21 Jan 1935
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Newspaper
Del Rio Evening News
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1935
Page
1
A historical column notes two weeks of legislative session with only one bill passed. It discusses Supreme Court forecasts on the gold clause, compares to Dred Scott implications, calls for stronger Del Rio policing, and recalls 1896 campaign rhetoric and a failed political bid.
A collage of excerpts from multiple papers comments on columnists and public figures. Topics include a mother’s tale of a once pampered son who adapts to school life, a beach damages suit, a new post office flaw, police questioning tactics, and a national broadcast faith appeal.
William E. Frank, a government accountant, testified that Bruno Richard Hauptmann and his wife’s assets rose by 44,486 dollars after the failed 50,000 dollar ransom for Baby Lindbergh. The state said it would rebut defense attempts to name Isador Fisch in the kidnapping or ransom. Albert D. Kurtz noted a diary showing Fisch with Fisch on the day of the crime. Hauptmann had claimed the 14,600 dollar ransom money found in his garage was entrusted to him by Fisch for safekeeping.
The agricultural adjustment administration through last Nov 30 shows Texas received 76,421,041.17 in rental and benefit payments, nearly double any other state. Most of the 467,121,233.79 went to cotton farmers. 7,276,720.85 to wheat. 2,023,086.53 to corn hog. Texas led in admin expenses at 2,151,351.29, with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi above a million.
Sherrill, head of the Dallas feed loan office, told Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association president T. A. Kincaid that there will be no more delays in emergency feed loan service after inspection of the drouth region. Kincaid notes most loans fund feed purchases and credits, with a brief past delay due to misusing funds. he warns the area would face severe stock losses without the program.
Consul Lamberto Obregon warned travelers that the highway between Jacala Hidalgo and Matlapa San Luis Potosi is closed to traffic due to intensive labor. The closure is expected to last until May 1935, while the border to Mexico City highway modernization should finish by July.
Dalhart city officials report that homeowner loans have generated cash to cover $15,000 in interest arrears on bonds and warrants totaling about $408,000. City Secretary Sam Marks says the payment clears all 1933 delinquents and part of 1934 obligations, with salaries and current bills paid on a cash basis.
Ralph Remo, a Fort Clark soldier, was jailed in Kinney County after a late Friday theft and wreck on Highway No. 3 near Del Rio. He was injured with a torn scalp, treated at Del Rio Hospital, then released. Sheriff Ballentyne and Sheriff Steinmetz recovered seven Hidalgo checks from the wrecked coach and car.
Del Rio instructors R H Rogers and R M Bankhead joined peers for a Sonora Experiment Station program focused on livestock breeding and feeding. Speakers included J M Jones and Dr Warwick of A M College, plus station chiefs and vocational teachers from Ed wards Plateau, Nolan, Sterling City, and San Angelo.
Borger city commissioners were told by Fire Chief G. C. Knight that 1934 fire losses totaled 1445 dollars. The report emphasized a small fire loss for the year in Borger.
V. E. Horton to serve as emergency crop loan helper in Val Verde County as part of an enlarged program approved by the Texas Relief Commission. The commission greenlit 79 projects totaling about 2,644 daily workers across 2,352 total working days, with durations ranging 20 to 216 days.
Mrs Curt Schwarz of the Bronx testified that Isador Fisch used the name John during the trans Atlantic crossing after the Lindbergh kidnapping. She recalled he collected the ransom and that he signed letters and postcards to them as John while returning to Leipzig to die.
Corporation Judge John Lochabay in City Court Monday ordered three San Pelipe men home by 10 pm nightly. Each was charged with disturbing the peace for “whooping ’em up” and given a fine to be assessed if found on the streets at night beyond a reasonable hour.
Carlos Sotelo was found guilty by a district court jury of possessing and transporting a narcotic drug. He received one year imprisonment for allegedly bringing marijuana to prisoners at Val Verde County jail around October 17, 1934, with the trial extending through Saturday.
Seven jurors were chosen at 2 p m Monday in the Ramon Alagos murder trial. The defendant allegedly struck 4 year old Olea Chapoy with a car on October 28. Of an original 48 jurors, 12 remained as selection continued, with J O Taylor Albert Cauthorn Malcolm Gordon G A Calderon John Salvatierra P J Rodriguez and Claude Draper named among those selected.
Preliminary work on Goodnight Trail from the Panhandle Plains Historical Society museum through Palo Duro State Park is finished. No further work until a topping contract is awarded likely in April. topping approved by the State Highway Commission and the Board of Public Roads. Caliche base covered with an inch of dirt.
Preliminary work has started on 7.7 miles of paving from Wellington to the Childress County line. About 100 workers will be employed at peak. The project will connect the county with larger Panhandle highways.
Sub-freezing air from the north and a 30 mile gale froze radiators and disrupted plumbing in many Del Rio homes. In Quemado Valley farmers assessed fields for damage and reported negligible losses beyond young plants.
Senator Weaver Moore of Houston proposes a constitutional amendment to boost the governor’s salary from 4000 to 12000 and the attorney general’s from 4000 to 10000. The article then reports on Supreme Court actions and weather-related damages in Del Rio, including a freeze impact on crops and local repairs.
Police believe Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell, Bremer gang leaders, are bottled up in Atlantic City after a botched trap. They fled yesterday as Campbell stole a car and Karpis fired a machine gun from the vehicle. Authorities warn clothing stores to watch for suspects seeking apparel.
McAllen OFeb 21. More than 400 men work on two Valley development schemes. A $500,000 irrigation system rises at Adams Gardens as 3,500 acres are readied for farming. Work crews clear 2,000 acres of the 10,000 acre McCook tract with 8,000 more to be prepared in coming months. Adams Gardens lies about 25 miles east of McAllen and the McCook tract about 30 miles northwest.
A well has been spudded on H. L. Cravens Brownwood ranch two and a half miles north of the White ranch in northern McCulloch County. It is being drilled to obtain a water supply for the area.
Bitterly cold weather blamed for one death in Texas as temperatures dropped to record lows and icy winds swept the state. Joe Dilworth, a Black man, died from exposure near Kerrville. Clinton Dobbs of Dallas, 35, found unconscious near railroad tracks but listed as recovering. Temperatures fell to five below zero at Pampa and two below at Amarillo. Fort Worth eight above. San Antonio 19 above at 8 a.m.
Fair conditions in Del Rio and vicinity tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures on Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 73 degrees and the low 45. This morning’s minimum was 21.
A marginally milder Northwest night with fair skies and light winds. Tuesday brings rising temperatures and dry conditions across the region.
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