Washington Sees NRA Endure Amid Policy Fluctuations
In a broad survey of national affairs the piece notes NRA’s persistence as major industries code and adapt while public praise has risen with upticks and fallen during downturns. It also describes a possible quiet push by a radical bloc in Congress eyeing inflation and a large public works push around March 4.
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NRA
Blue Eagle
Johnson
Ballyhoo
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt asks Congress to nationalize gold and set 60 percent cap
President Roosevelt urged Congress to nationalize the United States gold supply and grant authority for a flexible revaluation range up to 60 percent. He framed it as prudent given world uncertainties and resisted fixing an exact dollar value now.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Arrests Made After Blaze at Crosby Hotel
Two American ranchmen were under technical arrest in connection with a fire at the Crosby Hotel in Villa Acuna early Monday morning. Del Rio volunteers battled the blaze, which started in an upstairs bedroom, causing smoke and water damage. Mexican law holds suspects for questioning until cleared, and authorities expected release before noon.
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Crosby
Villa Acuna
del Rio
Harry Altman
Altman
T J Jarretts Mother Buried At Valley Mills
Mrs Ella Jarrett, about 75, mother of Del Rio resident T J Jarrett, died Sunday night at her Valley Mills home. Funeral held Monday at 2 pm. she suffered a heart attack days earlier. Widow of Dr Edward V Jarrett, a Valley Mills pioneer. Mr and Mrs T J Jarrett and grandson Edward V Jarrett traveled to Valley Mills.
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Ella Jarrett
T. J. Jarrett
del Rio
Valley Mills
Jarrett
Edward V. Jarrett
Edward V. Jarret
Funeral Services for Patrick Shaw 17 in Langtry
Funeral services were held for Patrick Oliver Shaw 17 of Langtry who died after a gunshot wound. The youth, son of Mr and Mrs Simon Shaw, was shot while en route to traps near Langtry and transported to Del Rio where he died. He attended Langtry High School and lettered in basketball. Survived by parents sister Dorothy three brothers Harold Simon III and Robert with numerous relatives.
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Simon Shaw
Langtry
Doran Funeral
Chas. Nixon
First Methodist Church
Masonic
Westlawn Cemetery
Young Shaw
del Rio
Booth
Dizzy” Dean
Nelson Billings
Langtry High School
San Antonio
T. and
N. O. Railway
Simon Shaw Jr
Miss Dorothy
Harold
Simon III
Robert
Simon Shaw Sr
August Douglas
Abilene
W. L. Babb
E. W. Billings Jr
Glen Brown
Andy Garrett
B. D. Roberts
Wilbur Greif
Jose Espinosa
Marcos de Leon
Roscoe Bowers
Clifton Boies
Preston Briggs
Curt Brendenstein
Modesto Guerra
R. H. Chalk Jr
William Lochabay
Don Lowe
Jannie May
Houston
Annie Shaw
Willie Shaw
Viola
Evelyn
Alpine
Frank Kirchgraber
Cline
Plane crashes into sea off Hove shores
An unidentified aircraft overturned while in flight and dived into the sea about 400 yards from shore near Hove. The craft disappeared immediately after the crash, and no details on casualties or origin are yet available.
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Hove
Eng
Tax collection totals through Jan 12, 1934
Tax records show through January 12 1934 total collections of 13709.04 with 126 poll tax receipts issued. Vehicle registrations lag, 345 cars 42 trucks 17 farm trucks registered this year, 390 poll taxes and 60 exemptions issued, last date for poll tax payment January 31, and registrations possible with 20 percent interest after February 1.
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Llve S. Almond
Almond
Quake in India Kills Several at Calcutta Station
An earthquake shattered India causing the collapse of an East India railway station in Calcutta today. Several persons were killed and many injured as tremors swept across the region.
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India
Calcutta
East India
Government Maintains Wool and Mohair Marketing Plan
Washington January 15 William I Myers head of the Farm Credit Administration announced this year will see a continuation of the wool and mohair clip marketing plan similar to 1933. The plan aims to stabilize prices through orderly marketing with cooperatives and approved consignors while avoiding forced sales or withholding.
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Washington
William I. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Myers
Local Del Rio Warehouses Hold 679000 Pounds Fall Wool
Three Del Rio warehouses report a combined stock of 79 000 pounds of Fall wool remaining. A top price for Texas Fall wool was set October 30 at 29.5 cents per pound upon a local warehouse receipt.
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del Rio
Texas
Seven Midland County schools serve hot lunches
Midland dispatch reports that seven of eight Midland County rural schools currently provide hot lunches to students daily. The remaining school is set to join the program this month, expanding the district meal service.
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Midland County
Midland
Hevia Named President of Cuba
Havana reports Carlos Hevia secretary of agriculture was named president by the revolutionary junta. Ramon Grau San Martin resigned after leading the government, with Carlos Mendieta as a considered option. Hevia, the only Cuban to graduate from the U S Naval Academy, was exiled by Machado. troops were posted but no violence occurred.
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Naval Academy
Havana
Carlos Hevia
Cuba
Ramon Grau San Martin
Carlos Mendieta
Junta
Hevia
Menditta
United States Naval Academy
Machado
Turkish interior minister bars Insull from entering Turkey
Istanbul Jan 15 Turkish interior minister Shukra Kaya Bey ordered police to deny entry to Samuel Insull Sr former Chicago utilities magnate. Insull must leave Greece by January 31.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Shukra Kaya Bey
Samuel Insull Sr
Chicago
Insull
Greece
Senate OKs RFC Extension and Expanded Lending Powers
The Senate approved the administration bill extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation life to February 1, 1935 and boosting its lending authority by 850 million dollars. A House bill with similar provisions is awaiting action.
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Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate panel approves farm mortgage bond guarantee bill
The Senate banking committee approved an administration bill to guarantee both principal and interest on farm mortgage bonds, with a 9 to 3 vote. The measure aims to back two billion dollars of farm mortgage bonds authorized by the last Congress and to restore government support.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Wynekoop Faces Murder Charge In Daughter In Law Death
In Chicago on January 15 Dr. Alice Wynekoop, despite illness and a heart attack, attended court to hear the State denounce her as the slayer of Rheta Wynekoop. Rheta was found dead on an operating table in the doctor's basement surgery.
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Wynekoop
Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Mrs Lindsay Assumes Deputy Collector Post
Mrs R F Lindsay of Mount Pleasant former federation president and political worker has begun duties as deputy collector of Internal Revenue in Houston. She spent part of today in Dallas in the collector's offices and is assigned to gasoline and lubricating oil tax matters working from the Oklahoma City office for the area.
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Dallas
R. F. Lindsay
Mount Pleasant
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Internal Revenue
Houston
Federal Building
Lindsay
Oklahoma City
McCraw Announces Candidacy for Texas Attorney General
William McCraw former Dallas County district attorney formally declares his bid for Texas attorney general promising an impartial administration as The People’s Lawyer He highlights a long public service record including three consecutive terms and military service in France with the Thirty-Sixth Division He was born in Arlington Texas and educated in Dallas, working early as a newsboy and printer before passing the bar at 19 He is a Democrat described as liberal and is married.
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William McCraw
Dallas
Dallas County
Texas
Spewal
Democrats of
McCraw
Bill” McCraw
France
Arlington
Leon Springs
Cavalry
Thirty- Sixth
Marines land to guard Americans in Foochow evacuations
United States Marines arrived at Foochow to protect American lives and property as the 19th Route Army retreats from the rebel capital. The party came ashore from the gunboat Tulsa after a consulate request, while a British cruiser and Japanese marines also secured the area.
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Foochow
China
19Th Route
United States
Tulsa
CWA Payroll Here Saturday Totals More Than $6 000
Civil Works Administration relief payrolls in Del Rio totaled 6284 80 dollars for 474 workers. Of this amount 6001 05 went to 458 men on CWA projects and 283 75 to 16 others for relief service and administration work. Monday morning canned meats for distribution from the State canning plant in San Antonio began, with 3576 cans for Val Verde County stored at the J L Barnes warehouse. Butter shipments for distribution show 3300 pounds of the original 20 000 pounds still on hand.
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Civil Works Administration
del Rio
San Antonio
Val Verde County
J. L. Barnes
Three Fort Clark Soldiers Hurt As Car Overturns
Three Fort Clark soldiers were treated and discharged Sunday after minor cuts and bruises from a car accident on the Devil's River highway. The vehicle overturned about 10 p.m. Saturday while returning from Comstock to Fort Clark. passersby rushed them to Williams Sanitarium.
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Fort Clark
Williams Sanitarium
Devil's River Highway
Comstock
Sutton Presides In District Court
Judge C R Sutton of Marfa presided in 63rd District Court Monday after exchanging benches with Judge Brian Montague. The docket entry 36 was dismissed until Wednesday, while Judas Montague, disqualified for some trials, sits in Suttons court in ForsStockton.
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Sutton
C. R. Sutton
Marfa
63Rd District Court
Brian Montague
Judas Montague
Del Rio Area Weather Runtime
Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with colder Tuesday ahead. Yesterday's high reached 70 degrees and the low was 36. The current morning low stands at 43 degrees.
Weather outlook for Panhandle snow tonight and Tuesday
Mostly cloudy forecast for the Panhandle with probable snow tonight and on Tuesday. North areas will be colder tonight and remain colder Tuesday.
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Panhandle
Weather: Cloudy and Warmer in Extreme East Tonight
Forecast says cloudy skies and warmer temperatures in the extreme east tonight while the north and west stay colder. Overnight temperatures drop in the northwest with continued cloudiness.
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