Washington Pulse Reveals Political Maneuvering and Early Red Scare
In Washington, President Roosevelt survives a tight 197 to 192 vote as lawmakers pass a gag rule limiting floor amendments on federal pay and veterans' compensation. The move appears aimed at softening positions ahead of fall elections, shielding members from direct votes on pay rises and veterans legislation. Additionally, Communist activity scrutiny follows a New York visit by a key organizer who warns of action while critics question central funding for domestic movements. A Washington gathering shows a minimal take from an unemployed council fundraiser, underscoring fiscal fragility and political maneuvering.
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Roosevelt
House
White House
Independent Offices
Congress
Jack
Moscow
Treasury
Washington
Scale Wall Escape at Kansas State Prison
Seven convicts scaled the walls of the Kansas state prison in Lansing during a hail of gunfire. Two escapees, Bob Brady and Jim Clark, were recaptured later and returned to custody after a prior Memorial Day breakout with nine others. The men seized a guard’s keys, escaped from the cellhouse, and fled toward the Missouri River while guards fired. Forty-two inmates remained inactive in the block.
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Lansing
Kan
Kansas State Prison
Bob Brady
Jim Clark
Missouri River
Williamson Elected to Teach Home Economics
Del Rio Independent School District announces staff changes after the resignation of Mrs. Lyle Almond. Miss Lela Williamson is elected high school home economics instructor, with Miss Mary Will Greenwood appointed as emergency teacher for the term and Miss Virginia House recalled to fill elementary vacancies.
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Lela Williamson
Lyle 8. Almond
del Rio Independent
Roy M. Andrews
Almond
Board of Education
Andrews
Board of Trustees
Mary Will Greenwood
Miss Williamson
Virginia House
Miss Greenwood
Miss House
New Boiler Arrives For Courthouse Replacement
A new boiler from the Crane Company of San Antonio arrived at the courthouse yard after bids from several firms. It will be installed next week, requiring a small enlargement to the boiler room. The old boiler burst over a week ago and the jail is currently heated by a temporary gas line.
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Court House
San Antonio
Crane Company of
Texas granted 250000 for civil works service
Washington January 19 Federal emergency relief administrator Harry L Hopkins approved a 250000 grant to Texas for civil works service.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Texas
Civil Works Service
Turner Heads Goat Breeders 50 Cent Mohair Predicted
Turner of Junction elected president of the American Angora Goat Breeders Association at the 35th annual meeting in Rocksprings. Officers include F O Landrum Laguna first vice president and C A Pepper San Antonio second vice president. Directors named by mail ballot include J Turner and W S Dismukes among others.
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San Antonio
Fred T. Earwood
Sonora
Frank O. Landrum
Laguna
C. A. Pepper
U. S. Grant
Dallas
Ore
Bob Davis
Rio Frio
T. C. Hampton
Rocksprings
W. A. Brown
J. A. Ward Jr
Jack Turner
Junction
B. M. Halbert Jr
W. W. Nipper
Brackettville
John Guthrie
Sam F. Cooper
Leakey
Baron Thomas
Oakland
J. L. Gulley
Uvalde
M. D. Taylor
Vance
O. O. Consert
Sim Reid
Conran
C. F. Briggs
del Rio
J. B. Stumpf Jr
Monmouth
W. H. Rawlings
Johnson City
James Prentice
S. W. Dismukes
Arthur Davis
O. B. Epperson
B. M. Halbert
G. W. Stephenson
J. L. Johnson
A. E. Buswell
S. S. Davis
Cora Rogers
G. C. Fleischer
F. O. Landrum
John Ward
B. Sweeten
Fred T. Barwood
Tom Reid
M. A
L. A. Clark
A. E. Mayes
W. A. Elms
Tom Adams
Belfast Blind Man Mistakenly Summoned as Witness
Joseph Calvern, a blind man from Belfast, was wrongly called as a witness in an automobile wreck case. The error was noted as the proceedings proceeded with other testimony and evidence.
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Joseph Calvern
Belfast
Spur to Consolidate: Southern Pacific Lines Form One Company
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the consolidation of Southern Pacific lines of Texas and Louisiana into a single corporation for ownership, management, and operation. In London Clarence Haddon, claiming royal kinship, was bound over to keep the peace after facing charges of trying to blackmail the King by asserting he is the late Duke Clarence’s son.
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Washington
Southern Pacific Lines
Texas
Louisiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
London
Clarence Haddon
Duke Clarence
George
Haddon
Dr Wynekoop Murder Trial Delayed For Health Reasons
The murder trial of Dr Alice Wynekoop, charged with killing her daughter in law Rheta, was postponed until Monday because the defendant's physical condition was grave after a bad night. She was wheeled into the Chicago courtroom in a wheelchair with an ashen face.
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Chicago
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
Editor Adkins enters race for 93rd district seat
Jan 194W Brady reports editor and former Lampasas County official H. Adkins announced candidacy for representative of the 93rd district, which includes Lampasas San Saba and McCulloch counties. Adkins, a former county attorney and judge, has long edited newspapers in McCulloch County.
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Brady
W. H. Adkins
Lampasas
San Saba
McCullough
Adkins
McCulloch County
Brady Enterprise
Brady Sentinel
Mother Jumped With Two Children in Shanghai Tragedy
In Shanghai an eight story building witnessed the death of Mrs. W. B. Grooch her two sons William 6 and Thomas 7 when she leaped to the ground from a French concession dwelling Grooch husband El Paso born aviation executive in the Far East suffered shock and was in serious condition. The family planned to sail for the United States to visit the ailing father.
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Shanghai
Grooch
el Paso
William
Thomas
Mrs. Grooch
Pacific American Airways
United States
Far East
Death Claims Former Editor and Educator William Jenkins
Willian Walter Jenkins 63, longtime Texas educator and newspaper man, died of heart complications Friday at 4:35 am at his daughter’s North Heights home. Survived by daughter Mrs D L Murphy and two grandsons, with siblings Albert and Ben and sisters Mrs Alpin Ridings and Miss Nannie Jenkins. Funeral set for Saturday 2:30 pm at Leander with Rev. Dr. Gribble officiating. He lived in Del Rio 18 months after a career across Georgetown area and Austin.
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Willian Walter Jenkins
D. L. Murphy
Texas
Jenkins
North Heights
Leander
Robert Gribble
Neal Mason
del Rio
Mr. Jenkins
Austin
Murphy
Mrs. Jenkins
Jollyville
Austin-Burnet Road
Georgetown
Blanche Mason
Old Bagdad
Williamson County
Alpine Avalanche
Brewster County
Orphans Home
State
Corsicana
Terlingue
Masked Bandit Robs Vienna Woman Seizing Clothing
A masked bandit robbed Frau Olga Schirlen of Vienna taking all her clothing including shoes and stockings in the attack. This incident highlights a bold street crime targeting a resident abroad with no reported injuries.
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Olga Schirlen
Vienna
Truck Operator Burleson Killed by Train Near Fort Stockton
Pumpville resident M. C. Burleson fifty was killed when his hay delivery truck was struck by a train near Fort Stockton. He had lived in Pumpville four years and previously in Sonora. Burleson left Pumpville Wednesday afternoon with a load of hay. Details are unavailable. He leaves a widow and six children.
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Fort Stockton
M. C. Burleson
Pumpville
Burleson
Sonora
Four U S Citizens Sentenced in Spain Hotel Assault
In Madrid four United States citizens were sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a civil guard last year in Palma Mallorca. The defendants are Mr and Mrs Clinton Lockwood of West Springfield Mass Roger Mead of New York and Edmund Blodgett of Stamford Conn The fifth American was acquitted.
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Madrid
United States
Palma
Mallorca
Clinton Lockwood
West Springfield
Mass
Roger Mead
New York
Edmund Blodgett
Stamford
Revolt Shakes Tammany Hall in New York
In New York on January 19, Tammany Hall suffered a major split as 14 Tammany and 21 McCooey district leaders defected to Edward J Flynn, Bronx leader and Perley aide. The shock disrupted the once solid coalition of Curry and McCooey and caused Augustus F. Perce to collapse and die in the aldermanic chamber.
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New York
Tammany Hall
John F. Curry
Brooklyn
John McCooey
Board of Aldermen
Tammany
McCooey
Edward J Flynn
Bronx
Perley
Augustus F. Perce
Officials Laud City For Slash Of Fire Losses
From the Texas Fire Insurance Department in Austin, Raymond Mauk and Eugene Sanders commend Del Rio for reducing insured fire losses from 25464 in 1932 to 10836 in 1933. The letter to Mayor Long credits cooperation among city officials and citizens and urges continued arson enforcement and frequent inspections.
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Texas Fire Insurance Department
Austin
Raymond
Mauk
Eugene Sanders
del Rio
Jnc. Y. Long
Texas
Gosses
Miss Katherine Fayne fined for postage with used stamps
Miss Katherine Fayne of Cowes England received a $50 fine for posting letters with used stamps, a punishment reflecting postal regulations enforcement.
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Katherine Fayne
Cowes
Eng
Death threats shadow Bremer kidnapping in St Paul
Edward Bremer, head of a state bank, is held for 200000 dollars in ransom after kidnappers battered him and left blood stains on his car in a suburban area. Police believe he was dragged to the back seat after resisting the assault as the abductors fled. Bremer’s father urged authorities to continue the hunt and offered to pay the ransom.
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ST. Paul
Edward Bremer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bremer
Del Rio Firefighters Practice Jumping and Rescue Drills
Del Rio Volunteer Fire Department members trained in catching fallers and saving furniture from water and chemicals in a Thursday auditorium drill. Mascot Clifton Boies jumped from a high platform to practice catching a person, with two drills monthly to maintain fire credit from Chief Harry Altman’s earlier instruction.
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del Rio
Clifton Boies
Harry Altman
School of Instruction
College Station
Man Brandishing Guns Terrorizes Calavera District
A San Felipe Mexican man armed with a shotgun and a six shooter terrorized Calavera in San Felipe Thursday night and Wednesday night. Sheriff A. E. Steinmetz and Constable Tom Turk captured him without resistance after a call by residents. He was jailed and a sanity hearing ordered for Friday morning. About a hatful of ammunition was seized.
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San Felipe
Calavera
Eagle Pass Hill
A. E. Steinmetz
Tom Turk
Steinmetz
Weather Watch Del Rio and Vicinity Fair Tonight
Forecast covers Del Rio and surrounding area with clear to partly cloudy skies. Yesterday's high 59 and low 41, with this morning's low 39. Expect similar temperatures tonight and Saturday with light winds and no major precipitation.
West Texas Fair Warmer Night and North Cloudy
Weather bulletin notes West Texas fair and warmer tonight with a cooler north. East Texas partly cloudy and colder tonight, Saturday turning partly cloudy.
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Turner Heads
By Sam Ashburn
Dr. Wynekoop
William Jenkins
Navy
Naval
San Francisco
Hawaii
U. S. S. Gannet
Kneffir McGinnis
M.c.burleson
Spain
Hunt
West Texas
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