository in Del Rio
The First National Bank installs a first of its kind automatic after hours depository at the south entrance for merchants. Patrons receive a lockable sack, drop it into a wall receptacle, and the sack descends a steel chute to an 1800 pound safe. The system, expected ready Friday, allows deposits without carrying cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
del Rio
R. T. Hunnicutt
Snook Denied Rehearing In Coed Murder Case
The Ohio State University professor Dr. James Howard Snook had his request for a new hearing denied by the State Supreme Court. He remains sentenced to die January 31 for the murder of his coed sweetheart Theora Hix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
James Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Percy Cowley’s wedding plans end with broken leg
In Newport Pagnell England on January 8 Percy Cowley who planned to marry on his 28th birthday broke a leg and was taken to a hospital, ending the day in distress rather than celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Pagnell
Eng
Percy Cowley
Rotary District Governor Visits Del Rio Club Luncheon
Sam P Thompson Kerrville district governor of Rotary International will be guest of honor at the Del Rio Rotary Club lunch at Hotel Roswell at 1 15 Thursday. The meeting was moved from Wednesday to accommodate the visit with principal address by Mr Thompson and a pre luncheon directors meeting at 12 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam P Thompson
Kerrville
Rotary International
del Rio
Highway 90 road meeting invites Moody and officials
More than 500 invitations have been mailed from the Highway No. 90 Association in Del Rio for the fourth meeting in Uvalde on January 23. Gov Dan Moody, State Highway Commission members, mayors of El Paso and San Antonio, and other leaders are invited. plans may push for highway legislation and increased traffic on the San Antonio to El Paso route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway No. 90 Association
del Rio
San Antonio
el Paso
Dan Moody
State Highway Commission
Uvalde
Hal A. Hamilton
del Ris
Fort Clark
H Wren
del Rio Chamber of Commerce
Wren
Payne et al v Wilson Judgment in District Court
District Court under Judge Joseph Jones renders judgment in the case of Tom B. Payne and others against W. F Wilson. The petition lists G. T. Sartwelle as a plaintiff and concerns a note for 134,827 dollars with Wilson noted as surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jones
District Court
Tom B. Payne
W. F Wilson
G. T. Sartwelle
Wilson
Dred T Wood Dies in San Angelo at 38
Dred T Wood founder of Guaranty State Bank Del Rio and later VP of Del Rio National Bank died Tuesday in San Angelo after a week long illness from double pneumonia He will be buried in Athens Texas He survived by his wife a son Dred T Wood Jr his mother Mrs J C Wood two brothers Pete Wood and Hampton Wood and a sister Mrs R B Strala Athens Former press
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Deed T. Wood
Guaranty State Bank of del Rio
del Rio National Bank
Mr. Wood
Athen
W. R. Wheeler
del Rio
Wood
Wheeler
Cranranty State Bank
del Rio Natior
Dred T. Wood Jr
J.C. Wood
Pete Wood
Hampton Wood
San Antonio
R. B Strala
Athena
Merly Press
C A Markward Named New Director at Del Rio Bank and Trust
C A Markward is named a new director of the Del Rio National Bank and Trust Company. At a stockholders meeting Tuesday, two other directors and the bank officers were reelected. Directors include T L Drisdale and R L Miers with C P Scales as president, Mr Drisdale as vice president, and C B Freeman as cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Markward
del Rio National Bank and Trust Company
T. L. Drnsdale
R. L. Miers
C. P. Scales
Drisdale
C. B. Freeman
Belgian Princess Marries Italian Crown Prince
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium wed Crown Prince Humbert of Italy in a lavish ceremony at the Royal Quirinal Palace in Rome. The service joined two royal houses in a weekend of celebrated spectacle unseen in Europe since before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Belgium
Marie Jose
Humbert
Pauling
Royal Quirinal Palace
Europe
Three Year Old Smokes Tobacco Burdens Waterbury Family
In Waterbury Connecticut Maurice St Pierre a three year old boy reportedly smokes tobacco daily with two cigars a pack of cigarettes and 100 pipe-fulls of tobacco with his father Joseph St Pierre attributing the habit to the child who has smoked since age eighteen months. The account notes the boy’s plump frame and the father’s visible concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Jane
Maurice St. Pierre
Maurice
Joseph St. Pierre
Manchester Woman Fined For Intoxication Again
Mrs Margaret Dillon, 73, of Manchester England, was fined for the second time for intoxication in a public place. The case cites repeated off enses and reflects ongoing concerns over public drunkenness in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Dillon
Manchester
Eng
Convict Killed During Riot in Toledo Prison
A riot at the Toledo work house left one convict dead and several injured. George Milton was shot by guard James Henderson while attempting to stop a fight among inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
United Press
Ohio
Jan
George Milton
James Henderson
Endinburg Man Sent Back for Five Years After Theft
Bill Taylor of Endinburg returns to prison for five years after a theft conviction. He had spent 30 of the last 33 years incarcerated and was released only a month earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Taylor
Endinburg
Tangier Sees Daylong Flyng Ant Plague Halt Business
A plague of flying ants caused residents to stay indoors in Tangier for an entire day and halted all commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
New High School Included In Proposed Improvements
Del Rio voters consider an $185000 bond issue for a new senior high school, conversion of the present building into a ward and junior high, a new negro school, and extensive upgrades to other schools. Election set for February 1 with plans to complete before September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Central School
North Heights
Gener
Walk
del Rio
A. G Edwards
Sam Walk
Page Brothers of
Austin
Boase Tv
Board of Trustees
del Rio Independent School District
Cold wave grips Texas as frost bites Amarillo
Texas shivers under a second siege of winter cold, with fog and sleet in spots and the mercury down to 14 degrees at Amarillo. Snow blankets the Panhandle and air service in the Southwest is disrupted as freezing weather spreads from Texas into neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Amarillo
Panhandle
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Family Chaser Fined After Justine Spree
Francisco Castillo of San Felipe was fined $18 in justice court Tuesday afternoon after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. A. E. Steinmetz, deputy sheriff, arrested the man Monday night following reports he had run his family from their home. Officers summoned to the scene provided the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Castillo
San Felipe
Justice Court
A. E. Steinmetz
Mrs Fritz Lanham Dies in Austin Heart Disease
Mrs Fritz Lanham wife of Congressman Lanham from the Fort Worth district died this morning in Austin at her mother’s home of heart disease. Funeral services will be held Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prew
Austin
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Fort Worth
Supreme Court Reverses Deboard Window Peeping Conviction
Tennessee high court reverses a Newport conviction of J L Deboard in a case challenging a peeping in windows law. The decision states there is no law in Tennessee to prevent curious persons from peeping in windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn, Dan
Tennessee
State Supreme Court
J. L. Deboard
Newport
Unsettled Weather Del Rio Vicinity Likely Rain
Weather report notes unsettled conditions in Del Rio and nearby areas with possible rain tonight and Thursday. Yesterday’s high reached 70 degrees and the low fell to 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Weather unsettled with rain in Southeast and cold north
Forecast indicates unsettled conditions across the Southeast with likely rain. The northern regions and the Rio Grande valley expect colder temperatures tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Outlook: Rain South and Snow North Tonight
The forecast notes rain in the southern region with sleet or snow in the northern portions tonight and on Thursday. Temperatures will drop, bringing chillier conditions especially near the coast.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheriff Mills
Coleman
W. Wood
McCullocgh
Waiera
Lohn
Frat Mills
Offir
Uw Gead
Oklahoma
Shack
Loin State
C. C
Atlanta. Ga
Police
James Ernest Bar
Rett
Chattanoora, Tennan
T Hunnientt
Hunnicutt
J.P Ryan
Memphis Deviltry
First National
Deny Snook
Rotary
del Rito
Moody
Dred T. Wood
Guaranty State Bank
Bank and Trust
Dofrsman
Sam H. Walk
Cntid
Garfield Avenue
State OF
Family Chaser
SIS
Justine Spree
East
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!