Raging Frio River Floods Pearsall and Train Service Restored
The Raging Frio River floods Pearsall causing delays to Del Rio San Antonio rail service. A 172 hour disruption blocked mail trains from leaving Del Rio, with limited eastbound service resuming on Southern Pacific Lines. Officials say mail regaining flow will be prioritized as repairs continue.
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Frio
Pearsall del Rio
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Cline
Knippa
Here
del Rio
Yacht Curlew Missing in Bermuda Ocean Race
The Coast Guard ordered cutters and destroyers to search for the yacht Curlew, a missing participant in the Montauk Point to Bermuda race. The vessel sailed June 25 and had not arrived in Bermuda according to later advices.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Montauk Point
Bermuda
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast Turns Cloudy With Scattered Showers
Weather outlook for Del Rio and Vicinity expects mostly cloudy skies with probable scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. West and East Texas also see mostly cloudy conditions with light showers likely and cooler air arriving in the Panhandle on Tuesday.
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the Panhandle
Lindbergh Testifies at Curtis Hoax Trial in Flemington
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh appears in a close up at the Flemington New Jersey courtroom where he testifies in the trial of John Hughes Curtis Norfolk boat builder Curtis stands accused of hindering the hunt for the kidnapped child by supplying false information during anxious weeks with world search for the boy.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Flemington, N. J
John Hughes Curtis
Norfolk Boat Builder
Curtis
Kidme
Colonel Lindbergh
Flemington
N. J
Lindberghs
First Sunday Closing Law Charge Filed
Sheriff M L Whistler filed a complaint against M R Zertuche for violation of the Sunday closing law. Zertuche allegedly kept his South Main street store open on Sunday despite a merchants petition to enforce the rule. Trial is set for Tuesday in Justice Charles Miller's court. he was arrested Monday, held briefly, and released on a $250 bond.
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M. L. “Bud” Whistler
M. R. Zertuche
Zertuche
South Main Street
Justice of the Peace Charles Miller’s Court
Holiday Dead Placed at 89
Accidents over the Independence Day weekend claimed 89 lives across the United States. Drownings totaled 38, with other fatalities from car wrecks and fireworks explosions.
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Associated Press
United States
Del Rio Black community shifts Juneteenth celebration to July Fourth
Del Rio residents defer Juneteenth events and plan a Fourth of July barbecue in the eastern settlement. They express patriotism and a preference for celebrating on July Fourth, aiming to enliven a quiet day with a community gathering.
Flood Damage Reported Shuts Texas Highways
J B Early of the Texas Highway Department said southwest Texas floods have damaged state roads “tremendously” with an incomplete damage estimate. Roads affected include Highways 2 3 81 9 27 and 20 blocked or closed by high water from San Antonio to Kerrville and beyond. A five foot rise occurred on the Colorado River at Austin with another four feet anticipated if rainfall continues.
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Austin
J. B. Early
Texas Highway Department
Texas
Early
Fario County
Moore
Uvalde
San Antonio
Bandera
Kerrville
Comfort
Boerne
Pedernales River
Fredericksboro
Colorado River
Nueces River Bridge Price Set at 272 476 in Texas
Estimated cost for the Nueces River bridge on The Borderway in Uvalde County was fixed at 272 476 dollars by the State Highway Commission in Austin during last week’s session. The 2 562 foot long span is part of Highway 3 improvements including bridges over the Sabinas and Nueces rivers.
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Nueces River
Uvalde County
State Highway Commission
Austin
Highway Commission
Terrell County
Sabinas
Nueces
Plane Missing: Reg Robbins Del Rio Aerial Circus
The tri motor Ford plane piloted by Reg Robbins failed to arrive in Del Rio as scheduled for a Saturday aerial circus, with no word by Monday from the pilot.
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Reg Robbins
del Rio
Drownings Prompt Dams Around Neches River Rescue
Dynamite blasts were set off along the Neches River in efforts to recover the body of Mrs. Jim O'Brien a 20 year old woman who with her 16 year old sister Minnie Gee Rockman drowned while picnicking near Evadale their home authorities pursued salvage operations on the riverfront site.
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Beaumont
Neches
Jim O’brien
Minnie Gee Rockman
Evadale
Traffic Bottlenecks Hit Del Rio Area Roads After Floods
Flooded draws and rivers isolate towns around Del Rio on all four main highways. High water blocks routes to Langtry Brackettville Eagle Pass and San Angelo with Sycamore crossing used by motorists. Del Rio residents wait on banks for waters to recede while county tractors aid crossing efforts.
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del Rio
Alpine
San Angelo
Uvalde
Eagle Pass
Winter Garden
Langtry
Brackettville
San Antonio
Eldorado
Sycamore
Dilley
Raving Frio
Audit of Maverick County Books Underway
Eagle Pass July 4 The first county audit since 1928 is being conducted by Fisher and Thrift CPAs of San Antonio. Ordered by the Commissioners Court last month the review covers June 1928 to June 1932 with a supplementary audit possible after the November elections. A main report will reach the court within 15 days.
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Eagle Pass
Fisher and Thrift, Certified Public Accountants
San Antonio
Commissioners’ Court
Lane Brothers
Randolph Field Man Mysteriously Slain
Private Carol G. Howard 26 a mechanic at Randolph Field was shot and fatally wounded on a highway near Derby. He said before dying he did not know who shot him. Police arrested two men for questioning. Howard lived in Oklahoma.
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San Antonio
Carol G. Howard
Randolph Field
Derby
Howard
Oklahoma
Teachers Form Lobby In Dallas From Austin Watch
Representative Ray Holder of Lancaster will hear a bureau to be established in Austin by Texas teachers to monitor education bills before the Legislature.
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Dallas
Ray Holder
Lancaster
Austin
Texas
Bolters plan Dallas meeting to defend 18th Amendment
Alvin Moody, a Texas leader in the anti prohibition movement, urged dry voters in Texas to convene in Dallas next Saturday to outline plans to defend the Eighteenth Amendment against repeal as the Democratic national convention called for repeal.
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Houston
Alvin Moody
al Smith
Texas
Dallas
Senator Morris Sheppard Opposes Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Senator Morris Sheppard issued a statement declaring his opposition to repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. He said he would vote against such action unless his state directs him by referendum. He noted his earlier position followed the Democratic platform and Texas primary dynamics.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Sheppard
Texas
Roosevelt Predicted to Win New York by Million Vote Lead
Buffalo July 4. Norman F. Mack long time Democratic national committeeman predicts Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry New York state by a million votes in the presidential election. He bases this on Roosevelt’s 750000 vote plurality in the last state campaign.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman F. Mack
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
Mack
Three Drown In Anahuac Bayou
In Anahuac Texas on July 4 Clarence Renfroe 17 Mae 15 and Grover 12 drowned when their boat on Double Bayou collapsed Alfred Hughes and Henderson Edmonds were rescued and the bodies of the victims recovered
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Anahuac
Texas
Clarence Renfroe
Mae
Grover
Double Bayou
Alfred Hughes
Henderson Edmonds
Beaumont to Pay Scrip and Force Vacations
Beaumont Texas foresees paying city workers in scrip by late July and cutting 21 street and bridge, 18 fire, 14 police, and six park staff to meet a 400000 budget. A 25 percent property valuation cut is approved, closing two fire stations and eliminating South Texas State Fair funding. Every employee would take a one month paid vacation.
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Beaumont
Texas
Board of Equalization
Park Department
Plane delivers Sunday papers to Princess Theatre
Del Rio faced paper shortages as trains and mail service stalled between San Antonio and the city. A plane delivered 58 copies of the Sunday Express to manager Paul Poag at the Princess Theatre after a 36 hour delay from rail washouts.
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del Rio
San Antonio
San Antonio Express
S. P
Knippa
Paul Poag
Princess Theatre
Heavy rains bring relief in Sanderson Comstock areas
Torrential weekend showers drenched Sanderson and Comstock with two to three inches of rain, filling water holes and reviving arid land. Del Rio weather forecasts missed the mark, while lightning flickered overhead. Telephone and telegraph lines were repaired by Monday after Friday night washes east and west of Del Rio disrupted service.
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Sanderson
Comstock
del Rio
Winter Garden
Western Union Telegraph Company
San Angelo
Johnson Praises Roosevelt Amid Campaign Speculation
Senator Hiram Johnson of California praised Governor Roosevelt for challenging old traditions and arranging to meet delegates at the Democratic national convention. He avoided discussing his own campaign plans amid growing speculation.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Hoover
Roosevelt
Federal Court Costs Cut by U S Budget
Two prohibition enforcement officers in San Antonio are dismissed. A bulletin says federal court expenses drop with jurors paid $3 daily, witnesses $150 daily, subsistence removed for out of town witnesses, and judges’ per diem outside home cities cut from 10 to 6 dollars.
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U. S
San Antonio
Verne Miller
Prohibition
Ira Tabler
O. C. Alford
Fleet T. White
House to Be Unchanged by Garner Race
Washington July 4 An article discusses the nomination of Speaker Jonny Garner for vice president and notes the House of Representatives would remain organized as is until oath. It mentions Burns Tennessee Rainey and Hal Brennan Laredo as possible successors to Garner as speaker after November election.
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House
Garner
Washington
National House of Representatives
Jonny Garner
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Mr. Garner
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Representative Rainey
Hal Brennan
Laredo
Texas
South Plains Teachers Institute Set for September
The annual South Plains Teachers Institute will run September 5 through 7 at Texas Technological College in Lubbock. Dr. A W Evans, now conductor after assisting, invites all teachers from 18 South Plains counties to attend, succeeding the late Dr Paul W Horn.
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Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Teachers’ Institute
A. W. Evans
Texas Technological College
Tech
Evans
Paul W. Horn
Flood Waters Ravage Texas River Basins The Fall of 193?
The Guadalupe Frio and Nueces rivers unleashed historic floods threatening towns along their lower courses. Pearsall and Dill received the brunt as San Antonio police and fire units aided, boats were scarce, and a Mills family trio remained marooned as relief efforts pressed through.
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Guadalupe
Frio
Nueces
Gulf
Pearsall and
Dill
San Antonio
Pearsall
A L. Mills
Victoria
Robbers Loot San Juan Drug Store Safe
Dynamite was used to open a safe hauled from F. L. Leckie's drug store a mile south of San Juan. About $100 in cash was taken in the incident that occurred last night.
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San Juan
Texas
F. L. Leckie
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