Marine Ace Orders Own Arrest
Secretary of the Navy ordered a general court martial for Sa Smediev Butler of the Marine Corps after an Italian ambassador complaint. Butler self placed under arrest at Quantico barracks following alleged slanderous remarks about Benito Mussolini during a tour in Italy.
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Washington
Sa Smediev D
Butler
Thearine Corps
Secretary of Navy
Adams
Benella Mussolini
Italy
Quantico
Philadelphia
Mussolini
fHutier
Weather Prophet Forecast Promises February Storms
A quirky forecast from Uncle Billy Hart Bagie Pass predicts a volatile February for Rin Chamie Valley and Val Verde Maverick Kinney Counties with rain, frost, and a sequence of temperature swings. He forecasts storms on February 11 and 12, further rain around February 17 and 14, culminating in a freezing spell February 21 and 22, then a warm finish to February.
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Rin Chamie
Val Verde
Maverick
Kinney
Billy Hart
Bagie Pass
Billy
Moet of
Treas
Rio Grande
Ex Texans Draw Fire From Moody
Dan Moody former governor defended Texas against critics in New York saying he is more of a Texan than those who left the state and urged them to move back if they are concerned about Texas actions. He responded to attacks on John Raskob amid the dispute.
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Austin
Dan Moody
New York
John Raskob
Texas
Val Verde
Almond
Rocksprings Banks In Splendid Condition Reported
Rocksprings financial statements show two banks and their allied livestock loan firms are on solid footing. The Rocksprings Livestock Loan Company has extended over 350000 dollars in loans on livestock at a low rate of interest.
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Rocksprings
Rockasprings
Rocksprings Livestock Loan Company
Five Die in Tennessee Flyer Wreck Near Helenwood
Five persons died and 56 were injured when the Southern Railway Buwanee River Special derailed at a curve near Helenwood Tennessee. The two photos show the tangled wreckage with the locomotive and coaches in view.
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Southern Railway
Cincinnati
Helenwood
Tenn
Deferred Tax Payment Plan Passes House in Austin
A deferred tax payment plan passed both chambers by a large margin. The measure lets unpaid county road or school taxes be paid through semi annual installments until October 1, 1900 with interest. It sets penalties and interest dates and exempts certain districts, final approval awaiting Governor Sterling’s signature.
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Austin
Senate
House
Sthess
O Neal
Weinert
O'Neal
Weinnert
Senan
Ant Wn
Sterling
Val Verde County
Lyle 8. Almond
Saturda
Almond
Praised Dallas official to speak at Rotary Lions meeting
Alfonso Johnson director of the Trade Extension Division of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce will address a joint Rotary and Lions meeting at Hotel Roewell Friday noon and a Retail Merchants Association gathering Friday night. He has earned extensive press praise and endorsements from chamber secretaries across the state. tickets are sold for the Friday banquet.
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Alfonso Johnson
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Hotel Roewell
Retail Merchants Association
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary Or
Mr. Johnson
John Rowland
Legion Post Meeting Focuses on Key Issues and Plans
Val Verde Post 23 of the American Legion invites ex-service members and others to Fiks Hall Thursday at 7:30 for a firm meeting. AE Sherard will discuss an aerial circus planned for Sunday, and three delegates will be chosen for the Pecos district convention February 14. An employment bureau for ex-service men will be established. After the meeting, the group will move to Dr. George Garrett’s offices at 8:30 for entertainment and a luncheon with the Ladies Auxiliary.
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American Legion
Fiks Hall
Val Verde
o'Plack
AE. Sherard
el Paso
Legion
Yar
Pecos
Kramer
Dpacu
George Garrett
Ladies’ Auxiliary
World War Veterans Humming Way to Washington for Bonuses
A group of World War veterans left Seattle Jan 3 to plead for immediate payment of veterans bonuses and protest public indifference to injured ex soldiers. The planned hike to Washington was replaced by freight car travel after Milwaukee railroad arranged transport. Leader Robert E Taylor planned to precede the group to arrange food and shelter along stops.
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Washington
Seattle
East
Washington, D .C
Robert E Taylor
Farmers in 30 Texas Counties Eligible for Relief Loans
The national drought relief committee announced 30 Texas counties eligible for emergency relief loans from the 445 million appropriation. Loans will be issued through regional offices at Grand Forks North Dakota St Louis Missouri Memphis Tennessee and Washington. Eligible counties include Archer Baylor Callahan Clay Chilies Comanche Coleman Cottle Crosby Dickens Eastland Erath Fisher Floyd Foard Garza Hale Haskell Jones Kent Knox Lubbock Lynn McCullough Mitchell Throckmorton Taylor Wichita and Young.
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Washington
National Drouth Reef Committee
Gir
Joan Ceffres
Grand Forks
N. C
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Texas
Archer
Baylor
Callahan
Clay
Chiliess
Comanche
Coleman
Cottle
Crosby
Dickens
Eastland
Erath
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Garza
Mardehan
Haskell
Jonea
Kent
Knox
Lubbork Lynn
McCullough
Mitchell
Throckmorton
Taylor
Wichita
Young
Industrial Program for 1931 Mapped Out by Marfa's Chamber of Commerce
Marfa Texas January 29 Col Johan 8S Pair commanding officer Fort D A Russell who leaves for Hawaii was guest at annual banquet of Marfa Chamber of Commerce at Fi Paisano Hotel. The plan lists highway construction bonds airport improvements air mail contracts and troop recruitment for Fort D A Russell as key aims for 1931.
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Marfa
Chamber of Commerce
Col
Johan 8S
Fort D
A. Russell
Hawaii
Fort D. A. Russell
Uvalde Man Hit By Auto in Mist
Pink Lee of Uvalde was cut about the head after being struck by a car in heavy mist on a city street Tuesday night. He was taken to a hospital where wounds were dressed.
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Uvalde
Jan
Lee of
Bank officers elected at Rocks Springs meeting
At the First National Bank directors meeting in Rocks Springs on January 29 E. M. Kirkland was chosen president C L Hufstedler was named active vice president B S Shanklin and G E Young were elected vice presidents and Walker Ragadale became cashier.
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Rocksprings
First National Bank
E. M. Kirkland
C. L. Hufstedier
Shanklin
G. E. Young
Walker Ragadale
Red Tape Faces Red Cross Relief Aid Veto Drift
Washington January 29 The House Appropriations Committee voted against the $25 million Red Cross relief fund in the Interior Department bill and agreed to disagree with the Senate amendment sending the measure to conference.
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House Appropriations Committee
Red Cross
Interior Department
Senate
Marfa Receives Rain Lifting Rancher Hopes
Rain began Sunday evening and continued through Monday, boosting spring pastures for ranchers in Marfa. Cowboys express jubilation as the timely weather improves grazing prospects unseen in years.
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Marfa
Repeal Point Is Victor In Debate Of Club Women
The New Century Club debated whether the 18th Amendment should be repealed with two papers. Mrs Stanford Payne and Mrs C K McDowell argued for and against, with judges awarding the affirmative victory.
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New Century Club
R. M. Lyles
Mesdames
Walter FP. Jones
Henry Seale
D. L. Murphy
Del Rio Area Records Heavy January Rainfall
Rainfall in Del Rio January surged to 2.37 inches after a Wednesday night through Thursday downpour, more than 30 times the February total and 281 inches above the January average. Roads to nearby cities remained slick, delaying buses, with residents noting unprecedented rainfall this January.
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del Rio
U. S. Weather Bureau Office
San Angelo
San Antonio
Eagle Pass
Rainfall totals Across South Texas District Reported
Reports from Del Rio and Winter Garden Telephone Company indicate four inches of rain in the Winter Garden district around Carrizo Springs and Crystal City over the last four days. Langtry and Spofford recorded over two inches. Heavy rains fell at Sanderson Comstock Marfa and Vinegarone. Uvalde and Brackettville on the east reported good rains in the four day period.
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del Rio
Winter Garden
Lost Ranchman Found in Putnam with Amnesia
Pi-Wes Marshbanks, Ranger ranchman missing since Sunday, was found in Putnam on Thursday suffering from amnesia. He recalled nothing since leaving home and said he was about 20 miles west of Ranger when found.
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Putnam
Wes Marshbanks
Ranger
Three SMU Students Hurt In Dallas Lab Explosion
Three SMU students were injured in a laboratory explosion in Dallas on Thursday during a gas experiment. Ralph Hardy of Dallas lost one eye.
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Dallas
S M. U
Ralph Hardy
Rains Delay Move to New High School Building
Superintendent Roy M Andrews said rain over the past week slowed the move into the new high school. Plans to relocate January 27 were postponed with a new date set for early next week. Interior work nears completion with scenery hung on the large stage in the auditorium.
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Classe
Roy M Andrews
Wwe
Seis Tom Ee
Andrews
Death Penalty For Kidnappers Proposed in Texas
A bill introduced in Austin on January 29 would make kidnapping punishable by death and establish kidnapping related extortion as a felony in Texas. The measure targets kidnap cases with capital punishment as the maximum penalty.
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Austin
Texas
McKeesport pair mark long Sunday school service
Miss Margaret Claire of McKeesport has not missed a Sunday school lesson in 25 years. Her brother William G. Drury will complete 23 years of consecutive attendance in May.
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Mckeesport
Upi
Margaret Claire
William G. Drury
Wives and Children Hover About Pit Of Mine Shaft
At the Little Betty coal mine near Linton Indiana rescuers dragged out bodies after a blast that killed about 20 miners. Authorities believe around 25 men were in the shaft. two escaped, while the rest are feared dead as wives and children gathered at the entrance through the night.
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Linton
Ind
Little Betty
Here
Bank bandit hunted after Chico State Bank heist
A lone bandit robbed the Chico State Bank of about $1500 and locked cashier W F Baldridge and customer S W Roberts in the vault. The outlaw fled in a car abandoned ten miles west of Chico and disappeared into Ute brush as a posse closed in. The cashier freed himself and the customer two minutes after the break in.
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Chico
Chico State
W. F. Baldridge
S. W. Roberts
Here
Palm Slips Giveaway by S P Man At Depot
More than 3600 Phoenix date slips have been given away this week in Phoenix by Harry Adams, landscaper. He plans to landscape the new high school and Moore Park, offering around 300 date palm plants and seeds to the public. A large stock of rose cuttings and other flowers is also available by request near the depot.
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Phoenix
del Rio
Harry Adams
Adam
Moore Park
Mix Adams
Mail Clerk Shot In Registered Pouch Theft
In Merriville Georgia a mail clerk named M L Prather for the Atlanta Birmingham and Coast Railroad was shot and wounded when a bandit robbed a mail car of registered pouches. A posse and bloodhounds pursue the robber who leaped aboard as the train pulled away. The pistol used was found nearby.
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Merriville
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
M. L. Prather
Governor Salary Increase Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator T. J. Holbrook introduced constitutional amendments in the Senate to raise the Governor’s pay from 4000 to 12000 annually and to lift the comptroller treasurer and land commissioner from 2500 to 7500 while increasing the attorney general to 10600. Another bill would expand the State Supreme Court from three to nine members.
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Austin
Senate
T. J. Holbrook
General Land Office
State Supreme Court
Weather Forecast Bel Rio Area Thursday Night Friday
Mostly fair weather for Bel Rio and vicinity with clear Thursday night and Friday. Cobler records a minimum temperature of 56 and a maximum of 61 degrees.
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Bel Rio
Weather Brief for Southern Region Thursday Friday
Partly cloudy with cooler temperatures in the extreme south. Forecast notes frigid air moving in Thursday night and Friday with lighter winds and minor temperature drops.
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Enatrina
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