Doubts About Roosevelt in New York and Criminal Backslider News
Alice Longworth questions Roosevelt’s hold on New York state while a Democratic rival wins the presidency elsewhere. Joe Louis vows a comeback amid skepticism. A Mexican critic denounces racial groups as a broad moral note. Swedish League delegate asks why bear children to a hopeless world. Luke Trammell and Forrest Gibson return to prison and kill a guard during a run, prompting calls for the electric chair.
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League of Nations
End of An Era on Texas Highways
Austin Callan reflects on violence in wartime headlines and highway chaos. He notes World War era bandit panics, cites Hoover’s crackdown, and calls for strict road laws to curb reckless driving and protect lives on Texas roads.
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Texas
Edgar Hoover
Hamiltons
Floyds
Harris County Bar Association Names Judicial Candidates
The Harris County Bar Association reports on qualified judicial candidates in Houston in response to voter requests. Some candidates welcome the move while others oppose it, with taxpaying voters showing appreciation. The Corpus Christi Caller’s Crow's Nest comments hope for statewide adoption of this practice.
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Houston
Harris County Bar Association
Crow's Nest
Corpus Christi
Silent era star Thomas Meighan near death after pneumonia
The Lookout reports from Corpus Christi that Thomas Meighan, once a famed silent film star, is gravely ill with pneumonia and believed to be near death. The item notes the rumor that Meighan had died years earlier.
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Thomas Meighan
Meighan
Lookout
Corpus Christi
Allred cites 800 batting average for Texas record
Governor James V. Allred told Texans in Paris that an eight month audit found no adverse report on his administration. He said Democratic platform planks show a high success rate, calling his record a batting average above .800 and accusing opponents of spreading mis information before the election.
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Paris
James V. Allred
People of
Texas
Fourth Condemned Prisoner Refused Clemency by Board
The Texas Board urged Governor Allred not to grant clemency for Grady Warren, among four condemned inmates scheduled for execution in Huntsville. Warren faces a Friday midnight electrocution, the second largest Texas execution night, as the governor is not expected to act until tomorrow.
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Austin
State Pardon Board
Allred
Grady Warren
Huntsville
Texas
Glenn Warren
Oscar
Mack Coupe Brown
San Antonio Author Visits in Del Rio
Henry Yelvington of San Antonio author of Ghost Lore visited Del Rio on Wednesday. His newly published volume on Texas and Mexico legends includes a tale of ghosts on San Felipe Creek and has drawn favorable reviewer remarks.
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Henry Yelvington
San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
del Rio
Mr. Yelvington
San Felipe Creek
May barter wheat for Swiss machinery
Edmonton plans $500,000 extensions to the municipal power plant and a proposal to barter Canadian wheat for Swiss machinery. A Swiss firm bid to supply the equipment while the Swiss government seeks to win Canadian approval, with Montreal representatives handling negotiations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Switzerland
Montreal
Swiss Electric Company
Marriages Slow as Mood Drops in Texas Town
July 8 Austin report shows marriages declined amid a local economic slump while University of Texas graduate women rose to 262 in 1931-32, then 201 from 1933 to last year. A student said the girls needed something to do amid hard times.
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Austin
University of Texas
Five Land Battle Ends in Fatal Clash Near Tula
Five landowners were killed in a clash at the Escoronel Hacienda near Tula as rival groups of former revolutionary veterans and civil owners fought over land. Two veterans and three opponents died in the confrontation. President Cardenas planned a personal visit after inspecting the Laredo to Mexico City highway to arbitrate the dispute.
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Escoronel
Tula
Cardenas
Laredo
Mexico City
Boy Drowns Inward Creek Tragedy Near Burnside Ave
Fred Deroma aged 15 drowned in Mott's Creek near Burnside Avenue while wading from shore. He could not swim and disappeared as a younger companion tried to assist. Police recovered the body about two hours later.
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Inwood
L. I
Fred Deroma
Mott's Creek
Burnside Avenue
Dr Brinkley Visited Kingston Jamaica Aboard Brinkley TH
Dr John R Brinkley and his party aboard the yacht Dr Brinkley TH spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Kingston Jamaica. They stayed at Myrtle Bank Hotel and reported the sea condition as rough during the Caribbean visit.
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John R. Brinkley
Dr. Brinkley
Kingston
Jamaica
del Rio
Myrtle Bank Hotel
Steel Workers May Split Labor Unions
Leaders of the American Federation of Labor gathered to decide waging war on John L Lewis as insurgents push to unite 500,000 steel workers in one industrial union. Accusations fly between industrial and craft factions, threatening a federation split with deep ramifications for organized labor.
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Washington
John L
American Federation of Labor
John. L. Lewis
Lewis
Firemen Invited To Fish Fry At Fire House
Volunteer firemen are invited to a fish fry at the Fire House Thursday at 12 noon. The fish, caught by J. R. Russum, have been placed on ice for the event. Firemen are expected to attend.
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J. R. Russum
Del Rio School Board Sets Early Fall Start
Del Rio schools plan a September 8 start as the board, meeting Tuesday night, filled two vacancies. R. H. Rogers is elected to his old vocational agriculture post after serving as CCC camp captain. Kellie Loop of Rice named librarian after five years teaching in Terrell.
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del Rio
R. H. Rogers
Kellie Loop
Rice
Loop
Terrell
Peabody Institute
Nashville
Tenn
Mule-Driven Death Shocks Canyon Rescue in Arizona
Harvey Dobbin 48, brother of Mrs. Annie Gowens, died near Elwin Aziz after a mule bolted in a Huachuca Mountains canyon. Dobbin was packing salt when the animal dragged him a mile. Hathaway shot the mule to stop it, and Dobbin died as the rider reached him. A World War veteran, he had spent years in Del Rio and his funeral was led by the American Legion.
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Harvey Dobbin
Annie B. Gowens
del Rio
Silver City
N. M
Dobbin
Mr. Dobbin
James Hathaway
Huachuca Mountains
Elwin
Aziz
Hathaway
New Mexico
American Legion
Diary of Bella Maxey Harris Reveals Postwar Texas Social Life
The diary, kept after the Civil War by Bella Maxey Harris born January 3 1853 at Old Washington on the Brazos, catalogs balls picnics tournaments and visits with plans for elopement that never occurred. It notes Tommie Lusk’s failed visit in 1868 and an 1869 marriage proposal thwarted by her father.
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Texas
Dallas
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Bella Maxey Harris
Young Love
Tommie Lusk
Monkhouse Campaigning for Legislature in 77th District
Uvalde businessman Joe Monkhouse announces his candidacy for representative of the 77th Legislative District. A Texas native with service in both army and navy, he worked in banking and as a service station operator, later joining the consular service in Coblenz before returning to Hondo and settling in Uvalde in 1929. His supporters cite broad business and diplomatic experience as preparation for the legislature.
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Joe Monkhouse
Uvalde Business
Texas
Monkhouse
Hondo
Coronal Institute
San Marcos
A. & M. College
Army
Navy
Monktrouse
American National Bank
Wichita Falls
Mexico
Tampico
Coblenz
Uvalde
Tith Legislative District
Explosion at Woolwich Arsenal Kills Five Workers
An explosion ripped through the Royal Arsenal Woolwich research department in London killing five workers. The War Department gave no immediate cause while assessing the extensive damage to the Empire's rearmament program.
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Woolwich
London
Royal Arsenal
Delinquent Taxes For 1936 Now Due
City secretary EK F. Howard announces 1936 taxes are due with a 5 percent discount available before August 31. About 1,500 delinquent taxpayers face upcoming suits to be filed in District Court by City Attorney Phil B. Foster. Temporary receipts will be issued as 1936 tax rolls are prepared.
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EK. F. Howard
Phil B. Foster
Howard
Cotton futures rise beyond two dollars a bale in New Orleans
A government acreage report boosted cotton futures in New Orleans trading. New crop months topped 12 cents, with October at 12 11, about 1.65 higher, December at 12.08, January 12.13, and March 12.11 as gains spread across contracts.
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New Orleans
Barbecue for Legion at Moore Park Wednesday Evening
American Legion members their wives and Auxiliary to gather for a barbecue at Moore Park starting at 7 o clock Wednesday evening. The event was postponed last week due to rain and now proceeds with planned activities and social time.
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Legion
Moore Park
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Heat Wave Claims 70 Lives in Middle West
Weather today offered no relief within 36 hours as a brutal heat wave persisted across the Middle West. At least 70 deaths occurred over six days amid unrelenting dry heat, while crop losses climbed to about 300 million dollars.
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Middle West
Chicago
Sur
Absentee voting begins in Val Verde County
Absentee ballots were cast on the first two days with County Clerk W A Hopkins recording eleven votes. Mrs Cathryn Wayman was the first to vote absentee in Val Verde County and will be away in Tallahassee Florida on July 25 when the primary is held.
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W. A. Hopkins
Cathryn Wayman
Val Verde County
Wayman
Tallahassee
Fla
Guards Offer Blood for Editor in Dallas
In Dallas on July 8 a blood donation call was issued from St. Pauls Hospital for editor Peter Molyneaux of the Texas Weekly who lay ill after kidney ailment. Sgt. Morgan Ricks of Houston was selected and the transfusion followed an operation earlier today. Molyneauxs condition was described as serious.
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Dallas
Texas Centennial Guards
St. Paul's Hospital
Peter Molyneaux
Texas Weekly
Morgan Ricks
Houston
Molyneaux
Stevenson Installed As Rotary Leader
Stevenson was installed Wednesday at the Roswell Hotel as president of the Rotary Club during the weekly luncheon. P. H. Doran conducted the ceremony in the absence of retiring president O R. Weinert. Stevenson had attended the Rotary International meeting in Atlantic City where about 10 00 delegates were present including attendees from 82 nations and 1000 foreign delegates with 200 from England.
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W. 8. Stevenson
Rotary Club
Roswell Hotel
P. H. Doran
O R. Weinert
Mr. Stevenson
Rotary International
Atlantic City
England
Flier with Balbo to America among dead in reprisals
Italian air force reports mass reprisals against an Ethiopian district where four fliers were killed on June 26. Major Antonio Locatelli, part of the Balbo flight to the United States in 1933, is among the dead. Locatelli had been rescued from the sea off Greenland in 1924 after a forced downed flight.
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Department of Public Safety
RCME
Major Antonio Locatelli
United States
Antonio Locatelli
Greenland
Richmond
Italy
America
North Pole
Reykjavik
Tceland
Lowell H. Smith
Erik K. Nelson
Creenland
Locatelli
Cape Farewell
Argentina
Lieut
Joal Amundsen
Pisate
Iceland
New York
Philadelphia
Hys
Funeral for Jeff Watters Reported in Alpine Texas
The Houston Chronicle carried a memorial noting Jeff Watters funeral held in Alpine. Cattlemen from California led his body to the railroad station as pallbearers on horseback, with his 22 year old horse Dobbin and a saddle shaped floral tribute in blue cornflowers and red Texas Lone Star. Watters was described as the diplomat and arbiter of California cattle country and a descendant connected to Texas history figures Manuel Matthews and Ben Milam.
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Brawley
Watters
Alpine
Texas
Dobbin
Jeff Watters
California
Texas Lone Star
Manuel Matthews
Sam Housston
San Jacinto
Ben Milam
Texas History
Cotton in Cultivation Estimated Increase in Acreage
The Crop Reporting Board estimated July 1 cotton cultivation at 30,621,000 acres, 109.8 percent of the prior year. Last year’s picked area was 27,335,000 acres with a yield of 1863 pounds per acre, totaling 10,618,000 bales of 600 pounds gross. Texas had 12,280,000 acres last year with a 112 percent yield.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Weather Summary for Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a maximum yesterday of 87 and a minimum of 74. Overnight and morning lows were 74. West Texas warmer in the north portion while East Texas trend unclear.
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East Texas
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