Fire Chief Warns Del Rio Wildfire Risk Ahead of Celebration
Del Rio volunteer fire chief E V Easterling warns celebrations threaten large fires due to inadequate equipment and staff. He cites 46 city fires since Jan 1, notes rising fire insurance rates, and urges a reserve pumper and a hook and ladder truck while signaling possible new fire stations for North Heights and San Felipe.
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del Rio
E. V. Easterling
Easterling
Wil
Fosterling
North Heights
San Felipe
Bank calls issued today for state bank condition
A report from Austin dated July 2 says a call for the statement of condition of state banks as of June 29 was issued today by authorities.
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United C Press
Austin
The Skyscraper Murder in Del Rio News
The Sky scraper Murder by Samuel Spewack is billed as a baffling mystery of lust wealth love and death. It centers on a bridge shark luring society women to a sky scraper apartment and asks who wore gowns of gold blue red and grey and who stole the Shaw diamond.
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Samuel Spewack
Butler
Paris
del Rio
Hotel Rosenberg Wrecked by Major Fire in Corsicana
Fire originates in the Rosenberg Hotel ceiling, reducing the three story building to wreckage. One man and a woman escaped by clinging from a window ledge until rescue. damage estimated at about one hundred thousand dollars.
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Corsicana
Rosenberg Hotel
Garza Buys New Busses for Del Rio to Villa Acuna Route
Humberto Garza and Company purchased two Buick Flexible busses at 5500 each from Adams Motor Co. They accommodate 17 passengers plus the driver and will operate between Del Rio and Villa Acuna during a two day celebration starting tomorrow through the Fourth.
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Humberto Garza and Company
del Rio
Villa Acuna
Adams Motor Co
Monoplane Forced Down After 42 Hour Flight
Leo Nemis and Maurice Morrison were forced down in their monoplane in Los Angeles after 42 hours aloft while attempting a flight record.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Leo Nemis
Maurice Morrison
Scotland Yard Aids in Missing Jewels Case At London Flat
Acting at the request of American actress Peggy O Neill detectives from Scotland Yard are using their authority to locate jewels valued at about 10000 dollars missing from the actress London apartment. An inside job is suspected.
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Peggy O'Neill
Scotland Yard
London
Watson
Frank Snyder Replaces Jake Atz as Fort Worth Manager
Fort Worth officials announced Frank Snyder former Houston Buffs manager will lead the Fort Worth base ball club replacing Jake Atz. Fans across Texas express surprise and show respect for Atz who guided the Cats to more Texas League championships than any other Fort Worth era.
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United Res Fort Worth
Frank Snyder
Houston Buffs
Jake Atz
Fort Worth
Texas
Jake
Cats
Atz
Nix Gets 99 Year Sentence For Wife Poisoning Case
United Press reports in New Boston Texas that Oole Nix a young farmer was found guilty of poisoning his wife to collect 1090 life insurance. The jury sentenced him to 99 years in the penitentiary and Nix smiled when the verdict was read.
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United Press
New Boston
Texas
Oole Nix
Nix
June Licenses Then and Now
A county clerk count shows 37 marriage licenses issued in June. The list names couples including Jesse T. Jackson with Bebe Hopkins, C T Wilcox with Aquine Walmsley, Genaro L. Rodriguez with Herlinda Mendez, Alberto Maldonado with Mercedes Camarillo, and many others.
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Jesse T. Jackson
Bebe Hopkins
C. TO. Wilcox
Aquine Walmsley
Genaro L. Rodriguez
Herlinda Mendez
Alberto Maldonado
Mercedes Camarillo
Fidelio Cortinas
Rafaela Arredondo
Salvador Jimenez
Manuela Avendano
Russell C. Madison
Frances Bain
Rosalio Perfecto
Margarita Aranda
Samuel Charles
Eloisa Paredez
Frances Corda
Esther Hernandez
Feliciano
Louis White
Janie Gordon
Felipe S. Ramirez
Teodora Tellez
Robert Adame
Manuela Rivas
Manuel Romero
F. S. Hinds
Sylvia Hulto
Lazaro Zertuche
Delores Puag
W. FE. Miller
Eleanor Harrison
Frederico Espinosa
Margarita Trevino
Heps Fights for His Life After Baytown Shooting
Jitney driver C. R. Elps lies in a Baytown hospital with bullet wounds to the abdomen. P. L. Cone is jailed on assault to murder charges after a fight in Baytown that ended with Elps being shot while pursuing Cone. Witnesses say Elps chased Cone prior to the gunfire.
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United Press
Goosecreek
C. R. Elps
Baytown
P. L. Cone
Elps
Cone
Senators Clash Over John G. Raskob Victory in Texas Senate
In Austin a near scuffle erupted as Senators Love of Dallas and Miller of Weatherford debated a resolution praising John G. Box for pressuring Democratic control. Love removed glasses as Miller defended Gooseneck and party alignment, with sergeant at arms halting the melee.
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Austin
John G. Box
John G. Raskob
Senate
Tom Love
Dallas
Eugene Miller
Weatherford
Love
Lulian Hyre
Fort Worth
Miller
Texas
Smith
Gus Russko
Schulenberg
Ernest Cox
Corsicana
Fred H. Minn
Denton
House Members Endorse Slinor
Austin July 2 Fred H Minor Denton reports zero house members endorsing Slinor in a petition seeking his nomination for speaker of the 42nd legislature. Slinor is serving his second term in the House.
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Austin
Fred H. Minor Denton
House of Representative
House
Cruiser Cleveland to visit Port Arthur during Legion convention
The United States cruiser Cleveland is slated to visit Port Arthur from August 24 to 28 for the state convention of the American Legion, according to local information.
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Port Arthur
Cleveland
the American Legion
Comptroller of Currency Calls Banks for June 29 Conditions
The Comptroller of Currency Pole issued a call for the condition reports of national banks as of June 29, outlining required data and timelines for submission.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller
Pole Today
Union Barber Shops Extend Hours For Celebration
All union barber shops will close tomorrow at 8 o clock instead of 6 during the celebration. The change allows people to get shaves and haircuts they would not receive otherwise.
Rio Grande Shows Arrive on Main Street
The Rio Grande Shows arrive on Main Street between Losolin and Greenwood behind the Del Rio Hotel offering high class entertainment. Gorman Brothers Minstrels and six other acts comprise the program with riding devices and tents being set up Monday. The manager says the show will stay all week and possibly longer.
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Main Street
Losolin
Greenwood
del Rio Hotel
Gorman Brothers
Rio Grande
Loncer
Student hosiery costs exceed five thousand monthly
Denton July 2 More than five thousand dollars a month is spent for hose by the student body at CI A. This estimate rests on two pairs per student at an average of 1.60 a pair. A questionnaire confirmed the figures were slightly high as hosiery costs often reach 2 or more dollars per pair.
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Denton
Hose
CI. A
Installment Offer for Hat Sparks Price Talk
In The Outlook a clerk quotes a cash price of ten dollars for a hat and an installment plan of fifteen dollars total with ten dollars down and one dollar weekly for five weeks. The exchange highlights the buy now or pay later option.
Del Rio to Organize Highway No. 90 Group July Fourth
Del Rio leaders call a mass meeting on July 4 at 1 30 p m to reorganize United States Highway No 90 Association. The goal is to unite towns from Van Horn to San Antonio and boost tourist traffic to Del Rio as a border port.
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del Rio
A. B. Ewing
Chamber of Commerce
del Fio
Mr. Ewing
van Horn
San Antonio
Ewing
Dallas
Jover
United States Senate Patronage Committee
R. B. Creager
Texas
Creager
Harry M. Wurzbach
E. J. Kendell
Wurzbach
Kendell
Harry Peck
Beck
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Senate Committee
Brookhart
Allen Bailey
Prohibition
Dave Morris
Roy Haines
Prohibition Department
Washington
Morris
Kenneth McKellar
Dem
Tennessee
Hoover Announces Legge as Farm Board Chairman
President Hoover accepts Alexander Legge of Chicago as chairman of the Federal Farm Board with C C Teague of California joining the board. J C Stone of Lexington Kentucky is named vice chairman for the first year.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Alexander Legge
Chicago
Federal Farm Board
White House
C. C Teague
California
Prize Fight Card Set for Fort Clark Stadium
Fort Clark Stadium hosts the season’s first professional card on July 11 featuring one ten round main event between Batt Whittenberg and Joe Ramos and a six round semi final with Bob Moulton against Batt Younger. Prelims include three four round bouts among Fort Clark Fifth Cavalry fighters. Admission is 75 cents and the Fifth Cavalry Athletic Association promotes the event with the Fifth Cavalry Band providing music.
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Fort Clark Stadium
TF Roche
Fifth Cavalry Band
Batt” Whittenberg
Joe Ramos
Whittenberg
Fifth Cavalry
I Ramos
Brackettville
Bob” Moulton
Batt Younger
Moulton
Nonstop Trippers Tour Texas County Seats
A truck named Miss Levelland and the Three Nuts, H C Gore Walter Wright and Clint Brediove, arrive in Del Rio at 6 45 am as part of a nonstop motor stop tour across Texas. Sponsored by King Motor Company Levelland the trek aims to visit all 254 counties using a stock Ford with four hour shifts. The group defends no intoxication allegation involving Roy Campbell and notes broad civic cooperation.
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Texas
del Rio
The
King Motor Company of
Levelland
Panhandle
Lubbock
Ford
South Plains
Miss Marion Boyd Wins Rockefeller Prize
Detroit girl Marion Boyd, 17, received a certificate from President Hoover for her winning slogan This Is Your Country Beautify If in a contest sponsored by Mrs. John D Rockefeller Jr. and run by the Art Center of New York. The phrase heads the national campaign to beautify rural American localities and will likely become widely known.
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Marion Boyd
Detroit
Hoover
John D Rockefeller Jr
Art Center of New York
Cowmen Rile Passes Senate
The Texas Senate passed the Stevenson Moetcalle bill requiring truck drivers to show a written permit for livestock movements on demand. The 26 to 0 vote reflects lawmakers backing by cattlemen to aid peace officers in stopping livestock theft.
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Austin
Senate Today
Stevenson-Moetcalle
Texas Cattlemen
Del Rio Area Weather Update
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday conditions prevail across West Texas and East Texas. Expect showers in the western portion and cooler, cloudy conditions in the northwest tonight and Wednesday.
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del Rio
West
Texas
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