Rains Bring Muted Flooding Across West Texas
Rain from early Monday soaked Val Verde County and the Rio Grande region. Del Rio and Winter Garden reported significant totals with Alpine and Uvalde also receiving heavy showers. Roads remained slick and muddy between Del Rio and San Angelo as drivers faced slow progress and isolated high water concerns.
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Rio Grande Valley
Sanderson
Eagle
U.S. Weather Bureau
del Rio
Winter Garden
Comstock
Marathon
Spofford
Langtry
Alpine
Uvalde
Brackettville
Fagle Pass
Heporta
Union
del Foo
San Angelo
Avaiie
Texas Points Included In New Tourist Air Run
The National Air Transport announces a new tourist air route to Texas via Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The first plane will take off February 1 from Chicago, with extensions from Kansas City.
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Texas
Chicago
National Air Transport Flying Service
Fort Worth
Daas
Kansas City
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Judge Jones Opens Sanderson County Court Calender
Judge Joseph Jones and DA Julian LaCrosse with court reporter Helle Sutherland of Del Rio opened the two week term of the 63rd district court at Sanderson. The regular session is planned for nine weeks, though Sanderson cases often wrap in a few days.
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Joseph Jones
Julian LaCrosse
Mra Helle Sutherland
del Rio
63Rd District Court
Sanderson Monhday
Sandersen
Associate of Jack Hoxie Held in Fatal Abilene Shooting
Midland January 27 murder charges filed against Buck Jones in the fatal shooting of Abilene real estate agent Weldon L Ruel at a Sunday party. Witnesses place Jones with Jack Hoxie in Midland since January 2. witnesses Bert Bennett Lee Cox were present.
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Jack Hoxie
Abilene
Buck” Jones
Weldon L Ruserll
W R. Smith
Janes
Tero
Bert Bennett
Chicaeo
Lee Cox
Crane City
Texar
Joures
Addres
Puwhoska
Okla
Murderer of Clyde Havens Identified by Wife
Mrs. White reports her husband suspects jealousy as motive after Clyde Havens 34 was killed on the T. N. White farm near El Paso. El Paso and Juarez authorities search for a former Mexican farm hand who allegedly planned the crime and fled toward the border. Havens was buried in El Paso as his parents traveled from Barksdale.
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Mrs. White
el Paso
Juarez
Mexico
T. N. White
White
Jel Rio
Havens
Barksdale
Bark
Pach 4
Ielli
University of Tulsa
Tulsk
Charlott Caudeil
Alma Endacott
Tulsa
Enda~cott
Governor Sterling To Speak At Fort Worth Meet
Governor Ron Sterling travels by car to Fort Worth to deliver a speech at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night. He will address local business leaders and discuss state developments.
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Sterling
Fort Worth
Austin Jnn
Ron Sterling
Chamber of Commerce
Ranger Search Aims for Lost Rancher Wes Marshbanks
Hampered by rain the posse searching for Wes Marshbanks, a rancher missing since Sunday, continued their work at Ranger. No trace of the missing man had been found by January 27.
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Wes Marshbanks
Faye Williams Reported Very Ill After Pneumonia Siege
Miss Paye Williams was reported dangerously ill at her home Tuesday morning after a siege of double pneumonia. Attending physicians have virtually abandoned all hopes for her recovery, according to relatives.
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Paye Williams
Will Rogers Raises Funds for Drought Relief in San Antonio
Will Rogers drew a crowd in San Antonio and collected 6911.44 dollars for famine stricken farmers in drought regions. He travels Texas with relief stands to supply food and clothing while benefiting farmers and their families.
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Will Rogers
San Antonio
Beverly Hills
Rogers
Texas
Redistricting Plan Seeks 21 Congressional Districts
A Monday proposal by Representative Penrose Metcalf would redraw districts, creating three new areas and moving incumbents. The plan would shift Val Verde County and 18 others, eliminating H M Wurzbach support in Bexar County and altering paths for John Garner and Kendal County to Nuece County, with El Paso and multiple western counties included in the expanded Sixteenth district.
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Val Verde County
Penrose Metcalf
H M. Wurzbach
Ory Republican
Bexar County
John Garner
Uvaide
Kendal
Nuece County
Pato
el Paso
Hudspeth Culberson
Reeves
Loving Winkler
Ector
Midland
Glasscock
Ward
Crane
Upton
Reagan
Jeff Davis
Preladio
Brewster
Proos
Terrell
Kelley Youth Burns in Kitchen Fire During Experiment
Six year old Harold Kelley, son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Kelley, burned his hands in a kitchen fire when a sunflower shaped match holder near the gas range ignited. He grabbed the flaming object and ran to his mother. water was used to extinguish it and he suffered minor burns and a frightful scare.
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Harold Kelley
Bryan Kelley
Eighth Avenue
B Street
Kelley
Harold
Rivers Projects To Give 4500 Jobs Shortly
Washington January 27. Up to 4,500 men will be employed March 1 on rivers and harbors projects authorized to relieve unemployment. Major General Lytle Brown chief of army engineers told the House appropriations committee.
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Washington
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
House Appropriations
Lost Aviator Reported Safe After China Flight
Shanghai reports state missing aviator G. W. Brophy is safe at Hungshai after weather delays. He was believed lost Monday during a snowstorm while flying from this port toward Manila.
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China
Shanghai
Here
G. W. Brophy
Hungshai
Manila
First African subway to run in Algiers this year
The city of Algiers will see Africa s first subway trains within months. The system will run beneath crowded streets and connect with cog wheel railways at several stations. Trains will shuttle travelers from the city to suburb heights on steep mountainsides.
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Algiers
U.S
Africa
Final Rush At Tax Office Feared In Val Verde County
Tax collector Lyle Almond warns Del Ricans must register cars by Thursday to avoid backlog Friday and Saturday. About 1,000 vehicles remain, hindering tax payments and registrations. After February 1 penalties rise. state, not county, governs assessment. Approximately 1,350 of 3,300 cars registered this year.
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Lyle 5. Almond
Val Verde
Almond
Mr. Almond
$70,000 Claim Over Alleged Gas Theft Arrest
EDINBURG. A complaint seeks 70000 against Rio Grande Valley Gas Company and manager C D Bennett Jr alleging false arrest over alleged theft of gas from company mains. The suit names the parties and accuses wrongful detention in connection with the incident.
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Edinburg, WP
C. P. Bailey
Rio Grande Valley Gas Company
Stateslaco
Cc. D. Bennett, Jr
WILL HIRE MEN FOR 24 HOUR BRIDGE SERVICE
The Del Rio Mexico bridge linking to Villa Acuna will operate around the clock from February 1, with Texas side workers added to cover the 24 hour schedule. Similar 24 hour service will be extended to bridges at Laredo Brownsville and Eagle Pass. This marks the first time since the bridge’s construction that continuous operation is offered.
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del Rio
Villa Acuna
Mexico
Laredo
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Texas
International Bridge
Jaypee Court Fines Drunks and Vagrants in Busy Session
Justice Court here kept busy with thirteen men charged with vagrancy and two with intoxication. All vagrants were fined 14 dollars each and the two intoxicated men 18 dollars each. The men, said to be Mexican, are reported to have paid their fines.
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Justice Court
Justice Oae
Santa Fe Line to Sonora Proves Worth in Early Operation
The Santa Fe Railway branch from San Angelo to Sonora moved 700 outbound and 300 inbound cars in the first six months. Receipts near 130000 dollars. The line, delayed nearly a quarter century, now shows its value to the region.
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Sonora
Santa Fe Railway
San Angelo
Search Widens for Suspect in Death of Peace Officer
Tulsa January 27 UPI reports the search for Gene Elm, one of seven suspects charged with murder of James Woolley a veteran police officer at Liberty, extended over the southwest Tuesday. Other suspects remain jailed. Woolley was slain in a battle with hijacker suspects last week.
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Tulsa
U.P
Gene Elm
James Woolley
Liberty
Woolley
Last Rites Held For Mrs I G Rocha
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs Inez G Rocha 67 of Del Rio by Rev C C Acevedo of the Mexican Presbyterian Church in San Antonio. She had been in the United States since 1900 and is survived by four children Gregorio Frederico Velasco Rocha and Virginia and Mary Williams. A search is being made for Gregorio who is believed in the Northern States.
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Inez G Rocha
del Rio
C. C Acevedo
Mexican Presbyteria
San Antonio
United States
Gregorio
Frederico Vélasco Rocha
Virginia
Mary Williams
Wolf Killing Ideas Exchanged at Meet
BRACKETTVILLE January meeting of the Kin ney County Wolf Club discussed new ideas for extermination. Attendees reported notable progress in wolf control during the past year.
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Meet
Girl Held After Courtroom Shooting In Arkansas
Helen Spence, 19, is being held for murder after drawing a gun in a crowded Dewitt courtroom and fatally shooting Jack Worls, 22, who was on trial for the murder of her father Cicero Spence in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Helen Spence
Little Rock Ark
Dewitt, Ark
Jack Worls
Worls
Cicero Spence
Census Trustees Named for Val Verde County Schools
Val Verde County plans March start for scholastic census with trustees appointed by the county and independent district superintendents. Del Rio San Felipe and Comstock districts to select census trustees, plus one for each of four common districts. Rural schools show good work. Pandale site delayed by bad roads.
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Val Verde County
Marie Grande Adams
del Rio
San Fy
Comstock
Adams
Six Face Indictment In Buckley Slaying Case
Detroit law enforcement moved on a deadly case as six men and one woman were charged in indictments for the murder of radio announcer Gerald Buckley. Police say the named defendants are underworld figures while the woman and three men remain unnamed in the record.
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Detroit
Gerald Buckley
Murder charges filed in Ardmore for Wilson and O'Day
Ardmore Oklahoma January 27 prosecutors charged Rey Wilson and Pat O Day with murder in the death of Buddy Moorehead. Wilson is jailed while a nationwide search seeks O Day as residents posted a 3500 reward for capture and conviction. Both men are Kerrville Texas natives implicated in robberies at several filling stations. Moorehead's body was found shot from an automobile later abandoned.
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Ardmore
Okla
Rey Wilson
Pat O'Day
Buddy Moorehead
de- Teche
Wilson
O'Day
Kerrville
Texas
Moorehead
Hondo Judge Brack to be Investigated by Special Group
A special investigative group will probe reported misconduct by Judge A. J. Brack of Hondo. Governor supported inquiry. the House committee includes A. B. Johnson, Coke R. Stevenson, and T. R. Bend. Senate members are Will N. Martin and Carl C. Hard.
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A. J. Brack
Hondo
Justice Court
InNest
House
A. B. Johnson
Carrize Springs
Coke R. Stevenson
Junction
T R. Bend
Terrell
Senate
Will N. Martin
Hillsboro
Carl C. Hard
Sisphenville
Earnest Named President of Del Rio Lumber Company
Earnest was elected president of the board of directors of the Del Rio Lumber Company at a meeting of directors and stockholders held in the company offices. John C. Graves was named vice president Judge John J. Foster secretary W A Earnest treasurer and C D Lane director. Following election the board declared the 35th semi annual dividend.
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CW. Earnest
The
del Rio Lumber Company
John C. Graves
John J. Foster
W. A. Earnest
Trease Urer
C.D. Lane
Traveling Salesman Placed In Hospital
Tom McClellan a traveling salesman from Dime Box Texas was moved from four local hotels to the Williams Sanitarium Tuesday morning he was reported to be very ill.
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Tom McClellan
Dime Box
Tex
Willams Sanitarium
Terrell Political Family Holds State Posts Across Generations
Three generations of Terrells occupy Texas state offices, with Del Rioan J Turney Terrell serving in a large district and five key committees. George B Terrell remains Agriculture Commissioner after a 19 year term, while Mary Frances Terrell, J Turney’s daughter, was named House mascot as part of the Terrell presence.
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Terrells
del Rioan
Austin
George B. Terrell
Cherokee County
J. Turney Terrell
del Rio
Mary Frances
House of Representatives
Weather Outlook Cloudy Rain Tuesday With Temperature Change
Cloudy with rain expected Tuesday night and Wednesday bringing a slight temperature change. Highs around the 60s are possible in West Texas with lingering clouds and light showers. Forecast includes Tuesday night and Wednesday day periods with rain chance.
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